Local
Negotiations Update On
Friday, January 20th you Local Bargaining Committee reached
a tentative agreement with Ford Motor Company for the local agreement
here at KCAP. We are
currently putting together details and highlights to distribute to the
membership later this week. We
believe we have a fair agreement with many improvements for all of our
members. We are looking at
February 12, 2012 as the date to have the ratification meeting at Truck
Redeployment Survey On
Monday, January 30th the company will begin canvassing all
SUV employees to determine whether they wish to work in the Truck
System or take the layoff when the SUV system goes down.
As of today it looks like the last day will be April 27th
for SUV production (this is subject to change).
The current plan is to begin training the following week and
for training to continue for 3 weeks and for the nightshift to launch
on Monday, May 21st. Below I will answer some frequently
asked questions related to the truck shift redeployment and the TLO
for SUV employees. ·
Employees will still build vacation time while on a TLO While on a TLO Vacation will be
paid out on your eligibility date either June or December and does not
have to be claimed on your SUB or unemployment.
Any bonuses received such as profit sharing, the $1500
inflation protection bonus paid in June or the $250 quality bonus paid
in December do not have to be claimed either. ·
While on a TLO you still build retirement credits SUB and unemployment do not
count as compensated hours towards profit sharing.
So you will only receive profit sharing for the hours you work
in 2012 and 2013. ·
If you choose to work in Truck System and not to take
the layoff you will not have recall rights back to the other system
when the Transit launches. You
will have to bid or sign non promotional. ·
Truck employees will be surveyed to see if they want to
go nights when the night shift launches. ·
SUV employees will be surveyed for the TLO or to work in
the Truck System. If they
choose Truck they will also make a shift preference. SUV
Layoff The
layoff period is expected to be 12 to 14 months but as things progress
that could change. Below
is a chart of what employees will make while on a TLO based off your
hourly rate. The amount
below will have $30 and taxes taken out.
This should give everyone a good idea what they will receive
while on layoff.
Stamping
Agreement All
new jobs in stamping will be bid prior to the SUV balance out.
Many of the people who accept bids will not be off the entire layoff.
The current plan is to be stamping parts December 1st of this year. We
will begin stamping some F150 parts to train our people until the
Transit is ready for production. Skilled trades will have area
preference sign up shortly after ratification and trades interested in
transferring to stamping will sign up then. Some may begin
training right away and others will be moved and begin training as
needed. The building should be up and ready to begin stacking
the press in June. All employees who transfer or bid to stamping
will be required to stay there for 1 year. New
Hires Referrals and Testing For
the last 2 weeks the company has been accepting referrals for testing
again. As of Friday January 20 the company is no longer accepting
referrals. They received about 2000 referrals and the testing will
take place on February 11th and 12th.
They will be testing 560 people.
Currently the plan is to bring in about 300 LTS (temps)
starting the week of March 12th to train on jobs to free up
utility and coordinators so they can begin training in the truck
system. The LTS employees will work in the SUV system until balance
out. Most all of the LTS employees coming in March will come from the
list of people that have already tested. There will be a few new ones
as the old list will be exhausted. Most all of the people who pass
this test will be considered for permanent employment when the Transit
launches. Equality
of Sacrifice Grievance As
of last Thursday we were informed by the National Ford Dept that the
arbitrator had asked for more information and the date for both
parties to provide it had not been given at that time. I was hoping
for an update before today but didn’t get one, I look for one early
this coming week. I know
with the recent announcement of Ford giving the salaried employees
raises that everyone including myself is upset and want this wrapped
up as soon as possible. We will communicate any updates to everyone as
soon as we get them. Pre
Retirement Planning Workshops On February 9th and 10th there will be pre retirement meetings here at the union hall. The times both days will be 11:30am, 1:30pm, 3:40pm, and 5:15pm. The National Ford Department will be sending reps down to answer questions and help people plan for retirement should they be interested in doing so. If the times mentioned don’t work for someone and you are eligible for retirement and want to attend please let your committeeman know and we will work to get you released to attend. Truck
Saturdays for the 2012 Model Year The
following Saturdays are scheduled for the new model year in the truck
system. There are 3 tentatively scheduled for
1-7-12, 1-21-12 and 2-4-12. These
are still subject to change at this point.
We will notify the membership if we are informed of any changes
to the schedule. Employee Discounts This web site lists information about all the employee discounts that are available to both active and retired members.
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