Skilled trades

The PRB’s jurisdiction over appeals related to the processing of grievances is limited to claims that the matter was improperly handled because of fraud, discrimination, or collusion with management, or that the disposition or handling of the matter was devoid of any rational basis.  Here, the Local Bargaining Unit Chairperson ...

Appellant does not assert that the withdrawal of her grievance was motivated by fraud, discrimination, or collusion with management.  Nor is there any basis on the Record to suggest that any such factors influenced the handling of her grievance.  Rather, Appellant disagrees with the International Representative’s conclusion that she was ...

The Skilled Trades Zone Committeeperson reviewed the credentials of the challenged employees and determined that they were qualified for their positions. The GM Department found that the Committeeperson’s decision was rational. Appellants have produced no convincing evidence to contradict that finding.

We are not confronted with the question whether the Union could have persuaded an arbitrator to enforce Morgan’s right to bump into the Packer/Stocker position over Management’s objection. The record supports the conclusion that but for the Local President’s intervention Morgan would have been allowed to bump into the Packer/Stocker ...

Eardley complains that WEMR’s are being allowed to bring their skilled-trades seniority into the Electrician classification to the disadvantage of Electricians. The WEMR and the Electrician classification are related in this location, so time spent in the WEMR classification is the equivalent of time spent in the Electrician classification. The ...

The posted job was a journeyman position, and the two employees who were selected had documented experience in the Electrician classification. There was no contractual basis for the Union to insist that Ford Motor Company give Jones a chance to learn the job. The Regional Representative withdrew Jones’ grievance based ...

Estrada’s appeal suggested that the adjustment to his skilled trades date-of-entry advanced the date by eight years. In fact, the adjustment restored credit for three years. Prior to the restoration of GM seniority and skilled trades dates-of-entry for former Saturn employees pursuant to the 2009 modifications to the UAW-GM National ...

The UAW-GM Department’s Skilled Trades Coordinator reviewed appellants’ complaint and determined that the Company was not obligated to replace skilled trades workers who retired in 2008 and 2009 under the terms of a special attrition plan. This review process was the remedy provided by Appendix K for issues arising under ...

The IEB always has the final authority under Article 19, §3, to determine whether a contract should be declared ratified after it has been approved by a majority of the members participating in the ratification process. In situations where there has been a negative vote by skilled trades members, Article ...

During the 2011 negotiations, the parties to the UAW-Chrysler National Agreement adopted a letter of understanding that replaced the previous skilled trades structure with three work groups divided into five classifications. In 2012, Chrysler gave skilled trades employees on indefinite layoff an election form providing options to those employees whose ...