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Information Concerning the Proposed Schedule Change at Orion Assembly
In light of the recent General Motors announcements concerning our schedule and future operations at Orion Assembly, following is information regarding these issues from the International UAW and from your Local Union Leadership. BARGAINING
UNIT QUESTIONS
QUESTION:
Time for Time, do you lose any or all seniority after the 6 months is over
with no call back.
ANSWER:
National Agreement (Pg. 49) Para:
64 (e) states (in excerpt) If
an employee is laid off for a continuous period equal to the seniority which the
employee had acquired at the time of such lay off period
shall for a period of 60 months, beginning with the employees last
scheduled work day prior to being laid off, retain the right to re-hire in
accordance with the seniority date that the employee has established at the
plant as of such last day scheduled. (The Nation Agreement QUESTION:
Will everyone hired in 2008 be laid-off?
ANSWER:
As things stand right now, everyone
with 2008 plant seniority will be laid off, some time, after QUESTION:
Would you clarify the 6 year call back.
ANSWER:
Please see answer #1 QUESTION:
When will vacation forms be
approved and how will they work considering the changes? ANSWER:
Management is currently processing
vacation forms. Make sure you have
your vacation form
before leaving for the
Christmas QUESTION:
Would a SAP program include GM Suppliers? ANSWER:
There has been no official Special
Attrition Program announcement or offer by management,
when and if there
is,
the rules and
conditions will be rolled out at that time. QUESTION:
When you are laid off for 48 weeks is it true you would be brought back
and someone else would get laid off?
ANSWER:
National Agreement (Pg. 199
)Appendix K states: (in excerpt) Para:
I (A) (1) Volume related declines attributable to market related conditions
as described in Doc. #10, Jobs Program – Volume Related Layoffs – SEL, not
to exceed 48 weeks (inclusive of
vacation shutdown weeks) over the life of the agreement.
A Layoff caused by an event described in Para: I (A) will have no impact
on the number of protected employees except for an employee who is protected
from a lay off attributable to a market related volume decline in excess of 48
weeks (inclusive of vacation shutdown weeks) In those instances, employees
having the least seniority, will be laid off and replaced by an equivalent
number of greater seniority employees who would otherwise have insufficient
seniority to remain in the plant. (The
National Agreement (Pg. 199) Appendix K is suggested reading to explore your
individual circumstance) Appendix K,
in full, describes the Job Security program.
In light of the recent comments by UAW International leadership these
provisions could be thrown in to the special circumstance described in Appendix
K I (A)
QUESTION:
Do Members of UAW Local 5960 pay union dues while on lay-off?
ANSWER: Laid-off
members, who receive Sub-Pay, pay 1 Hr. of their hourly wage Per Month from
their Sub-Pay check.
QUESTION : Can General
Motors call Temporary Employees back prior to
Permanent Employees being called back?
ANSWER:
No.
UAW National Agreement Pg.
(41) Section (56) (in excerpt) Employees shall be regarded as temporary
employees until their names have been
placed on the seniority list. There
shall be no responsibility for the re-employment of temporary employees if they
are laid off or discharged during this period. QUESTION :Do employees from Orion Assembly get called back prior to other GM employees from other GM Locations being called?
ANSWER: Yes. ANSWER:
Yes.
QUESTION : What
plants have currently been scheduled for closing or consolidation?
ANSWER:
Janesville, Wisconsin, Doraville, Georgia, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
Linden, New Jersey, Massena, New York, Livonia, Michigan,
Drayton Plains, Michigan, Lansing Craft Centre, Michigan, Portland Oregon POC
and St. Louis, Missouri CTR.
QUESTION :
Will Orion Assembly be down the 22nd and 23rd of December?
ANSWER: All
shifts will report on
requirements have been met.
QUESTION :
What is happening with
job postings and transfers at this time?
ANSWER: All
job postings and 63b’s have been suspended as of
QUESTION : Regardless
of seniority, are Tier 2 employees laid off before Tier 1 employees?
ANSWER: Yes,
Tier 2 employees have less seniority than Tier 1 employees.
Tier 1 employees are laid off by seniority.
Tier 1 and 2 employees are called back to
work in line of seniority. UAW
5960 Local Agreement Pg. (26) A- 5 (in excerpt)
Thereafter, employees with the greatest seniority will be
retained and
employees with the least seniority will be reduced in accordance with the Orion Assembly
Center flow charts (Pg. 51) Reduced on a high
to high seniority basis. QUESTION : What
is the status of inverse seniority layoffs?
ANSWER: The
UAW Local 5960 leadership and Orion Assembly Management are currently discussing
inverse seniority layoffs.
QUESTION : Is
the current seniority list up to date and where is it? ANSWER: In accordance with the UAW 5960 Local agreement, seniority lists are posted at the East, South, North and Main entrances and in the A aisle near the Main Cafeteria in an enclosed bulletin board.
QUESTION :
I transferred her from
another factory out of the area, when I am indefinitely laid off can I take the
relocation money to transfer back if my
application is accepted?
ANSWER: UAW/GM
National Agreement Pg. (171) Appendix A I – H (In excerpt) Employees who are
placed in accordance with Appendix A and accept
the Enhanced Relocation Allowance will not a eligible to initiate another
Extended Area Hire Placement for a period of 36 months unless the
employees
status changes to laid off or Protected. In
the event the plant has excess employees on permanent indefinite lay off or
placed on Protective status with no
likelihood of recall into the active workforce, the 36 month period will be
eliminated.
QUESTION : How
many jobs is the partial 3rd shift expected to keep around?
ANSWER: The
partial 3rd shift operations, as of this time, will require
approximately (57) fifty seven additional employees. QUESTIONS We realize that there will be
questions as we go through this process. If
you have questions pertaining to unemployment or the lay-off in general, you can
call the PLEASE REMEMBER, EVERYTHING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS
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