STATEMENT to the COMPANY
3/25/02
Bill Ernst
We have serious problems with Vitrified Successhare. We offered to solve the productivity problems through a joint
subcommittee. You rejected that. Most companies would have thanked a Union for offering to help in that way.
Some of the problems we have with Vitrified Successhare are:
1. We have no control over the productivity and on time factors: management has total control.
2. We don't have the tools to do the job.
3. We haven't made production in the last 3 years and now you are making it harder to make.
4. You move people from line to line, and don't take the hours out, even if they stay on another line for a month
or more.
It is outrageous that you threatened to hold employees in Superabrasives and Organic hostage while we try to fix the problems in Vitrified. They work in different plants and are on different Successhare plans. They should not have to pay for poor management decisions in Vitrified. Neither should we.
Go ahead and implement all 3 plans. But understand that for all of the above reasons, we are not giving up on this issue. There are serious problems in Vitrified that need to be addressed. We are going to continue to bring them to the bargaining table for resolution. We are going to keep at it until we negotiate a fair agreement.
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STATEMENT to the COMPANY
3/25/02
Bill Ernst
We have serious problems with Vitrified Successhare. We offered to solve the productivity problems through a joint subcommittee. You rejected that. Most companies would have thanked a Union for offering to help in that way.
Some of the problems we have with Vitrified Successhare are:
1. We have no control over the productivity and on time factors: management has total
control.
2. We don't have the tools to do the job.
3. We haven't made production in the last 3 years and now you are making it harder to
make.
4. You move people from line to line, and don't take the hours out, even if they stay on
another line for a month or more.
It is outrageous that you threatened to hold employees in Superabrasives and Organic hostage while we try to fix the problems in Vitrified. They work in different plants and are on different Successhare plans. They should not have to pay for poor management decisions in Vitrified. Neither should we.
Go ahead and implement all 3 plans. But understand that for all of the above reasons, we are not giving up on this issue. There are serious problems in Vitrified that need to be addressed. We are going to continue to bring them to the bargaining table for resolution. We are going to keep at it u