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Hawaiian Airlines Contract

ARTICLE 2

SCOPE OF AGREEMENT

2.1       The Company hereby recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all employees of the Company in the United States, its Territories and Possessions, who comprise the crafts or classes of clerical, office, stores, fleet and passenger service employees, including but not limited to Accounting Clerks and Accountant (all grades and classes), Aircraft Scheduler and Revenue Analyst (all grades and classes), Crew Scheduler (all grades and classes), Chief Agent (all grades and classes), Agent (all grades and classes), Ramp Agent (all grades and classes), Buyer (all grades and classes), Materiel Analyst (all grades and classes), Records Agent (all grades and classes), Materiel Support (all grades and classes), Printer (all grades and classes), Secretary, Clerk Typist, Computer Operators (all grades and classes), and any new or revised classification that may in the future be established or any classification that is to be deleted shall be by agreement of the parties. It is understood and agreed that during the life of this Agreement the clerical employees of the Industrial Relations Department and the Secretaries of Company Officers and Department and Division Heads shall be excluded from the Union Shop provisions of this Agreement.
2.2       The Company agrees that all work which is now performed directly by the Company with its employees involving office work, reservations work, passenger service work, terminal work, cargo and/or baggage handling, accounting and secretarial work, and all other work related to the above referred to crafts and classes of employees performed by the Company is recognized as coming within the jurisdiction of the International Association of Machinists, and is covered by this Agreement. Said work will he performed only by employees falling within the classification covered by this Agreement or that may by mutual agreement he added by the parties. However, the Company may continue to contract out work which has heretofore been customarily contracted out because of lack of Company facilities and equipment. It is the Company's intent, however, to continue to utilize its own facilities and equipment in performing work in its own organization. With the installation of ticket reader machines, it is agreed that F/A will be allowed to assist by checking and collecting passenger boarding passes/tickets at the gate in HNL, LAX and OGG. It is further understood that the agent is ultimately responsible for the boarding of flights.

  1. Work, as referred to above means all work certified by the National Mediation Board in Case No. R-2726 Clerical.

  2. Neither the Company or its designee shall enter into any of the following transactions, agreements, arrangements or relationships without DL 141 IAMAW prior written consent:

i.                                    Any change in the terms and conditions embodied in this Agreement including but not limited to testing and training; wages and benefits including Pass travel.
2.3       In the performance of their duties, employees covered by this Agreement shall be governed by Company rules, regulations and orders, issued by properly designated authorities of the Company, providing such rules, regulations and orders arc not in conflict with the terms and conditions embodied in this Agreement. The Company will, after the signing of this Agreement cause to be compiled and issued to each present and all new employees, the presently applicable conduct rules and regulations and no new rules or regulations will be considered effective until copies have been furnished to the Local Committee and conspicuously posted in the working areas at least five (5) days prior to effective date. In cases where emergency changes are necessary, the Company will notify the Committee and such changes will be posted and become effective immediately thereafter.
2.4           At any stations away from the State of Hawaii, the Company may contract out the work necessary to operate and service aircraft. However, should the Company's operation expand so that there is work to cover eight (8) hours a day for five (5) days in a standard work week at one location, the Company will use employees covered under this Agreement.
2.5                     To the extent that contracting out is permitted by this agreement, no work shall be contracted out by the Company unless the Company can demonstrate that such contracting out will not result in a layoff of any IA M-represented employee. For purposes of this paragraph, a layoff shall be a layoff from the employee's current classification, unless the employee is offered a permanent job in a lateral or higher classification.
2.6           The Company shall not relocate work performed by its employees from the State of Hawaii to a location outside of the State of Hawaii unless the Company can demonstrate that such movement of work will not result in the layoff of any IAM represented employee. For purposes of this section, a layoff shall he a layoff from the employee's current classification, unless the employee is offered a permanent job in a lateral or higher classification.
(a)     If as a result of the relocation an IAM represented employee is offered a transfer to a new location, the benefits described in Clause 10.8 shall be provided to employees who elect to transfer. If such employee declines a transfer offered by the Company, the employee shall be furloughed and if laid off shall he entitled to two (2) times the normal severance pay described in Article 20. In addition, if the employee has less than 5 years compensated service with the Company shall receive continued Company provided medical coverage for a period of sixty 60 days from the date of furlough. If the employee has five (5) or more years of compensated service, the Company provided medical coverage will be continued for six (6) months from the date of furlough.
(b)     The provisions of this clause shall apply to Station closures and is inclusive of all IAM represented employees.
(c)     The provisions of this clause shall apply to part-time employees based in Molokai and Lanai. For the purposes of calculating severance pay and medical coverage, the employee's hours shall he adjusted for his/her part-time status.
2.7     If, as a result of contracting out or code sharing, an IAM-represented employee is offered a transfer to a new location, the benefits described in Clause 10.8, shall be provided to employees who elect to transfer. If such employee declines a transfer offered by the Company, the employee shall be entitled to two (2) times the normal severance pay described in Article 20. In addition, such employees with fewer than live (5) years of compensated service with the Company shall receive continued Company- provided medical coverage tbr a period of sixty (60) days from the date of termination, and such employees with five (5) or more years of compensated service with the Company shall receive continued Company- provided medical coverage for a period of six (6) months from the date of termination.
(a)     The provisions of paragraph 2.7 above shall apply to part-time employees based in Molokai and Lanai. For the purpose of calculating severance pay and medical coverage the employee's hours shall be adjusted for his/her part-time status. In the event of a code share or contracting out of work at these two stations, the Company shall make reasonable efforts to have the new employer interview the affected employees for jobs.
2.8     Variations in job requirements may create additional classifications or materially change a position that is within an existing classification. When a new position is created for work covered by this Agreement, the parties will meet to agree on rate of pay, rules and working conditions.