The contracting out provision further provides for a joint committee to review work being considered for subcontracting, advance notice by the employer of any subcontracting, and expedited arbitration procedure to resolve disputes, and an annual review of work being considered for subcontracting in the coming year. The Union is not about to help the companies survive and prosper only to see our jobs performed by outside contractors. The parties reach agreements on a maintenance training plan that will accomplish these ends. At many companies at which USWA negotiates, the trades and crafts have been neglected. This language ensures that maintenance needs within the company can be handled by existing and newly-trained bargaining unit maintenance forces without excessive overtime.
Company still has full financial responsibility for full benefits.
The VEBA is back-up funding. Requirement that the contract negotiated be printed by the company and distributed to employees.