A seniority employee, upon request to his/her supervisor and provided there are no abuses, will be given consideration for his/her preferences of starting time in his/her department, shift, and classification, if there is more than one starting time. When it is necessary to deny the employee’s request, the committeeperson  will be notified, and given the reason for the denial. If there is a complaint that Supervision is not exercising good judgment in their decisions, the individual cases will be reviewed with the Labor Relations Supervisor.

Recall rights to designated classifications shall be restored for employees who have been transferred to other Company locations under the Preferential Placement procedures.

During 1999 Local Negotiations, the Union expressed concerns regarding Management's adherence to the 7207 process.  This is to confirm Management's commitment to properly schedule and perform a 7207 when new or modified processes are installed.  All efforts will be made to give the Union notice the day prior to the review.

• A safety review will be performed prior to start up to identify and correct safety items that would prohibit any operator from performing the function without injury.
  
• A preliminary 7207 will be performed sometime during the initial start up shift of production to identify corrections required to make the process production worthy.
  
• A formal 7207 will be performed sometime during the first week of production.

The objective of this program is to provide production worthy tools capable of safely making quality parts in a timely manner.

As in the past, management will insist that propane tanks be stored in a safe manner. At this time, it is intended that such tanks will not be stored in the plant.