Summary of Agreements

 ADT/CWA

Southern California
November 19, 2003

ARTICLE 5

VOLUNTARY CHECK-OFF

SECTION 3.   ADD: Company will submit monthly list of new hires to Chief Steward.

ARTICLE 6

GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE

SECTION 1.    Change 45 days to 30 days.

ADD SECTION  6. The number of stewards to management in a disciplinary meeting shall be one (1) to one (1), except for the 3rd step, such stewards shall be from the same office.

ARTICLE 8

HOURS OF WORK AND OVERTIME

SECTION 1.   ADD: The company reserves the right, with a minimum of 24 hours notice to change schedules to any (8) hour period.

SECTION 4.   ADD: Problems solved or customer satisfaction over the phone will be paid thirty (30) minutes at 1 1/2 times regular pay. Weeks that have a scheduled holiday shall have $200.00 per week paid to carry the pager.

SECTION 7.   S-1 employees shall be notified at least one (1) week in advance unless in an emergency situation as dictated by the customer.

ARTICLE 9

HOLIDAYS

SECTION 5.   The company will make every endeavor to allow up to 50% of the workforce that is scheduled to work Tuesday through Saturday to schedule one or the other, Tuesday or Saturday, as a replacement holiday, subject to supervising approval with requests at least two (2) weeks in advance.

Delete SECTION 6.

ARTICLE 10

VACATIONS

SECTION 2.  Employees shall be able to take vacation time at anytime in the calendar year subject to Management approval. Additional vacation time can be taken provided such vacation time is scheduled in advance and subject to Management approval. This would include week, or weeks, day at a time, or at four (4) hour increments, with at least thirty (30) days notice or by mutual agreement.

ARTICLE  11

PAID ABSENCES

SECTION 1.   You are eligible to take up to five (5) workdays with pay to attend the funeral and take care of personal matters related to the death of a member of your immediate family which includes your spouse, child, parent, or sibling. You may take up to three (3) workdays with pay for the death of any other member of your immediate family. These family members are defined as your spouse's parent, spouse's child by a former marriage, grandparents, or blood relatives residing in the same household.       

ARTICLE 13

GROUP HOSPITALIZATION AND SURGICAL INSURANCE

Delete last two sentences of first paragraph and replace with the following: "Employee contributions as of January 1, 2004, will remain the same for the remainder of the current agreement so long as the coverage remains the same.  If improvements are made to the plan during the term of the agreement and there is an associated cost to employee, the Company will meet with the Union to discuss the interest of the Union to participate in the improvement and incur the associated increase in employee contributions."

ARTICLE 14

SENIORITY

SECTION 2.   Modified as follows:  "Probationary full-time employees shall have no seniority rights for three (3) months.  Part-time probationary employees shall have no seniority rights until they have served with the employer for 500 hours, but in no event less than six (6) months."

ARTICLE 17

WAGE RATES

SECTION  5.   Add to first sentence after "equal to"  -  "the next highest step in the appropriate wage scale."  Delete remainder of that sentence as well as the next sentence. Last sentence remains.

ARTICLE 18

HIGH VOLUME COMMISSIONED INSTALLER

 Additional commission:

1.   Pre-wire and/or trim-out - SO% of basic hardwire package

2.    Any additional devices for pre-wire and/or trim-out shall be paid for at $7.50 per device for       

       hardwire, if similar to ADT system. If more complex, the trim out will be $15.00.

3.    No-show:  $15.00 if no other work is available or if another HVCI job is available.  No

       $15.00 if assigned to do work other than HVCI, then paid as a training day.

   4.    DVRIVCR $15.00 - Basic hookup

ADD the following:

1. Resales - $35.00

2. Takeover - $35.0

3. EZ Pro - $65.00

4. Conversions - paid at basic hardwire package

5. Non-ADT Takeover - $35.00

6. Non-ADT Resale - $35.00

     7.   Radio back-up - $37.50 (no outside antennas installed)

      8.    Jobs must be scheduled by 11:00am or be done on a voluntary basis.

SECTION 5.     Employees paid per installation will receive all contractual and Company fringe benefits. Vacation days, Sick days and Holidays will be paid at the rate of one hundred ($100.00) dollars per day. Any vacation days not taken by the end of the calendar year will paid at the rate of one hundred ($100. 00) dollars per day.

ARTICLE 22 MISCELLANOUS

2)            POSTING OF JOB OPENINGS AND SHIFT CHANGES -  Change posting of job openings to ten (10) days.

SCHEDULE A

Company presents "best and final" increases as follows:

Both HVCI and Hourly adjustments are retroactive to 09/30/03 if ratified by 12/31/03.

* Increase to basic hardwire and wireless package:
 (i.e. Hardwire - 09/30/03 = $88.50)