The parties agree to the following settlement effective May 11, 2005Dated the 11th of May, 2005
- The Company acknowledges it has been in violation of Clause 2.03 by supervisors performing work of the bargaining unit.
- "Bargaining unit work" as per Clause 2.03 means "hands on" production work in any department outlined in Clause 3.21, and includes working on the line, running machines, and making line and equipment adjustments, installations, and picking off product that has a quality defect on a non incidental basis.
- "Bargaining unit work" as per clause 2.03 does not mean work for the purpose of instruction, production experimentation, quality control, or in a situation that requires equipment to be shut down i.e. where equipment is about to cause product damage or creates a safety risk. The Company will ask bargaining unit employees to attend to situation that are not the above examples.
- The parties will work together to resolve future questions about the definition of bargaining unit work as they arise.
- The policy grievance dated May 13, 2004 will be withdrawn.
FOR THE COMPANY FOR THE UNION Dave Fallis Farrell Louie Gerry Bell Brad Dahl Ingrid Dilschneider Dan Kneller Rick Dervisevic Rita Taylor Roy Graham