Posts Tagged ‘Plant closures and placement’
1701 Sheets and Weills v. UAW Chrysler Dept. and Region 2B
The Wrangler Paint Shop (WPS) committee was involved in the transition of the paint shop back to Chrysler to the fullest extent anticipated by Article 19, §3. Throughout this difficult bargaining process, the union met with the WPS committee members and kept them informed about the process. The UAW-Chrysler Department provided WPS unit members with…
Read More1709 Nye v. UAW-Chrysler Department
The union’s handling of the seniority issues and preferential hiring practices at Kenosha and the Milwaukee Parts Depot was consistent with the applicable agreements. Nye had only worked under the Local 72-AMC Agreement when he broke his seniority in 1994. He was not brought under the UAW-Chrysler P&M Agreement after AMC ceased operations. He did…
Read More1710 Neu v. UAW-Chrysler Department
The union’s handling of the seniority issues and preferential hiring practices at Kenosha and the Milwaukee Parts Depot was consistent with the applicable agreements. Neu had only worked under the Local 72-AMC Agreement when he broke his seniority in 1994. He was not brought under the UAW-Chrysler P&M Agreement after AMC ceased operations. He did…
Read More1758 Hayes et al. v. UAW-Chrysler Department
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 skilled trades classification had been…
Read More1762 Cooper et al. v. UAW-GM Department
Appellants had no contractual right to be offered a job at GM. The only thing the Guide plant closing agreement provided for employees without GM seniority rights was the right to be considered as a new hire and the possibility of a relocation allowance. Had appellants become aware that the Fort Wayne plant was hiring…
Read More1780 Neal v. UAW-FCA Department
The M-1 Memorandum in the UAW-FCA Agreement explicitly grants the National Committee authority to anticipate scheduled job losses by adopting a plan for the transfer and placement of affected employees in advance of the actual layoff. The only qualification on the Committee’s authority in this regard is that it must not affect quality or operating…
Read More1783 Self v. Local Union 933
There was no contractual basis for pursuing a grievance protesting Self’s disqualification from the skilled assembler classification. The record supports a conclusion that Self was unable to acquire the skills necessary for the promotion during a reasonable period.
Read More1787 Bailey v. UAW-Ford Department
We asked the International Union to provide information about the process used to evaluate applicants for the Toolmaker position Bailey sought in August 2016. It is now clear that the award of the promotion to the three men in this case was not dependent on any interviewer’s subjective assessment. The Company’s job posting on August…
Read More1788 Green v. UAW – GM Department
Green worked at the General Motors Kalamazoo Stamping Plant in the Weld Equipment Maintenance and Repair (“WEMR”) classification. When the Kalamazoo Plant was scheduled to close, Green accepted transfer to GM’s Warren Powertrain Plant and entered a retraining program in the Machine Repair classification. Green appeals the withdrawal of her grievance challenging the assignment of…
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