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LETTER 14 Technical Training
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 concerning the necessity of providing job-based training to bargaining unit employees. The Company and the Union both recognize that a trained workforce is the most important ingredient to any successful business and that our future depends on being able to deliver technical skills to our current and future workforce. The Company will continue its commitment to develop a highly trained workforce. Job-based training will be assigned to bargaining unit employees consistent with business needs and the individual development needs of the employee in support of those business needs. The Joint Company-Union Training Agreement, which is made an amendment to this Agreement as Appendix H, will be reviewed and modified, as provided in this Letter. The parties agree to continue the full-time position of Senior Union Training Coordinator, to be filled by the Directing Business Representative of District 26 or his or her designee, subject to approval by the Company. The employee may be selected from any one of the Local Lodges covered by this Agreement or from the staff of District 26. The selected employee will serve as the bargaining unit coordinator for apprentice and training services and will be paid at his or her regular base hourly rate plus cost-of-living and shift premium if any. In case of any performance deficiencies, the matter will be reviewed by the Director, Human Resources and Directing Business Representative of District 26 or his or her designee. If the problem cannot be resolved and if necessary, the employee will be returned to his or her bargaining unit position. The parties agree to continue the joint committee consisting of three Union and three Company members under the direction of the Director of Human Resources or designee and the Senior Union Training Coordinator. The joint committee will review and modify the joint Company-Union Training Agreement with respect to the following items: q Determination of critical training needs in accordance with business requirements; q Implementation and delivery of training;q Documentation and recording of training; q Reporting training results; q Communication of training process; q Apprentice and certificate programs; q Other items may be addressed upon mutual agreement. The Committee will meet quarterly to review the Agreement and make any modifications necessary by mutual agreement. Time spent by the three bargaining unit employees who are members of the joint committee during the review and modification process will be paid for by the Company. The Company intends to assign training on the basis of seniority, except where it is not practicable to do so: for example, where (1) an employee, with the approval of management, requests not to take the training; (2) an employee is absent due to illness; (3) physical or other restrictions, which prohibit an employee from engaging in the training; or (4) critical production requirements. The parties will continue the collaboration between the Manager of the Pratt & Whitney Employee Training Center and the Senior Union Training Coordinator to optimize the utilization of the Pratt & Whitney Employee Training Center. Issues of significant magnitude associated with the training of bargaining unit employees may be brought to the attention of the Executive Steering Committee. The Company agrees that it will designate a Director, Human Resources, to work with the Senior Union Training Coordinator to resolve significant problems, which negatively impact the integrity of the process for training bargaining unit employees.
Sincerely, James R. Miller Vice President, Industrial Relations Accepted this 6th day of December 2004
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