SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL

4.9     Employees who work on the second shift shall receive an additional hourly payment of ten percent (10%) of their regular hourly rate for each hour worked on the second shift.

ARTICLE V

HOLIDAYS

5.1     All employees who have worked for the Company ninety (90) days shall receive eight (8) hours pay at regular hourly rates for the following holidays:

*                 (To be used in conjunction with Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to provide one week of shutdown.)

5.2     No employee shall qualify for pay for the above named holidays who has not been present at work the full scheduled work day before and the full scheduled work day after the holiday, provided, however, each employee on the active payroll of the Company shall be credited with an excused absence or tardiness the scheduled work days before or the scheduled work days after a paid holiday for the following reasons:

a)              An illness of or accident to, such employee, provided the illness or injury and the employee’s inability to work is verified in writing to the Company by the attending physician; however, no holiday pay will be paid an employee receiving sick pay or compensation pay for the same day.

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b)             The death of the employee’s spouse, child, grandchild, grandparent, parent, brother, sister, step-parents, step-children, or in-law relative.

c)              Any other good and valid reason approved in writing by the Union and the Company; and provided further, each such employee shall have a total allowance each year of four hundred eighty (480) minutes of unexcused absences or tardiness the scheduled work days before and the scheduled work days after paid holidays.

5.3               An employee laid-off during the week in which a holiday occurs will receive that holiday pay.

5.4               Employees scheduled to work during Christmas shutdown shall be permitted to take their holidays during the following year as long as the employee provides the Company with a five (5) working days advance notice.

ARTICLE VI

BEREAVEMENT

6.1     Upon the death of an employee’s spouse, child, grandchild, grandparent, parent, brother, or sister, such employee shall receive three (3) days off with pay at such employee’s regular hourly rate.  An employee who is on vacation will be paid bereavement and given the opportunity to reschedule paid vacation time, subject to the production requirements of the Company.  Upon the death of an in-law relative or step-child, or step-parent, one full day off with pay and two days at no pay, if requested, will be allowed.

ARTICLE VII

VACATIONS

7.1     For the purpose of determining vacation pay eligibility, the employee’s seniority date (hire date) shall be compared to July 1^st of the current vacation year.

Employees with less than one year of seniority — For the purpose of determining vacation pay due an employee with less than one (1) year of seniority (employee hire date compared to July 1^st of current vacation year), payment shall be based on pro-rated schedule set forth in 7.4.  To receive vacation pay, the employee must be active as of July 1^st.

Employees with one (1) or more year(s) of seniority as of July 1^st will be as follows:

For employees hired after the ratification date of this agreement, and solely for purpose of determining when the employee becomes eligible for two weeks of vacation, employees who are

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hired after July 1, but prior to December 31 of any year shall accrue one full year of consecutive service on the July 1 immediately following the employee’s date of hire.

When plant shutdowns are scheduled employees will be required to use available vacation time; however, any employee entitled to two (2) weeks or less vacation time may take one week of such time at a later date, so long as the employee:

1.               Requests to work during the shutdown period, and

2.               Schedules his vacation time.

In the event that the employee works all or part of the shutdown period or in the event that the Company fails to assign work to the employee during the shutdown period the employee shall be entitled to take the one (1) week of vacation during the previously scheduled period.

Each such employee shall take his paid vacation during the twelve months following July 1^st at a time agreeable to the Company and the employee.  If the Fourth (4^th) of July holiday falls during  the vacation shut down, then the Company and Union by mutual agreement shall designate its observance on another date or may agree to allow employees to observe the holiday, with prior approval, at any time.

7.2     The Company shall have the right to require some employees to work during the vacation period in case of emergency or unusual conditions.

Employees and/or departments asked to work during the plant shutdown period shall schedule their vacation at another time.

7.3     An employee receiving two weeks or less of vacation may take a week off at a date other than shutdown if the employee who wants a week off at a later date requests to work during the plant shutdown period and schedules his one week of vacation.  The Company may or may not assign the employee to work during the shutdown.

7.4     Each week of vacation pay of each employee shall be at such employee’s regular hourly rate at the time of such vacation.  In order to be eligible for full vacation pay an employee must have worked 1,680 hours during the year prior to July 1^st.   If the employee during such year worked less than 1,680 hours but more than 1,260 hours, he shall receive seventy-five percent (75%) of his full vacation pay; less than 1,260 hours but more than 840 hours, he shall receive fifty percent (50%) of his full vacation pay; less than 840 hours but more than 420 hours, he shall receive twenty-five percent (25%) of his full vacation pay; and if he worked less than 420 hours in such year he shall receive no vacation pay.  Regular paid vacations and regular paid holidays during such year shall be considered as hours worked.

7.5     If an employee eligible for paid vacation is laid off, he may request to be paid his accrued vacation to the date of layoff.  An employee who quits after one (1) year of continuous employment with the Company shall be paid his accrued vacation to the date of his termination of employment.  Employees who are discharged for good cause shall receive no accrued paid vacation.

7.6     The Company shall supply the Union representative with a vacation list and will supply the Union with all necessary wage data.

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7.7

·                  Employees with two (2) weeks vacation shall use two (2) weeks vacation during predetermined shutdown periods.  If they work during shutdown, they will be able to reschedule up to five (5) days as single days.

·                  Employees with three (3) weeks vacation shall use two (2) weeks vacation during predetermined shutdown periods.  If they work during shutdown, they will be able to reschedule up to seven (7) days as single days.

·                  Employees with four (4) weeks vacation shall use two (2) weeks vacation during predetermined shutdown periods.  If they work during shutdown, they will be able to reschedule up to ten (10) days as single days.

·                  Employees with five (5) weeks vacation shall use two (2) weeks vacation during predetermined shutdown periods.  If they work during shutdown, they will be able to reschedule up to twelve (12) days as single days.

Employees who make this election must provide five (5) workdays notice, and the Company will attempt to accommodate the request, but shall make a decision based on its production needs and schedules or anticipated time off by other employees and customer requirements; provided however, that if no other employee in the affected department is scheduled off for that day, the requested day off will be granted (except for the unique anticipated events when business needs require a denial of the request, such as stock room clerk on inventory day).  In the event that more than 10% of the bargaining unit employees in multiple classifications choose vacation time during the same period, the Union and the Company will meet in order to accommodate the employer’s interest in maintaining production and the employees’ interest in securing their scheduled vacations. The Company will also give consideration to an employee’s request with less than five (5) days notice if an emergency situation arises.

ARTICLE VIII

JOB CLASSIFICATIONS AND WAGES

PAY DAY

8.1     There shall be a payday on Friday of each week following the previous workweek, and pay shall be made in currency, by check, or direct deposit.  Not more than five (5) days’ pay shall be held back.  Such pay shall be delivered to the Employees at or before the regular quitting time each Friday.

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8.2     The following shall constitute the job title of each Employee placed in “Groups” for the purpose of wage classifications.

JOB CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATES

b)             Wages of each individual employee will be increased by the following:

There shall be no pyramiding of these annual percentage increases and the base rate annual adjustments set forth in Job Classification and Rate Table.  Employees shall not receive both a percentage increase and a base rate annual adjustment.

8.3     Groupleaders shall receive a minimum of one dollar ($1.00) per hour over the highest job classification wage rate under their lead.

8.4     The policy of the Company is to have on file and make available for all interested employees the Job Classifications for all jobs within the departments.

a)              All employees interested in further explanation of the details and requirements of a specific job may request a meeting with the supervisor.

b)             Employees accepted and attaining enough proficiency to be retained in a job shall receive the designated wage for that job in no longer than twelve (12) months.

c)              The minimum starting rates of employees in groups 1 - 4 will be $10.00 per hour minimum; employees in groups 5 - 9 will be $9.00 per hour minimum; and employees in groups 7 - 8

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will be $8.00 per hour minimum.  The Company may hire part-time help, provided such help does not constitute in excess of five percent (5%) of the total work force covered by this contract.

8.6     Supervisory employees shall not perform work on any hourly rated job classification if the result would be to displace an employee in the bargaining unit, but this provision shall not prevent such work (1) in emergencies, when regular employees are not immediately available; (2) in the instruction or training of employees; (3) in testing materials and production; and (4) in the performance of necessary work when production difficulties are encountered.  It is not the intent of this Section to circumvent Article I Recognition.