Griev. Rep Report Briggs & Stratton Second Shift

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MENOMONEE FALLS PLANT

            On January 2, 2003, a new shift was added to 2nd shift. The hours are 11:30 a.m. 8:00 p.m. for the Lg.18 jobs. This new shift will be working on emergency orders only. This has caused a lot of heartache and hardship for our people. At that time, very few people were willing to work the new shift. About a week later, the Company said they were eliminating 7 Lg. 18 jobs on 2nd. Second shift was reduced from 18 to 11 Lg. 18 jobs. This means we will have seven warehouse attendants working 3:30 p.m-12:00 a.m. and four attendants working from 11:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Company said they were taking (7) Lg. 18`s off of 2nd shift to replace the people who have retired on 1st shift. When all was said and done, they had four volunteers to work on the emergency team. The Company also changed the dock associate hours. The hours are now 1:00 p.m-9:30 p.m. The Company claims they have made these decisions so they could be more efficient. Haven’t we all heard that before? With the new standards and changing hours, the employees at Menomonee Falls are not very happy.

M.E.D. NORTH

Department M3Y is still machining the Model 9 cylinders, heads and covers. Department

 M8F is still machining the Model 9 Fly wheel, V-Twin Flywheel, cam gears, and counterweights. They are also repairing Flywheels that are sent back from down South.

DIE CAST

In die cast, I’ve heard the rumors, but the sale and move of die cast has not yet been confirmed. As soon as the Union knows, we will make sure that you know what’s going on.

M.E,D. SOUTH

In department 715 the rocker arm job will be eliminated, and we think this will affect (3) operators. Everything else remains the same.

In Solidarity,

Jesse Edwards