The Clock
This is the maximum number of hours a 12-hour shift employee is allowed to work in a single shift if they volunteer for extra time.
What is 14 hours?
This is the dollar value of the annual safety footwear voucher provided to each member.
What is $150?
A new employee is considered "probationary" until they have completed this many calendar days.
What is 90 days?
Article II grants the company the exclusive responsibility to establish these for all machines, employees, and operations.
What are standards of performance?
Reporting for Duty An 8-hour shift employee who reports to work as scheduled but is sent home because work isn't available must be paid for this many hours.
What is four (4) hours? (Note: It is 6 hours for 12-hour shift employees )
An 8-hour employee cannot be forced to work overtime more than this many times during a regular pay period until everyone else in the classification has been forced.
What is once?
This is the number of hours of "Death-in-Family" pay a 12-hour shift employee is entitled to.
What is 36 hours?
After receiving a voluntary job bid, an employee must wait this long before bidding on another job, unless it is a higher-paying role.
What is 9 months?
Reprimand reports (excluding Article 6.14 violations) must be removed from an employee's record after this many months.
What is 9 months?
Emergency Call-Out If an employee is called into the plant for an emergency, they are guaranteed a minimum of this many hours of pay at the time and one-half rate
What is 4 hours (for 8-hour staff) or 6 hours (for 12-hour staff)?
This premium rate is paid for all work performed on the 7th consecutive day of the pay period, provided minimum hour requirements are met.
What is Double Time?
To be eligible for holiday pay, an employee cannot be more than this many minutes late for the shift before or after the holiday.
What is 15 minutes?
When two or more employees have the same seniority date, their seniority is determined by this.
What is alphabetical sequence?
Supervisors may only perform bargaining unit work for these three reasons.
What are (a) training/instruction, (b) eliminating production difficulties, or (c) emergencies?
When an employee is temporarily transferred to a higher-rated classification, they must be paid this rate.
What is the basic wage rate of the higher classification?
Night shift differential for 12-hour employees is paid for all hours worked between these two times.
Answer: What are 7:00 PM and 7:00 AM?
This is the maximum duration an employee can accumulate seniority while off work due to a non-factory injury or illness.
What is 18 months?
These four departments/areas were recently combined to be considered the "Mixing Department."
What are #11, K1, and K2 (#27) mixing areas?
This is the amount of the hourly bonus paid to any employee working with Carbon Black.
What is 55 cents?
Regardless of their regular schedule, 12-hour shift employees who are called to jury duty will be reassigned to this specific schedule for the duration of their service.
What is the 8-hour day shift, Monday through Friday?
These four specific scenarios are the only times hours lost do not count toward computing weekly overtime.
What are work stoppage, Act of God, or lack of work due to major mechanical breakdown/curtailment of production?
Under FMLA, the company may require an employee to substitute this accrued benefit for unpaid leave, except during the A&S waiting period.
What is vacation
To fill a "Key Classification" vacancy, the company uses this process instead of just seniority.
What is a panel interview (conducted by two management and two union officials)?
The company can use video cameras for discipline in these specific severe cases, such as theft, fighting, or this safety-specific violation.
What is Lockout/Tagout?
A Step 1 grievance must be discussed with the Shift Supervisor within this many working days after the facts became known.
What is five (5) working days?