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LETTER 22A New Work
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 following understanding and agreement between the Company and the Union concerning certain issues relating to the placement of “new work” within facilities identified in Article 2 of this Agreement. 1. Letter 22 of this Agreement provides certain protections for work presently and normally manufactured by employees covered by Article 2 of this Agreement (hereinafter “Letter 22 work”). Those protections do not apply to any work not presently manufactured by employees covered by Article 2. Thus, they do not apply to work which, during the term of this Agreement, may be placed for the first time within facilities identified in Article 2 of this Agreement (hereinafter “new work”). 2. In order to encourage the placement and retention of higher value, more modern work in the Company’s Connecticut facilities, the parties agree that for any “new work” which is placed in the Company’s Connecticut facilities during the term of this Agreement, said new work will be deemed “presently and normally manufactured” within the meaning of Section 2(A) of Letter 22 under the following circumstances: after “new work” has been placed in the Company’s Connecticut facilities, the Company will be free to transfer out of those facilities a like amount (measured in standard hours of work) of “Letter 22 work” without complying with Article 27 or Letter 22 of this Agreement and, upon doing so, the “new work” will be deemed “presently and normally manufactured” within the meaning of Section 2(A) of Letter 22 on a pro rata basis. 3. Dispute Resolution Any disputes arising under this Letter of Agreement are not subject to the grievance procedure including arbitration. If a difference arises over an issue arising under this Letter of Agreement, it will be referred to and discussed by the Executive Steering Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
Sincerely, James R. Miller Vice President, Industrial Relations Accepted this 6th day of December 2004
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