*SHIFT PREFERENCE

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

The Company agrees to the principle that senior employees should be given consideration in the assignment of shifts. However, it is recognized that it is impossible to operate the plant efficiently with all higher seniority employees on any one shift and, therefore, seniority alone cannot be the sole determining factor in applying the above principle.

For the purpose of permitting senior employees to exercise preference in choice of shifts it is agreed that the following rules will apply:

1. Effective the first Monday in February, the first Monday in May, the first Monday in August, and the first Monday in November, and continuing for two (2) consecutive weeks in each instance, seniority employees desiring to change their current shift preference shall be given the opportunity of making their shift preference known by filing their application with the Hourly Personnel Office. A copy of the application so filed will be made available to the employee and the Union. Any employee who does not turn in a shift preference application card during the prescribed period and who has a bump card on file in the Hourly Personnel Office will be considered as desiring no change in his/her preference of shifts. Employees who do not have a shift preference application card on file in the Hourly Personnel Office will be considered as having no preference of shifts. A notice of the application period shall be posted on the plant bulletin board.
   
2. Employees shall exercise shift preference by classification and department.
   
3. All shift changes resulting from paragraph I above shall take place the first work day of the fifth week.
   
4. An employee may be hired, rehired, or reinstated for two (2) weeks on any shift and then will be replaced by the senior employee desiring that shift who has an application as provided above. Such bump shall be effective no later than the first Monday following the two (2) week period.
   
5. Employees who are unable to file an application for shift change in accordance with paragraph 1 above due to absence from the plant on official leave of absence, vacation, and/or layoff due to a reduction in force or apprentices upon graduation, will be permitted to file an application for shift transfer within the first full week following their return to work.
   
6. In the event of a reduction in force, shift adjustments will be made for those employees affected by the reduction in force, in accordance with their shift preference of record. In the event an employee is displaced for any reason beyond his/her control, his/her shift preference of record will be honored within two (2) weeks provided he/she so requests within a week and he/she has sufficient seniority.
   
7. An employee transferred in accordance with the existing Promotional procedure may be bumped by a more senior employee on his/her classification or may bump a junior employee on his/her classification no later than two (2) weeks after the transfer. Such bump shall be effective no later than the first Monday following the two (2) week period. The senior employee’s second choice will be honored after exhausting his/her first shift preference choice. This provision is also applicable to a graduating apprentice.
   
8. An employee transferred in accordance with the Non-Promotional procedure shall not exercise seniority for shift preference until the next regular shift adjustment season or shift personnel realignment.
   
9. The seniority date to be utilized in applying the provisions of this Agreement is to be plant seniority for the non-skilled classifications and the skilled date of entry seniority as set forth in the Skilled Occupational Group Seniority Agreement.
   
10. Deviation from this Agreement may be made by mutual agreement between the Unit Bargaining Committee and Plant Labor Relations.
    
11. It is further agreed that the Union will notify Plant Labor Relations immediately of any complaints that supervision has not exercised reasonableness in shift adjustments and Labor Relations will be given the following week to make adjustments before the Union resorts to the grievance procedure.
    
12. No apprentice shall displace a journeyman on a shift.

This agreement shall become effective concurrently with the effective date of (a) any new Collective Bargaining Agreement which replaces 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 VIII, Section 28(a) of the Master Agreement, pertaining to local shift preference agreements, this agreement is signed subject to the approval of the National Ford Department of the UAW and the Union Affairs Staff 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