*OVERTIME - SKILLED

It is mutually agreed between Ford Motor Company, Vehicle Operations, Woodhaven Stamping Plant, and the International Union, UAW, Local 387, on September 29th, 2003, at Woodhaven, Michigan, that the following provisions will govern the Local Skilled Overtime Agreement.

  1. Daily and weekend overtime shall be equalized by classification and shift and scheduled in such a manner that the spread of overtime hours between employees within their classification and shift will not exceed thirty-six (36) hours.
    1. In attempting to achieve equalization of overtime opportunities, Management agrees to the principle of scheduling the employee with the lowest number of accumulated overtime hours. In the implementing procedures to accomplish this principle, scheduling will be accomplished as follows:
    2. In keeping with the 36 hour spread referred in paragraph 1 employees lowest in overtime hours in the classification on the shift will be scheduled to work daily, weekend, and holiday overtime. When scheduling overtime, employees with the lowest overtime hours will be scheduled for all overtime hours to be worked. These hours are determined by regular IBM Overtime Equalization Report issued each week. The machine prepared record issued on Tuesday shall be used to schedule overtime commencing with the following Saturday through Friday period.  It is recognized that some instances may occur where another low houred employee will be scheduled for purposes of job continuity.  Complaints that good Judgment is not being exercised in this regard will be reviewed by the Employee Relations Manager.
    3. The maximum overtime opportunity to be scheduled and charged to any employee on any day will not exceed a twelve-hour shift. Employees voluntarily accepting opportunities in excess of a twelve-hour shift will be charged for all hours worked.
  2. All reasonable means will be employed to equalize overtime hours between shifts in line with this agreement.   Company efforts will include shifting daily overtime from one shift to another or scheduling unequal daily overtime from one shift to another or scheduling unequal amounts of weekend overtime where schedules and requirements of plant operations permit.
    1. When such efforts fail to maintain the overtime hours at a spread 52 hours or less between the shifts, shift crossing procedures as outlined in paragraph 3 below will become effective for purposes of overtime equalization. These procedures would be discontinued upon reaching a spread of 52 hours or less. The spread is determined by the high hours of the respective shifts.
    2. The Company will make every effort not to circumvent an entire shift through overtime scheduling on Saturday, Sunday or holidays.  However, this may be necessary in some cases for equalization of overtime purposes.
  3. When shift crossing is required, the lists for each of the three shifts for a classification will be combined for purposes of scheduling weekend and/or Holiday overtime. Lowest houred employees will be scheduled for their assigned shift while higher houred employees will be scheduled to cross shifts. There will be double crossing of shifts for the purpose of overtime equalization. Employees opting to cross shifts must comply with paragraph 11 below.
  4. A record of all overtime charges will be maintained and shall be posted on bulletin boards provided on the plant wall of the Administration Building, no later than Noon Wednesday of each work week. The Union will be supplied with two (2) copies of this overtime record. Any protest by an employee concerning the accuracy of this record must be made within one (1) week of its posting.
  5. New hires, rehires, and reinstatements shall be charged a number of hours equal to those possessed by the employee with the highest number of hours on the same classification and shift. (Employee will assume high hours, But not higher than the highest houred person on the shift they go to.)
  6. An employee reclassified and/or transferred will assume a number of hours equal to those possessed by the employee with the highest number of overtime hours in the classification and shift.
    1. Overtime groups that continue to cross shift for overtime equalization will have adjustments made to maintain their hours following transfers for shift changes. (Accumulated hours go with employee.)
    2. This provision shall not be applicable to those employees reclassified or transferred for a period of three (3) weeks or less. They shall revert to the same hours held prior to the reclassification, or transfer.
    3. Employees will be charged for all overtime opportunities while away from the plant on company business. If the out of plant assignment is greater than two (2) weeks in length they will be transferred to an administrative department report and will be treated as a new transfer upon their return to the plant.
  7. Overtime opportunities will be charged at the applicable premium.
  8. An employee who is not at work for any reason, including vacation and temporary layoff, as defined in Article VIII, Section 21, of the Master Agreement, and who otherwise would have been scheduled to work will be charged for the lost overtime opportunities at the applicable premium except as provided below:
    1. An employee shall not be charged overtime hours for days while on approved short-term active military duty, such as annual summer encampments, training cruises and mandatory weekends.
    2. An employee will not be charged with daily overtime refusal if the overtime was offered in the last one (1) hour of the shift.
    3. Employees scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, who have an option to refuse, will be charged for both  Saturday and Sunday. Employees scheduled for Saturday only, and who have an option to refuse, will be charged for the Saturday, but will not be charged for the Sunday, if scheduled on Saturday. (Includes employees on vacation.)
    4. Daily overtime for days on which the employee is:
      1. Receiving Bereavement Pay.
      2. Serving on Jury Duty.
    5. A weekend which occurs in the three-day period as defined in Article IX, Section 19, of the Master Agreement (Bereavement Pay).
    6. Those employees who are scheduled and accept weekend and Holiday overtime work, but fail to report for such overtime, shall be charged at twice the applicable rate for such opportunity, but no more than the highest accumulated hours on the shift. (Double charges shall not be made where 100% schedules are in effect.)
  9. All overtime hours paid through the grievance procedure will be charged at the applicable premium.
  10. Employees placed on light duty assignment by the Medical Department will be charged for overtime opportunities lost due to such medical restrictions.
  11. An employee whose medical restriction is due to an industrial injury and who is on the schedule to work overtime will be permitted to work daily and weekend overtime unless on a (40) hour restriction or such assignment would exceed the medical restriction.
  12. Initial overtime schedules will be posted in a prominent location in the plant on the administration wall and in the vicinity of the production office by 2:00 p.m., Wednesday. Management will make every effort to post #1 shift weekend overtime within the last hour of their shift Wednesday.  There will be no changes to the overtime schedule after Thursday.  Employee requests to be excused for the weekend will be made by the end of their shift on Thursday.
  13. In the event circumstances necessitate changes to the schedule following Thursday, those employees added will be given personal notification. Employees scheduled after Thursday, who request to be excused from the overtime will not be charged for such refusal.
    1. Notice of holiday work schedules will be posted, two (2) working days in advance of a holiday, when possible. 
    2. In the event that a holiday falls on Friday, the overtime posting date and refusal date will move back accordingly.
    3. The Company will maintain a copy of all daily and weekend postings in a separate folder in the clerk’s office by shift.  All original and additional postings will be maintained and provided to the Union upon request.
  14. Overtime schedules will be posted on clean locked glass (or similar material) enclosed  boards and will reflect the date and time posted.
  15. When scheduling daily and weekend overtime, if less than 100% of the employees in an equalization group are scheduled and as long as a replacement can be secured, employees will be excused. Should no qualified replacement be found, the lowest houred employees in the equalization group must work.  Paragraph 11 above provides specific requirements concerning weekend schedules.
  16. Employees forced to work on two (2) or more consecutive weekends may opt to assume high hours on the shift. Such requests must be made to the overtime administrator on the Monday for the adjusted hours to appear on the IBM Overtime Equalization Report issued on Tuesday.
  17. In the event that a holiday is attached to the weekend (Thursday, Friday, Monday or Tuesday), if any portion of the overtime package is cancelled, employees originally scheduled to work shall notify management if they desire to refuse the remaining overtime.  (Reference 13a).
  18. Management will make every effort not to force a Saturday or Sunday for employees who have a full eight (8) hour paid vacation or paid excused absence day approved for Friday or Monday.  
    1. The Union will be furnished copies of all overtime schedules, and revisions thereto, prior to such overtime being worked. The IBM Overtime Equalization Report will be copied and used to schedule overtime as provided in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.
    2. Leaders and journeymen by skilled classification shall be placed on the same list for purposes of  equalization of overtime opportunity.
    3. Any classification desiring to eliminate the shift crossing procedures will be responsible for presentation of a petition to the Unit Skilled Trades Committeeperson indicating the collective desire of the majority of the employees on a classification. Upon presentation of such a petition, the Company and Union will negotiate the effective date of elimination.
    4. During plant vacation shutdowns, weekend overtime schedules will be developed in the following manner. Employees lowest in overtime hours on the classification will be scheduled during the shutdown period.
    5. The present practice of scheduling employees with the lowest hours in the classification for all overtime opportunities during the Christmas - New Year's Holiday, Thanksgiving Holiday, and Easter Holiday periods will be continued.  The foregoing not withstanding, the Bargaining Committee and Labor Relations may review a specific Holiday schedule with a view toward scheduling by shift for that specific period.
    6. In the event an employee(s) transfer(s) to a shift which does not have an incumbent employee in the same equalization group, the employee(s) transferring will assume hours equal to the average hours of the highest houred employees on the other shifts in the same equalization group.
    7. While it's not the Company's policy to cancel Sunday work on Saturday, there may be reasonable or unforeseen circumstances or incidents when this may occur. Complaints that good judgment is not being exercised in this regard may be reviewed by the Skilled Trades Unit Commiteeperson with the Labor Relations Supervisor.
    8. Effective with this agreement overtime equalization hours will start at relative (0) hours effective the first pay period of January each year of this agreement in each classification, department.
    9. The Union expressed great concern regarding the issue of employees who have left the plant following their shift of work on Friday are being notified at home that the weekend overtime schedule has been revised and their particular schedule has been canceled. This is to assure that all rea­sonable efforts are exerted to secure proper overtime sched­uling and with the exception of unforeseen circumstances or incidents, phoning employees at home to cancel weekend overtime, should not be required. Complaints that good judgment is not being exercised in this regard may be reviewed by the Skilled Trades Unit Committeeperson with the Labor Relations Supervisor.
    10. Except in emergencies or breakdowns, an employee shall be notified of required overtime work not later than the completion of his/her last hour of work on the day preceding such overtime.
  19. The notice provisions in this section shall also apply to the resumption of overtime work whenever there is a break in the overtime schedule.   Employee(s) on a daily overtime schedule who are sent home by management without working overtime, will be considered as having their overtime schedule broken.  As a consequence of the interruption in the overtime schedule, these employees so affected must be re-notified of future overtime schedule requirements.

This agreement shall become effective concurrently with effective date of (a) any new Collective Bargaining Agreement which replaced the October 9, 1999, Collective Bargaining Agreement or (b) any extension of the October 9, 1999, Collective Bargaining Agreement (other than an extension for a temporary or indefinite period) and shall remain in effect for the same period as such new or extended Collective Bargaining Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.

In accordance with Article IV, Section 6 of the Master Agreement, pertaining to overtime, this agreement is signed subject to the approval of the National Ford Department of the UAW and the Union Affairs of the Company.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY
WOODHAVEN STAMPING PLANT
INTERNATIONAL UNION, UAW
LOCAL 387
Bonnie Wojewoda
Bonnie Wojewoda, HR Manager
Robert Humphrey
Robert Humphrey, Plant Chairman
Keith Tafelski
Keith Tafelski, LR Supervisor
Carlos R. Perez
Carlos R. Perez, Bargaining Committeeperson
Trudy Cagle
Trudy Cagle, HR Associate
Cass M. Simpson
Cass M. Simpson, Bargaining Committeeperson
Pamela A. Siegwald
Pamela A. Siegwald, HR Associate
Joseph Noble
Joseph Noble, UAW Sourcing Rep
Bob Ermak
Bob Ermak, Risk Team Leader
John Laird
John Laird, UAW H&S Representative
Rick Whittemore
Rick Whittemore, PE Manager
Jim Andres
Jim Andres, UAW H&S Representative
Ray Ritchie
Ray Ritchie, Tool & Die Manager
Kevin Madigan
Kevin Madigan, UAW 387      
Larry Thompson
Larry Thompson, Area Manager
Mike Spence
Mike Spence, UAW Skilled Trades Committeeperson
   
Division Representative
Stamping Business Unit
Region 1-A
Representative
   
Union Affairs National Ford Department
   
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