1 1 2 EMRE - ILEU 3 4 Collective Bargaining Agreement Negotiations Wednesday, June 30, 2021 5 Commencing at 8:00 a.m. 6 HELD REMOTELY VIA ZOOM 7 --- Day 63 --- 8 P R E S E N T: 9 10 EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY: 11 JEFFELEE McCLAIN, CLINTON SITE HR MANAGER JOSH BRYANT, CLINTON SITE LABOR ADVISOR 12 YUK LOUIE, R&D OPERATIONS MANAGER 13 INDEPENDENT LABORATORY EMPLOYEES' UNION: 14 STEVEN RAGOMO, PRESIDENT THOMAS FREDRIKSEN, VICE PRESIDENT 15 ETHAN SEBASCO, SECRETARY THOMAS FERRO, TREASURER 16 DAVID LEBRON, ACT DELEGATE MICHAEL MOLINA, PO&T DELEGATE 17 PAUL MADIARA, DELEGATE MICHAEL STRASSER, CSR STEWARD 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 2 1 MR. FREDRIKSEN: The last time we met, 2 we had some information requests for the Company. 3 And in between our last meeting, I also sent a 4 request for the Company to compile a comprehensive 5 package of all our tentative agreements up to today, 6 as well as the Company's current offer. So I don't 7 know if you want to jump into that, JeffeLee. 8 MS. McCLAIN: Sure. Which one would 9 you like to start with first? 10 MR. FREDRIKSEN: I will leave it in 11 your hands to decide. 12 MS. McCLAIN: All right. Let me just 13 double-check something. Make sure I have the right 14 one. 15 MR. FREDRIKSEN: Maybe the info 16 requests first. 17 MS. McCLAIN: Sure. Okay. Let me know 18 if you can see it. 19 MR. FREDRIKSEN: I can see it. 20 MS. McCLAIN: Okay. 21 So the Union had put in a request for 22 information within the ExxonMobil circuit, the first 23 one being examples of wage reopeners between the 24 Company and other unions that have resulted in a 25 higher wage. Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 3 1 We looked at our records and from what 2 we could find in the contracts, we did not see any 3 CBA wage reopeners in the current CBAs that are in 4 existence. And the Company also reviewed, you know, 5 the retained records that they have and found no 6 information about wage reopeners outside of Clinton 7 in there. 8 So, you know, other than our wage 9 reopener in 2016 and then an earlier one that we 10 might have had between 2008 and 2013, they were not 11 able to find anything in looking in the existing 12 CBAs. 13 Number 2. Please provide contracting 14 language from all CBAs between the Company and other 15 unions. And so in the attachment -- and we can walk 16 through that -- you can find the contracting 17 language for all CBAs as requested. If no 18 contracting language is included in the spreadsheet, 19 there is no mention of contracting in that specific 20 CBA. And as we said previously, you know, it is our 21 belief that we have the right to utilize contractors 22 as we see fit when the contract is silent on 23 matters. 24 And so what is showing now is the 25 document outlining the subcontracting agreement. So Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 4 1 the "ORG" abbreviation is the organization. So this 2 is the ExxonMobil organization, which is the 3 Company, and then the Union and the name of the 4 Union and then the article within their contract, 5 specific to contracting work. Okay? 6 MR. FREDRIKSEN: Okay. 7 MS. McCLAIN: Any questions? 8 MR. FREDRIKSEN: I don't have any 9 questions at this time for that. I think we can 10 review that. I know the Company has made some 11 claims about the difference between our contracting 12 proposal that the Company is proposing and the other 13 contracting-out proposals. So I think we can sort 14 through that and see if those claims hold up. If we 15 have any questions, we will come back to you. 16 MS. McCLAIN: Sure. 17 Okay. And then the other request, let 18 me just go back up. This is the -- we call it the 19 "Memorandum of Agreement," which outlines the 20 Company's full offer. And I wasn't intending to 21 read everything in its entirety. Would you like me 22 to do that or? I was just going to hit the high 23 points of what is in it. 24 MR. FREDRIKSEN: Steve, what do you 25 think? It is the first time some of us are seeing Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 5 1 this, all of this together. 2 MS. McCLAIN: Okay. So normally what 3 this document does, is it captures the full offer 4 and typically, if we were at agreement, Steve would 5 sign on your behalf on the last page. I would sign 6 on my behalf -- on the Company's behalf on the last 7 page. 8 It reads that: This will confirm 9 understandings reached during collective bargaining 10 negotiations between ExxonMobil Research and 11 Engineering Company, herein after referred to as the 12 Company and the Independent Laboratory Employees' 13 Union, herein referred to as Union. In this regard, 14 the Union negotiating committee will present to its 15 membership for ratification the following agreement 16 in full settlement of all issues in our 17 negotiations. 18 This tentative agreement is subject to 19 ratification by the Union membership. If the 20 agreement is ratified by the Union, a ratification 21 bonus will be paid, as outlined below. Okay? 22 And then it outlines that if the 23 agreement is ratified by 12:01 a.m. on July 21 (sic) 24 -- 25 (Discussion off the record) Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 6 1 MS. McCLAIN: On July 21, (sic) 2021, a 2 $2500 non-benefits bearing bonus will be paid. 3 Bonuses will be paid to all active represented 4 employees as of the date of payment. 5 If the agreement is not ratified by 6 12:01 a.m. on July 21 (sic), 2021, no bonus will be 7 paid. 8 Contract length. Article II, Duration 9 and Renewal, Section I, The Effective Date. 10 The effective date of this agreement is 11 the month, day, and year the agreement is ratified. 12 Section II. Renewal and Termination. 13 This agreement shall remain in full 14 force and in effect until June 1, 2024, at 12:01 15 a.m., and it shall automatically renew itself year 16 to year thereafter, unless the Company or the Union 17 gives written notice, not more than 90 days, or less 18 than 60 days, prior to the termination date or any 19 subsequent annual anniversary date of its desire to 20 terminate, alter, modify or amend this agreement. 21 The next section. Exhibit II. Pay 22 Schedules (Wage Increases). 23 1.5 percent Year 1, (2021-2022), 2 24 percent Year 2 (2022-2023), 2.5 percent Year 3 25 (2023-2024). Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 7 1 The parties agree to discontinue the 2 practice of United Way Day Off. 3 U5 - Updated Language As Shown Below: 4 Article X, Section 4. Determination of 5 an employee's pay for regular schedule work. 6 A. Biweekly - an employee's biweekly 7 pay is the employee's hourly base pay and any 8 applicable pay increase to which the employee may be 9 entitled under Section 5 of this article, together 10 with any applicable shift differential as provided 11 in Section 6 of this article multiplied by the 12 number of regularly scheduled hours worked during 13 the period. 14 B. Daily Pay. A day's pay for an 15 employee is computed by multiplying the employee's 16 hourly pay by the number of regularly scheduled 17 hours worked per day. 18 C. Hourly pay. An employee's hourly 19 pay is the rate shown in the pay schedule (Exhibit 20 II). 21 U8. Updated language as shown below, 22 Article X, Section 9. Time paid outside of regular 23 schedule. 24 H. An employee contacted away from 25 work to respond to a question regarding work will Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 8 1 receive one hour of premium pay for his or her time. 2 Additional calls, texts or e-mails within 60 minutes 3 will not be paid. 4 U9. Updated language as shown below. 5 Article IX, Section 3 - Probationary 6 period. 7 The probationary period shall be 12 8 months, but there is this exception. 9 MR. FREDRIKSEN: You can read the 10 changes. Most of that is the same. You can just 11 focus on the changes. 12 MS. McCLAIN: Yes, okay. 13 We deleted Item C that reads: There is 14 also this exception: Employees of ECC on the 15 payroll of ECC on 2/28/86 and subsequently 16 transferred to EMRE without a break of employment 17 will be accepted without any probationary period. 18 So that was removed. 19 U13 - updated licensing agreement. 20 Gold Seal for Senior Utilities 21 Operator. 22 Third Grade Refrigeration Engineer's 23 Blue Seal for Senior Utility Operator in the chiller 24 plant. 25 U14 - updated language shown below. Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 9 1 Article XVI, Section 2 - Death in the 2 Family. We added grandchildren as a family member 3 to be considered. 4 U15, Article XVII, Section 1 for 5 Eligibility. This is talking about vacation. 6 Under Number 2, there is some 7 grammatical changes where it now reads: In the case 8 of any other employee, the employee is eligible if 9 the employee was an active regular employee on 10 December 31 of the preceding year or at any time 11 during the current year. 12 In Item B, Number 4, Leaves of absence. 13 There is simply some grammatical changes to remove 14 commas and parentheticals. 15 Section 2 - Length of Vacation. There 16 are significant changes to this section with the 17 intent of making the length of vacations simpler to 18 understand and very similar to what non-represented 19 folks at the site get. 20 So A now reads: A vacation day is 21 equal to eight hours of pay and a vacation week is 22 equal to 40 hours of pay. 23 B. It now reads: An eligible employee 24 will earn one day of vacation for each full month of 25 employment up to a maximum of ten vacation days in Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 10 1 the hire year. A vacation day is earned only if the 2 employee is actively employed on the first scheduled 3 workday of the month. 4 Item C, the entire language was struck 5 and is replaced with a chart that says: The length 6 of vacation shall be determined by the chart below: 7 Years of vacation service and the hire year. And 8 then subsequent one to four, five to nine, 10 to 19, 9 20 to 29, and 30 or higher. And then in the next 10 column listing the vacation amounts. For the hire 11 year, it says See Section 2B, 1 to 4, two weeks. 5 12 to 9, three weeks. 10 to 19, 4 weeks. 20 to 29, 13 five weeks. And 30 or hire, six weeks. 14 There was only a small grammatical 15 change to Item D to remove a comma. 16 U16. We updated the language for 17 Article XXV, Section 2 - Meal Allowance, which 18 increased meal allowance from $8 to $10. 19 U18, also updated the language 20 regarding time of vacation, Article XVII, Section 3, 21 and the change was made to D, Section D, Subsection 22 D, in the last sentence. 23 So the section now reads: Vacations 24 shall be scheduled for a single period, except where 25 Company interests calls for it or an employee Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 11 1 desires it and it does not interfere with 2 operations, vacations may be taken in periods of 3 single weeks. Periods of less than a week may be 4 granted at supervisor discretion and such authority 5 will not be withheld absence justification. 6 U19. This language was updated to make 7 sure that our Article XVI, Section 8, the 8 nondiscrimination language we have in our contract 9 matches the Company's language. So with the rest -- 10 for rest of the Corporation. 11 The Company and the Union agree that in 12 accordance with provisions of the Federal and State 13 laws, there shall be no discrimination against any 14 employee in the bargaining unit because of race, 15 color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship 16 status, age, genetic information, physical or mental 17 disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, 18 gender identity, or other legally-protected status. 19 U20. This incorporates the Travel Pay 20 Side Letter into the agreement by creating a new 21 article. A new section, sorry, under Article X. So 22 Article X, Section 15 - Travel Pay. 23 A) Employees will be permitted to 24 schedule their own travel arrangements subject to 25 Company guidelines. Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 12 1 B) Employees will be paid up to eight 2 hours of compensable time (or 12 hours where an 3 employee's regularly scheduled workday is 12 hours) 4 for each leg of a trip (home to hotel), except where 5 applicable State or Federal law requires additional 6 pay. 7 On International trips, covered 8 employees will be paid up to 12 hours of compensable 9 time for each leg of a trip (home to hotel), except 10 where applicable State or Federal law requires 11 additional pay. 12 C1 - addition of new side letter of 13 agreement. This side letter sets forth the side 14 agree between the Company and the Union for a 15 12-hour non-standard shift. The non-standard shift 16 will be utilized at the Clinton facility in support 17 of Engine Test Stands and Industrial Test Rigs. 18 The 12-hour non-standard shift will be 19 as follows: 20 Shift D, start time between 6:00 a.m. 21 and 9:00 a.m.; end time between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 22 p.m. 23 Shift E, start time between 6:00 p.m. 24 and 9:00 p.m.; end time between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 25 a.m. Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 13 1 The normal workweek for this shift will 2 alternate between 36 hours and 48 hours. The Union 3 will be notified of all schedules prior to 4 implementation. 5 All schedules will require the 6 following: 7 At least 48 hours off when switching 8 between D and E shifts. At least 48 hours of rest 9 for shift scheduled days off. Two out of every 10 four-week ends will be scheduled off days. And no 11 more than three switches between D and E shifts 12 every four weeks. 13 The Company will designate which time 14 periods will be worked as a non-standard shift. 15 Employees assigned to this shift for 16 one or more days shall be paid their base pay 17 applicable to temporary pay increase plus 6 percent. 18 Vacation. Absence for temporary 19 disability or any other authorized absent shall be 20 charged a rate of 12 hours. Holidays shall be 21 charged at a rate consistent with Article X, Section 22 9e. 23 Okay? 24 MR. FREDRIKSEN: Okay. 25 MS. McCLAIN: C2, addition of new side Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 14 1 letter of agreement. 2 This reads, as we have been exchanging 3 on the Company's proposal provided April 28: The 4 Company may, across all job families, utilize 5 contractors to staff relative to projects, work 6 fluctuations, and other short term or discreet 7 business needs. For the duration of this agreement, 8 the Company may also continue any contracting of 9 work and/or positions done prior to the date of this 10 letter and the Company is not obligated, during the 11 term of this side letter, to replace those 12 contractors with employees. The Company may 13 contract any job families, for which it has proposed 14 to permanently contract, without objection from the 15 Union or for the length of this side agreement. 16 Those job families are Mechanics, 17 Material Services Coordinator, Maintenance and 18 Operations, Audio Visual, Graphics Design, Senior 19 Repro Tech, Repro Services Tech Assistant, Services 20 Trainee, Senior Admin. Tech, and Tech Assistant. 21 All employees currently in these positions will 22 retain their jobs until they retire, are proposed, 23 or are terminated according to provisions of 24 Articles XXVI or XXVII, or leave on their own 25 accord. The provisions of Article XVIII pertaining Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 15 1 to demotions, layoffs, repromotions, and recalling 2 of employees remain in effect. 3 Notwithstanding the paragraph above or 4 Article XVIII of the CBA, the Company has the right, 5 without limitation, to have any work of a type 6 customarily performed by bargaining unit employees 7 performed off-site by third parties. 8 The notification amount in Article 9 XVIII has been changed to $250,000 for the length of 10 the agreement. 11 To the extent there is a dispute 12 between the side agreement and any other provisions 13 of the CBA, this side letter shall govern. 14 Any arbitrator ruling regarding what 15 positions may be contracted and/or the duration of 16 contracting (e.g., temporary or permanent) shall be 17 limited to the express terms of this letter and 18 article. Any arbitrator ruling on these contracting 19 matters shall not consider prior arbitration awards, 20 custom practice, industry standards or any other 21 provisions of the CBA. 22 This agreement shall remain in effect 23 until the expiration of the CBA, and it may be 24 modified with mutual consent of the parties hereto. 25 C-3, Grievances. Article VII, Section Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 16 1 3. The date by which a grievance can be submitted 2 was changed. It now reads: Unless a grievance is 3 submitted in writing on the grievance form by either 4 the grievant or grievants or the Union within 90 5 days after the date of occurrence, it shall not be 6 considered under the grievance procedure, nor shall 7 it be subject to arbitration under the provisions of 8 this agreement. 9 C-4, update language to show below for 10 Article IV. Union Dues, Section 1. 11 There is one change here to Section 1 12 where the -- where is that -- the second to last 13 sentence, where the Company is not required to honor 14 changes. So I will read it. 15 On the first payday following 30 days 16 after receipt of such letter, the Company will make 17 withholdings of Union dues in the amount as 18 certified by the Union, but the Company shall not be 19 required to honor changes in regular monthly dues 20 more frequently than twice during any calendar year. 21 The Union agrees to save the Company harmless for 22 all dues deduction made in accordance with this 23 agreement. 24 In Section 2, in the second sentence, 25 we added language that: Any employee who has Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 17 1 executed an authorization to withhold Union dues may 2 revoke it by giving the Company and the Union 3 written notice of his intent to do so. Such 4 revocation shall be effective on the anniversary of 5 the agreement. 6 In the Existing Contract Work Side 7 Letter. The $250,000 notice requirement, the entire 8 side letter is eliminated and replaced by, you know, 9 C2. 10 Pre-bargaining clean-up items, which 11 were updated language. And so Article XV - Hours, 12 Section 10 - Holidays. George Washington's birthday 13 was removed as an 11th holiday that was only taken 14 in 2002. 15 So that was deleted. 16 MR. FREDRIKSEN: Does anybody remember 17 why that was a holiday in 2002? 18 MR. FERRO: Maybe it was like a 19 Bicentennial or something. 20 MS. McCLAIN: I don't remember. 21 MR. FREDRIKSEN: I guess that was a 22 good year for holidays. 23 MS. McCLAIN: Maybe. I don't think I 24 was with the Company then. I am not sure. 25 Okay. Let's see. Another Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 18 1 pre-bargaining clean-up item: Updating Article XVI, 2 Other Working Conditions, Section 7, Medical and 3 Dental Contributions were moved. Florham Park, New 4 Jersey as a location for offices. 5 Section 9, Parental Paid Time Off. 6 Added this new section. 7 Parental Paid Time Off of five days. 8 Employees working an eight-hour schedule will 9 receive up to 40 hours, may be taken in four-hour 10 increments. Employees working a 12-hour shift will 11 receive up to 60 hours taken in 12-hour increments. 12 This section does not waive the 13 applicability of leave granted through either 14 Federal or State laws enacted before or after at 15 signing of the agreement to the extent that the laws 16 enacted apply to entities covered by a collective 17 bargaining agreement. 18 Section 10 - Other Programs. Employees 19 are eligible to participate in the plans and 20 programs below according and subject to the terms, 21 conditions, and provisions of these plans and 22 programs. The Company, at its sole discretion, may 23 change these plans and programs, and any such 24 changes shall -- or will automatically apply to 25 employees, including employees covered by this Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 19 1 agreement. 2 A) Health Dependent Care Leave. 3 B) Educational Refund Program. 4 The Educational Refund Program is 5 suspended. 6 As part of this memorandum of agreement 7 (no modifications to current CBA language), the 8 Company agrees to distribute a joint communication 9 with the ILEU to all ILEU represented employees to 10 educate the bargaining unit regarding the 2016 EXWP 11 -- which means Excused With Pay -- notice, which 12 delineates the circumstances in which the Company 13 may grant personal time to ILEU represented 14 employees. 15 MR. FREDRIKSEN: I have a quick 16 question. 17 MS. McCLAIN: Yes. 18 MR. FREDRIKSEN: Just seeing it in this 19 context kind of reminded me, so the Educational 20 Refund Program is suspended. Is that line going to 21 be printed in the contract below Section 10? 22 MS. McCLAIN: I don't think that was 23 our intent. I will double-check to see if it is in 24 the contract. But you know, I think the last 25 sentence was really what the Company was looking for Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 20 1 that the Company, at its sole discretion, may change 2 these plans and programs and any such changes will 3 automatically apply to everyone. 4 MR. FREDRIKSEN: I understand. I just 5 want to make sure we are on the same page because I 6 think it would be confusing if that were printed in 7 the contract under Section 10, and then in the 8 middle of a contract period it did come back and 9 there was not enough, say, notes or something to 10 reflect the intent there, I think it might get a 11 little muddied. 12 MS. McCLAIN: Uh-huh. I understand 13 that. 14 MR. FREDRIKSEN: This was not the 15 Company's intent to print that in the contract, or 16 rather you won't print that in the contract 17 underneath that section? Is that my understanding? 18 MS. McCLAIN: Right. Yes, that is my 19 understanding. 20 MR. FREDRIKSEN: Okay. 21 MS. McCLAIN: Pre-bargaining clean-up 22 item and U4 update language. 23 In Article XIX, Company Benefit Plan, 24 Section 1, the thrift plan, Employees' Thrift Plan 25 was changed to the Employees' Savings Plan. That is Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 21 1 the new title of the plan. And this should have 2 been highlighted. That effective October 1, the 3 Company match contribution to the Employees' Savings 4 Plan will be suspended. Company decisions regarding 5 reinstatement of the Company match contribution will 6 apply uniformly to all employees covered by the 7 Employees' Savings Plan. 8 You know, I had heard some questions 9 from folks who thought that that was not the case, 10 but it is similar to any of our other benefit plans, 11 you know, that if it is reinstated, the match, you 12 know, would apply to everyone automatically. 13 The next section read that: The 14 parties agree that to the extent ExxonMobil 15 provides, as a result of negotiations or otherwise, 16 bargaining unit employees of another plant a 17 different arrangement regarding the Company match 18 contribution for the U.S. Savings Plan, the ILEU may 19 demand to bargain that arrangement be applied to 20 employees at Clinton. 21 At the request of the ILEU, the Company 22 commits to have ongoing discussions with the ILEU 23 regarding Savings Plan Match reinstatement, if any, 24 following the suspension of the Savings Plan Match 25 in October, and these ongoing discussions will be Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 22 1 included in regularly scheduled meetings. That was 2 not intended to be printed either. 3 (Discussion off the record.) 4 MS. McCLAIN: Side Letter 96 is 5 extended, the date to reflect the new contract term. 6 Side Letter 97, we updated the language 7 as shown below. This is with regard to safety 8 shoes, and so it would be effective the date of the 9 agreement and the safety shoe subsidy, the annual 10 maximum subsidy was increased to $175 towards the 11 purchase of shoes. And the expiry date was updated 12 to reflect the June 1, 2024 date. 13 Side Letter 98 was just extended to 14 reflect the new contract term, same with Side Letter 15 100. 16 And then C5, Item 5, we updated 17 language in Article XVIII - Promotions, Section 4. 18 Section 4 language, all the language was eliminated 19 with the exception of the following, where it now 20 reads: Performance change. If an employee's rate 21 of progress and development has changed such that it 22 does not appear that the employee is eligible for 23 advancement in the time period indicated during the 24 last performance appraisal or appraisals, it is 25 urged that a current appraisal be provided as soon Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 23 1 as practical after identifying the changed rate of 2 progress and development, such a change in the rate 3 of progress and development should be brought to the 4 employee's attention via a performance appraisal at 5 least three months before the expected date of 6 earned promotion based upon the prior appraisal. 7 Exhibit II: The following changes will 8 be made to job families and positions in Exhibit II. 9 We will add Auto Technician, remove 10 Senior Systems Tech, Systems Tech Assistant, 11 Accounting, Senior Medical Lab Tech, Medical Lab 12 Tech, and X-Ray Tech. 13 Exhibit III - Dictionary - Promotional 14 Group. We made some changes to the job groups, the 15 promotional groups, where they now consist of Visual 16 Communications Group, the Administrative Support 17 Group, Facilities, Maintenance and Operation Group, 18 Technical Support Group, LPS Group. And the jobs in 19 any Promotional Group are those shown in the pay 20 schedule. 21 Exhibit III - Dictionary - Job Family. 22 We have updated to reflect those changes to the job 23 families by eliminating Senior Systems Tech, Systems 24 Tech Assistant, Accounting, Senior Medical Tech, 25 Medical Tech, X-Ray Tech, and adding in Automotive Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 24 1 Technician. 2 Restated that we are eliminating the 3 jobs from Exhibit II for the pay schedules, as well 4 as the job description sheets for Accountant 5 Assistant, Accountant, Senior Accountant, X-ray 6 Technician, Medical Lab Technician, Senior Medical 7 Lab Technician, Systems Assistant, Systems 8 Technician, Senior Systems Technician. 9 In Exhibit I - Letter to New Employees. 10 Made just a few small changes where the list of -- 11 for recognition says -- so in the second sentence it 12 now reads: This Union has been certified by the 13 National Labor Relations Board and has been 14 recognized by the employee as the exclusive 15 representative for purposes of collective bargaining 16 of employees in the Visual Communications, 17 Administrative Support, Facilities Maintenance and 18 Operations, Technical Support, and LPS Promotional 19 Group. 20 I am just noticing here, should we add 21 in Technician? 22 MR. FREDRIKSEN: I think technical -- 23 MS. McCLAIN: So they are under 24 Technical Support, right? That is right. 25 MR. FREDRIKSEN: I think so. Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 25 1 MR. BRYANT: Yes, they are there. 2 MS. McCLAIN: Yes, they are under 3 Technical Support Group. 4 Job Descriptions. We are recommending 5 to add for Automotive Technician, the job 6 descriptions of Technician, Automotive Technician, 7 and Senior Automotive Technician. We have 8 previously discussed these. There is no change to 9 what we had provided. 10 Okay? 11 MR. FREDRIKSEN: Okay. And then the 12 promotional chart just listing the addition to the 13 Tech Support Group of Automotive with Senior Tech, 14 Auto Tech, and Technician. Okay? And that is it. 15 MR. FREDRIKSEN: Okay. Does anybody 16 have any questions or comments at this time from my 17 team? 18 MR. RAGOMO: I don't. Thank you for 19 the readthrough, Jeffe. 20 MS. McCLAIN: Uh-huh. 21 MR. FREDRIKSEN: As I mentioned, it has 22 been a long time since any of us have seen all of 23 the tentative agreements and other changes to the 24 contract that we have talked about throughout these 25 62, now 63 sessions of bargaining. And so having Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 26 1 this is helpful for the discussion amongst the 2 bargaining team. And additionally, this is the 3 first time some members of the bargaining team are 4 seeing this all together at all. 5 MS. McCLAIN: Yes. 6 MR. FREDRIKSEN: I think with that, we 7 should take a break and caucus. 8 MR. RAGOMO: Agreed. 9 MS. McCLAIN: Agreed. I definitely 10 need to get some hot tea to drink. 11 MR. RAGOMO: Put some honey in it. 12 MS. McCLAIN: I always do. That is my 13 choice of sweetener. 14 MR. FREDRIKSEN: We will let you know 15 when we are ready. I will try to keep it timely 16 because our time is until noon today, right? 17 MS. McCLAIN: Correct. 18 MR. FREDRIKSEN: Okay. I will text you 19 when we are ready. 20 MR. RAGOMO: Thank you. 21 (Remote negotiations recessed at 8:48 22 a.m. and resumed at 11:00 a.m.) 23 MR. FREDRIKSEN: Thank you for getting 24 back together with us. We were reviewing the 25 package that you gave to us, as well as the Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 27 1 information request. We are going to continue 2 reviewing the package and the information request. 3 We are not going to have anything else to discuss 4 for the remaining hour, so I propose that we adjourn 5 for the day. 6 MS. McCLAIN: Okay. 7 MR. RAGOMO: Okay. 8 MR. FREDRIKSEN: Thank you. 9 (Remote negotiations adjourned at 10 11:01 a.m.) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 28 1 2 CERTIFICATE 3 4 I, RITA GARDNER, Notary Public of the 5 State of New Jersey and a Certified Court Reporter, 6 do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and 7 accurate transcript of the remote testimony as taken 8 stenographically by and before me at the time and on 9 the date hereinbefore set forth. 10 I DO FURTHER CERTIFY that I am neither a 11 relative nor employee nor attorney nor counsel of any 12 of the parties to this action, and that I am neither 13 a relative or employee of such attorney or counsel, 14 and that I am not financially interested in the 15 action. 16 17 18 Notary Public of the State of New Jersey 19 20 Dated: July 1, 2021 21 22 23 24 25 Rita Gardner ~ Court Reporter ~ (908) 319-1195 $ $10 [1] - 10:18 $175 [1] - 22:10 $250,000 [2] - 15:9, 17:7 $2500 [1] - 6:2 1 1 [10] - 6:14, 6:23, 9:4, 10:11, 16:10, 16:11, 20:24, 21:2, 22:12, 28:20 1.5 [1] - 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