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MAIN INDEX Doc. No. 71 PARAGRAPH (63)(a)(2) -- DEFINITION OF "WITHIN THE PLANT" GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION September 28, 1999 Mr. Richard Shoemaker Vice President and Director General Motors Department International Union, UAW 8000 East Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48214 Dear Mr. Shoemaker: During current negotiations, General Motors and the International Union, UAW discussed the various interpretations the term, "within the plant," as used in Paragraph (63)(a)(2) of the National Agreement, has within the Corporation based on differing physical layouts of facilities, geography, local nomenclature, etc. Accordingly, it was agreed that discussion and mutually satisfactory agreement as to the meaning of this term are appropriate at the local level. Very truly yours, Gary L. Cowger Group Vice President - Labor Relations [See Doc. 72] Doc. No. 72 PARAGRAPH (63)(a)(2) -- FILING FOR A SINGLE CLASSIFICATION GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION September 28, 1999 Mr. Richard Shoemaker Vice President and Director General Motors Department International Union, UAW 8000 East Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48214 Dear Mr. Shoemaker: During current negotiations, General Motors and the International Union, UAW discussed the situation under Paragraph (63)(a)(2) of the National Agreement where a particular classification to which an employee desires advancement appears in several departments. This letter will confirm the understanding that, where an employee desires advancement to a particular classification that appears in several departments, such employee may designate on either or both of the two (2) applications on file up to five (5) departments in which that classification appears and be eligible for consideration for promotion to that classification in all departments so specified. Further, a refusal of an offer of transfer to any department specified will cancel the application to that classification in its entirety and the employee may be entitled to only one (1) valid application under Paragraph (63)(a)(2) for a period of six (6) months thereafter. Very truly yours, Gary L. Cowger Group Vice President - Labor Relations [See Doc. 71] Doc. No. 73 UNION WORK CENTERS Inter-Organization GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION Date: September 28, 1999 Subject: Union Work Centers To: All General Managers and All Personnel Directors As a part of the current negotiations, General Motors informed the International Union, UAW that Mr. L. G. Seaton's letter of December 15, 1967 regarding Union Work Centers would again be published. The text of that letter is as follows: "During 1967 negotiations the Union requested that a work center be furnished in each plant where designated Union representatives could meet internally regarding representation matters, prepare statements required by the Grievance Procedure Section of the National Agreement, and keep files necessary to carry out their functions. "General Motors agreed to provide a suitable work center for the internal use of designated Union representatives in plants employing 200 or more employes. The Union recognizes that the work center will be for the use of designated Union representatives for the purpose only of handling internal Union affairs required by the National Agreement as they relate to the duties of their office. It is further understood that other employes may contact Union representatives in the work center during the non-work time of such employes. "The size and location of the work center should be consistent with the use for which it is intended and shall be determined by the local management after consultation with the Chairman of the Shop Committee. The International Union has been informed by the Corporation that each work center will include appropriate furnishings, such as desks or tables, chairs, filing cabinets, and an in-plant telephone. It will, upon request of the local union, also be equipped with a private telephone billed directly to the local union. "Divisional Management should consult Argonaut Realty Division regarding the size, construction of, and furnishings of such work centers." Since Union Work Centers are not provided in plants with fewer than 200 employees, the Chairperson of the Shop Committee in those plants will be provided with two three-drawer file cabinets located in a mutually satisfactory central location. Suitable work space, to be determined by Local Management in accordance with availability of space and local conditions and after consultation with the Chairperson of the Shop Committee, will be provided on an as-needed basis. When it is necessary for the Chairperson of the Shop Committee to conduct a private conversation in the performance of his functions, Local Management will make an appropriate private location available upon request. Any problems associated with implementation or administration of this letter may be reviewed with the Corporation's Labor Relations Staff by the GM Department of the UAW. Gary L. Cowger Group Vice President - Labor Relations [See Memo-Work Centers] [See Doc. 74, 75, 76] Doc. No. 74 CENTER FOR BENEFIT PLANS AND HEALTH AND SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION Date: September 28, 1999 Subject: Center for Benefit Plans and Health and Safety Representatives To: General Managers Personnel Directors As part of the current Negotiations, General Motors informed the International Union, UAW, that my letter of November 19, 1973 regarding the Centers for Benefit Plans and Health and Safety Representatives would again be published. The text of that letter is as follows: "During the 1973 negotiations, the Union indicated that the increased complexities of the Benefit Plans Representatives' duties and the function that the Health and Safety Representative will be expected to perform make it desirable for these Representatives to be provided a Center from which to conduct their important activities. Such a Center would provide these Representatives a place to carry out their respective duties in a professional manner and to retain orderly records necessary to their functions. "The Corporation agreed that such a Center is desirable for the internal use of the Benefit Plans and Health and Safety Representatives in the larger manufacturing and assembly plants. "Following the conclusion of negotiations, the Corporation will advise the International Union of the plants in which such Centers will be included and will discuss with the International Union the size and location of the Centers, appropriate furnishings and other matters related to the uniform implementation of this Center letter. "The Corporation and the Union, realizing the value of proper administration in these areas, agree that the Center shall be used only by the Benefit Plans and Health and Safety Representatives." Gary L. Cowger Group Vice President - Labor Relations [See Memo-Work Centers] [See Doc. 73, 75, 76] Doc. No. 75 FACILITIES FOR UNION MEMBERS OF LOCAL APPRENTICE COMMITTEE GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION Date: September 28, 1999 Subject: Facilities for Union Members of Local Apprentice Committee To: All Personnel Directors Plants Covered by the GM-UAW National Agreement During the course of the current negotiations, the Union cited the problem Union members of the Local Apprentice Committee have relative to keeping necessary records and preparing written materials. To meet this problem, each location employing less than 50 apprentices is requested to furnish a file or a cabinet which will provide the Union members of the Local Apprentice Committee a place to store their records and do their necessary writing. This file or cabinet should be similar to that which has been furnished District Committeepersons in the plant and should be placed in an appropriate and secure location near their work area. In addition, the Union requested and the Corporation agreed that at plants employing 50 or more apprentices, the Union members of the Local Apprentice Committee will be furnished a desk and chair for their use in the Center for Benefit Plans and Health and Safety Representatives to perform legitimate clerical functions which are related to their duties as provided in the GM-UAW National Agreement. Gary L. Cowger Group Vice President - Labor Relations [See Par. (124)] [See Memo-Work Centers] [See Doc. 73, 74, 76] Doc. No. 76 SPACE AND FURNISHINGS PROVIDED FOR UNION BENEFIT PLAN AND HEALTH AND SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES AND THE UNION MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL APPRENTICE COMMITTEE GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION September 28, 1999 Mr. Richard Shoemaker Vice President and Director General Motors Corporation International Union, UAW 8000 East Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48214 Dear Mr. Shoemaker: During the current negotiations, the parties discussed the matter of space and furnishings provided for union representatives with responsibility for benefit plans, health and safety and apprentice matters. We are interested as you are in providing facilities which enable all of these representatives to carry out their responsibilities. As soon as practical after the effective date of this agreement, in the locations where there is insufficient room to accommodate these union representatives in the present facility local Management will expand it to make this accommodation. It is understood that at some of these locations where plant layout considerations are involved local Management may accommodate the need for additional room by relocating the facility or by providing a separate space in a suitable location for some of these union representatives. In that regard, at locations employing 600 or more employes a second desk and chair will be provided for benefit plans representatives. We will work with you and our divisions on any problems in this regard brought to our attention. The specifications of such new or expanded facilities will be consistent with the specifications originally established as a result of the George B. Morris, Jr. letter to the International Union, UAW, dated November 19, 1973, regarding the Centers for Benefit Plans and Health and Safety Representatives. Very truly yours, Gary L. Cowger Group Vice President - Labor Relations [See Par. (124)] [See Memo-Work Centers] [See Doc. 73, 74, 76] Doc. No. 77 LOCAL UNION PRESIDENTS GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION September 28, 1999 Mr. Richard Shoemaker Vice President and Director General Motors Department International Union, UAW 8000 East Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48214 Dear Mr. Shoemaker: During the current negotiations, the parties discussed the duties of the Local Union President in certain General Motors plants. The parties agreed that the president's function includes, in addition to administrative duties as the Local Union's Chief Executive Officer, certain elements of National Agreement administration. Accordingly, the Corporation agreed that in plants employing 500 or more employees where the Local Union President is a full time employee, such president will be allowed to perform legitimate administrative functions without loss of pay up to a total of forty (40) straight time hours per week. Moreover, in those same plants such president, as a portion of the forty (40) hours will be permitted to leave the plant in accordance with Paragraph (24) of the GM-UAW National Agreement and will be paid for up to six (6) hours per day Monday through Friday to perform legitimate administrative functions. Such Local Union President shall notify the designated Management representative, when leaving and returning to the plant during working hours. Moreover in those same plants when such Local Presidents are absent for at least one full working day for reasons other than those provided herein, Management will recognize a temporary replacement from among the full time employees. Notification of such replacement shall be submitted in writing at least twenty-four hours in advance to Local Management's designated representative. In the event such a replacement is made, the Local President shall not be paid and the replacement will be permitted to utilize time out of the plant with pay pursuant to the provisions herein. In plants employing less than 500 employees but more than 250 employees where the Local Union President is a full time employee, such president will be allowed to leave the plant in accordance with Paragraph (24) of the GM-UAW National Agreement to perform legitimate administrative functions without loss of pay for up to a total of ten (10) straight time hours per week. Any single period of absence must be for a minimum of two (2) hours. In plants employing less than 250 employees but more than 100 employees where the Local Union President is a full time employee, such president will be allowed to leave the plant in accordance with Paragraph (24) of the DelpGM-UAW National Agreement to perform legitimate administrative functions without loss of pay for up to a total of eight (8) straight time hours per week. Any single period of absence must be for a minimum of two (2) hours. Any problems associated with the implementation or administration of this letter will be reviewed by the Corporation Labor Relations Staff with the GM Department of the UAW. Very truly yours, Gary L. Cowger Group Vice President - Labor Relations Doc. No. 78 ANTICIPATED TERMINATION OF SICK LEAVES GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION September 28, 1999 Mr. Richard Shoemaker Vice President and Director General Motors Department International Union, UAW 8000 East Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48214 Dear Mr. Shoemaker: During the course of the current negotiations, the parties agreed the letter of October 8, 1987 regarding the anticipated termination of sick leaves would again be published. The text of that letter reads as follows: "During the l979 negotiations, the parties discussed at length the Union's concern that certain employes on sick leaves of absence were not made aware of the anticipated return to work date supplied to Management by the employe's personal physician. "As a result of those discussions the Corporation advised the International Union that as a matter of policy it would, effective January 1, 1980 initiate a procedure whereby, in those instances where such information was submitted directly to Management by the employe's attending physician, an employe on a sick leave of absence would be provided written notification of the most current anticipated return to work date designated by his attending physician. A copy of this notification will be provided the Chairman of the Shop Committee. "In establishing such a procedure it is mutually recognized that providing or not providing such information will be without prejudice to either party in the application of any terms of the National Agreement and will not be cited or relied upon by an employe, the Union, or Management as a basis for any claim." Very truly yours, Gary L. Cowger Group Vice President - Labor Relations [See Par. (106), (111)(b)] Doc. No. 79 CHANGE IN ESTABLISHED SHIFT HOURS OR LUNCH PERIODS GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION September 28, 1999 Mr. Richard Shoemaker Vice President and Director International Union, UAW 8000 East Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48214 Dear Mr. Shoemaker: During the current negotiations the International Union raised the contention that certain local managements had failed to hold the advance discussion specified in Paragraph (88), regarding change in the established shift hours or lunch period. Accordingly, the Corporation informed the Union that it would advise its Local Plant Management that the matter of a change in established shift hours or lunch periods will be discussed as far in advance as possible with the Shop Committee. A record of that discussion which includes the position of the local Union regarding the change will be published in the minutes of the second step meeting. Very truly yours, Gary L. Cowger Group Vice President - Labor Relations [See Par. (5a)] Doc. No. 80 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PERIOD GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION September 28, 1999 Mr. Richard Shoemaker Vice President and Director General Motors Department International Union, UAW 8000 East Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48214 Dear Mr. Shoemaker: This is to confirm our understanding concerning the Christmas holiday periods provided under our National Agreement. The agreement is intended to continue the concept of an unbroken Christmas Holiday Period from the day before Christmas through New Year's Day (inclusive); a period that encompasses two weekends. Very truly yours, Gary L. Cowger Group Vice President - Labor Relations [See Par. (66)(d), (203)(3), (203c)]
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