Labor Relations Management allowing the Quality Management to pick and choose,as to what they want to abide by in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.Between Northrop Grumman and Quality Inspection Department and Quality Inspectors and Quality Technician Inspectors;that was ratified by the Union Membership on July 16,2009.
Per Quality Inspectors and Qulaity Technician Inspectors,ratified CBA;Inspectors are classified as follows:
Inspector 1 (Apprentice Program) to be implemented by Company and Quality Department.
Inspector 2 (Certified to One Trade Inspection).
Inspector 3 (Certified to Two Trade Inspections).
Inspector 4 (Certified to Four Trade Inspections).
Inspector 5 (Certified to Six Trades or Four Trades and posess National Certification Associated with Inspection).
On 7-24-2009 the Quality Inspection Department posted job openings for Inspector 3 Represented and Inspector 4 Represented on the Northrop Grumman Careers Web Site.After ratification of CBA on July 16,2009;Classification Inspector 3 and Inspector 4 was replaced by Inspector 1,2,3,4,5.And are the Classifications the Quality Inspection Department should be advertising for on Northrop Grumman Careers Web Site.
Before CBA was ratified by Union Membership:
Inspector 3 was certified to One Trade Inspection.
Inspector 4 was certified to Two Trade Inspections and classified as a Inspector Technician.After two years as a Inspector 3.
So after CBA was ratified the Quality Inspection Management,has revert; to the same old practice of hiring Inspectors into the Department,the way they want to and place them in the pay scale Management wants them.Regardless of what has been set down in the CBA and agreed upon by the Company,Quality Management and Quality Inspectors and Quality Technicians.
So,the Grievance Procedure in our CBA;will start being implemented to counter-act,what the Quality Department is proceeding with.Which is in violation of our CBA.
