TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
LETTER OF
UNDERSTANDING NO. 20
Subject:
NC/CNC/ADAPTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS
AND COMPUTER AIDED WORK STATIONS
The Company and Union agree to the
identification and clarification of the below terms and descriptions as
applicable to all Corporate Jobs as identified in Article 13 of the parties'
Collective Bargaining Agreement:
A. 1. Numerically Controlled/Computer Numerically Controlled (NC/CNC) or
other adaptive computer system machine controls are synonymous and will be used
as such in all existing job classifications, and shall be incorporated as such
into all existing and future job classifications as appropriate.
2. Operators
may make adjustments to existing machine control programs similar and in
comparable technical complexity as those required to manually provide machine
instruction such that machines optimally perform the identified machine tasks.
3. Such
tasks as described above will not be used or considered as justification for
grade adjustment but are inclusive of current grade level identification.
B. Computer
aided/assisted work stations such as those using PC's, computer terminals
linked to main frame systems, CATIA or any and/or all subsequent integrated
computer assisted technology systems, which are used to accomplish currently
assigned or similar work assignments, shall not be used as justification for
revision of grade level, but are considered tools and devices assisting the
individual to accomplish assigned tasks.
The actual duties and tasks accomplished by the individual as a
composite in comparison to the classification guides and representative jobs
will be the basis for grade designation as identified in Article 13 as applied
in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
C. Such
terms will be incorporated into revised or new job descriptions and/or
incorporated into the classification guides and/or Glossary of Terms and
Phrases within the Collective Bargaining Agreement or a combination of the
above.
Dated
By:_____________________________ By:_________________________
Date: ___________________________ Date:_______________________