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LETTER 13 Trades Subcontracting
Mr. James M. Parent Assistant Directing Business Representative District Lodge No. 26 I.A.M.A.W., AFL-CIO 365 New Britain Road Kensington, Connecticut 06037
Dear Mr. Parent: This is to confirm the understanding and agreement between the Company and the Union regarding Trades subcontracting. Both the Company and the Union acknowledge a substantial portion of the work has and will continue to be performed by subcontractors. The Company intends, insofar as competitive forces permit, that the present number of tradesmen employed in Plant Engineering for work on the premises not be reduced through subcontracting. Furthermore, insofar as competitive forces permit, the Company does not intend to use subcontractors on an ongoing basis to perform work traditionally performed by trades employees if the Company has layoff liability. This expression of intent is no promise or guarantee to maintain any number of jobs in the workforce nor a restriction in any sense of the Company's right and need to subcontract. Rather it is intended to convey the Company's good faith desire to prefer its own employees in these trades to those of subcontractors insofar as that desire is compatible with good business judgment.
Further,
representatives of the Human Resources Department and the applicable
Facilities & Services site manager will meet no less than twice a year
with the applicable Union President, Vice President, and the Shop
Committee to discuss subcontracting as it pertains to Facilities &
Services. A joint committee consisting of the Directing Business Representative of District 26, the Assistant Directing Business Representative, the Grand Lodge Representative, the Presidents of each Local Lodge and the Vice President, Human Resources and other Company representatives will continue to meet after the signing of this Agreement to expand a process, if feasible, that will allow the Union to bid on non-production work that the Company intends to subcontract or transfer. The Union and its representatives will protect the confidentiality of any Company sensitive and proprietary information that might be disclosed in such briefings or meetings.
Sincerely, James R. Miller Vice President, Industrial Relations Accepted this 6th day of December 2004
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