The various labor grades are those identified in Article 6.
"Job" as used in this Article 13 shall in each instance refer
to, as a composite unit, The Boeing Company title, number, and description of
the job.
The "Corporate Job List - Existing Jobs as of September 2, 2005 4,
2008” contains all the jobs
existing as of that date. For the period
of this Agreement, thereafter each job in that list respectively shall continue
within the same labor grade as the one with which it is identified in such list.
In the following sections of this Article 13, a procedure is established
for the placement, within labor grades, of new jobs or jobs in regard to which,
after the date of this Agreement, there has been a substantial change in job
function or job description. Such
procedure provides agreed upon measurements, standards and considerations to be applied in the placement of any such job
within a particular labor grade.
When work operations involving new or substantially changed requirements
are established after the effective date of this Agreement and such
requirements are not adequately or specifically described in an existing job,
the Company will describe and establish a new job in a labor grade based upon
its use of the Classification Guides and Representative Jobs referred to in
Section 13.10 by notifying the IAM
Overall Coordinator and the Directing Business Representative at each major
location of its action. If, forty-five
(45) days after receipt of such notification of the establishment of the new
job, the
Temporary classifications and code numbers identified with the prefix
"T" may be established by the Company for new work functions for
which no current job description is applicable and which require a period of
time to stabilize job duties. This
period shall not exceed ninety (90) days unless extended by mutual
agreement. Extensions will be limited to
two (2) and be granted in ninety (90) day increments. Employees will be assigned to such new work
at their current labor grades. The
Section
13.7 Initial Staffing of New or Temporary Classifications.
When establishing a new or temporary classification (not job
combinations) and where such new or temporary classification is comprised of
portions of existing jobs in programs currently in production, the Company will
identify the job classifications whose current work assignments will form the
basis for the Determining Duties of the new or temporary job description. The Company will then initially staff these
positions with senior volunteers from the employees currently assigned to those
existing job classifications within the organization from the site where the
new or temporary job is being installed.
When a new job is installed in an existing job family, and is of a
higher labor grade, all employees currently populating the lower labor grade in
the normal line of promotion in the new job family shall be notified of the
opportunity to file a Category B Effective Application in accordance with
Section 22.1(b). If the temporary job
results in the installation of a new job, the employees assigned to the
temporary job will have established rights to the new job. All further openings will be staffed in
accordance with Article 22.
In the event the Union disagrees with the labor grade in which the new
or changed job has been placed, it must, within forty-five (45) calendar days
from the date the new or changed job description is forwarded by the Company,
challenge the labor grade, detailing in writing the reasons why the Union
disagrees and why another Classification Guide (considered with its
Representative Jobs) is more appropriate to establish the labor grade;
otherwise, the job title, description, and labor grade, as determined by the
Company, will continue for the life of this Agreement.
If the Union challenges the labor grade in regard to a new or changed
job, Company and
Each labor grade shall be identified with a "Classification
Guide" and certain "Representative Jobs." Any disagreements between the
13.10(a) The Determining Duties and Responsibilities
(see the Rules referred to in Section 13.10(e)) in the job description
describing the new or revised work shall be the basis for determining the
appropriate labor grade.
13.10(b) The requirements to satisfactorily perform
the work shall be considered. For
example, typical requirements to be considered would be job knowledge, skill,
responsibility, working conditions, and problem solving. The abilities and personal qualities of
individuals who may already have been assigned to do the work shall not be
evaluated.
13.10(c) The Classification Guides and Representative
Jobs established for each labor grade shall be carefully studied and the sum of
the requirements so represented shall be compared with those of the work to be
graded.
13.10(d) The new or changed job shall be placed in
the labor grade that is identified with the Classification Guide and
Representative Jobs most comparable, in terms of work grade level, to the job
to be graded.
13.10(e) The attached "Rules Governing the
Application of Job Descriptions" and the glossary entitled "A
Glossary of Terms and Phrases" shall remain in effect for the life of this
Agreement.
If the Union challenges the labor grade of any new or changed job
classification as to which the Company has submitted a revised job description
to the Union, and it is determined that the job is not in the correct labor
grade, the Company shall pay each employee involved at the corrected rate for
time in which the employee has performed the determining duties specified in
the job description subsequent to the date on which the Union notifies the
Company in writing of its challenge of the labor grade placement and within
forty-five (45) calendar days prior to that date. Section 19.5 of Article 19 shall not apply.
The parties recognize that, as of the date of execution of this
Agreement, certain jobs now are in labor grades which, measured against the
applicable guidelines, do not meet the standards and work level appropriate to
the labor grade. Job references and
comparisons in connection with placement of new or changed jobs within a labor
grade are therefore limited to the Representative Jobs designated for the particular
labor grade.
During the life of this Agreement, unless changed by mutual agreement of
the parties, the Classification Guides and Representative Jobs identified
respectively with each labor grade shall be those to which the parties have
mutually agreed bearing date of September 2, 2005 4, 2008, and entitled
"Classification Guides and Representative Jobs for Use in Placing New or
Changed Jobs Within the Appropriate Labor Grade."
During the life of this Agreement, the Company shall have sole
responsibility for making work assignments.
The Union, however, may challenge the labor grade of any employee
covered by this Agreement based on the contention that the work assigned by the
Company differs from the job description to the extent and in such a manner so
as to require assigning the employee to an existing or new job that would be in
a higher labor grade after applying the guidelines of Section 13.10. Disputes based on such contention may be
settled in accordance with Article 19.
By:___________________________ By:_________________________
Date: _________________________ Date:_______________________