LETTER OF
UNDERSTANDING NO. 36
SUBJECT:
TEAM LEADER
The parties recognize that certain work groups may benefit from the designation
of an employee as a team leader for the purpose of creating and maintaining a
team environment and coordinating operational issues. The Company will
determine the necessity for, and number of, team leader assignments. The team leader will serve as the leader of
all bargaining unit employees in the assigned work group, irrespective of the
job classifications of those employees.
The selection of a team leader shall not be considered the establishment
of a new job for the purposes of Article 13.
IAM/Boeing Joint Programs will form a subcommittee
to establish minimum criteria for applicants who wish to be considered for team
leader assignments. The subcommittee will complete its work and present a joint
recommendation to the Company and the Union not later than December 2,
2005. Any mutually-developed minimum
criteria will be submitted to the Company and the Union for review and
approval. If the subcommittee fails to
agree on mutually-acceptable minimum criteria by December 2, 2005, the Company
will determine the minimum criteria for applicants.
Team leader selection, other than temporary team
leader selection, will be frozen until December 2, 2005 or until minimum
criteria are approved by the parties, whichever date is earlier.
Effective December
2, 2005, the The selection of an employee for a
team leader assignment shall be made in the following manner: Employees who meet the minimum criteria for a
team leader assignment will self-nominate for a posted open team leader
assignment. Open team leader
assignments will be posted for a minimum of five work days. A
structured interview will be utilized to select recommended candidate(s). If the posted team leader assignment is
filled by the Company, and there are two or more recommended candidates for the
assignment, the recommended candidate with the greatest bargaining unit
seniority will be selected. The
provisions of Article 13 and 22 shall not apply to such selection.
The Company will
develop a training program for employees selected for team leader
assignments. IAM/Boeing Joint Programs
may assist in the development of this training.
Effective September
5, 2008, Aan
employee selected for a team leader assignment shall be paid a premium of $2.001.75
per hour above his/her current base rate.
Employees assigned as team
leaders shall not formally appraise the
work of other employees or make, as a result of solicitation by their
supervisor, recommendations concerning employment, release, transfer, upgrade,
or disciplinary action relative to other employees, be directly responsible for
the quantity or quality of work produced by other employees, be responsible for
the assignment of overtime within the shop, be required to take attendance for
other than purposes of making detailed work allocations, or be responsible for
handing out paychecks. When authorized by the Company, a team leader may
delegate a portion of his/her allocated work to employees in the team leader’s
group.
Current leads will not lose
grade or pay as a direct result of team leader assignments.
The parties agree
to form a committee, consisting of an equal number of Company and
Nothing in this Letter of
Understanding will be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure in
Article 19, with the exception of the seniority-based selection of recommended
candidates. Additionally, nothing in this
Letter of Understanding will alter or impact the Company’s right to select any
bargaining unit employee for a temporary team leader assignment for a period of
time not to exceed ninety (90) days. The
following issues may be appealed by the Union through Step 3 of the grievance
procedure set forth in Section 19.2 of the Agreement, but will not be subject
to arbitration: (1) the
Company’s decision to discontinue the assignment of any bargaining unit
employee selected for a team leader position; (2) a
team leader progress review; and (3) the
duration of a temporary team leader assignment.
Dated:
September 4, 2008