Common use of Group Management Clause in Contracts

Group Management. Initially, all Work Groups will be managed in a traditional sense with the Supervisor retaining group management responsibilities. As the Bushing Work Group completes training for problem-solving, decision-making, group management, scheduling work, and accounting it will begin taking on those responsibilities. The other Work Groups will continue to be managed more traditionally through a supervisor, but may increase the employee participation in the management of the Work Group as mutually agreed by the Work Group and members of the Plant Council, after evaluating the effectiveness of this approach in the Bushing Work Group. It is understood that the twenty (20) hours per week given to the Union President for the performance of Union business (see Article 6) is intended to cover all his normal functions, such as attendance at Plant Council meetings, training as a Union official, answering employee or retiree inquiries, investigating grievances, etc. In this connection, the parties recognize that, in contrast to the 1994-96 contract, these functions no longer include a formal daily tour of the plant.