EXHIBIT 10.1*
AMENDMENT TO PRIOR AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ FARMS, INC.
(▇▇▇▇▇▇ PRODUCTION DIVISION)
AND
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS, LOCAL 1529, AFL-CIO
AFFILIATED WITH
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS
INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO
JULY 1, 2002 - DECEMBER 31, 2004
AMENDMENT TO PRIOR AGREEMENT
This Amendment to Agreement is effective the fourth day of January, 2004,
by and between ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ FARMS, INC. (PRODUCTION DIVISION) (hereinafter referred
to as "Company"), and United Food and Commercial Workers, Local Union 1529
(hereinafter referred to as the "Union"), and provides as follows:
1.
The purpose of this Amendment to Agreement is to change portions of the
existing Agreement between the Company and Union, as modified by Amendment dated
August 22, 2003, covering the bargaining unit of employees of the Company at its
Fernwood Mississippi Feed Mill. It shall be attached thereto and made a part of
that Agreement.
2.
Wages shall be paid as provided in Appendix A attached hereto and made a
part of this Amendment to Agreement.
In all other respects, the existing Agreement between the parties, as
entered into and signed on the 16th day of July, 2002, and as amended on August
22, 2003, shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto signed their names this 26th
day of January, 2004.
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(▇▇▇▇▇▇ PRODUCTION DIVISION) WORKERS, LOCAL 1529, AFL-CIO
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APPENDIX "A"
WAGE SCHEDULE
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 4, 2004
FEED MILL
Master Maintenance $ 12.70
Unloader - Mill $ 10.00
Control Room Technician $ 10.00
Utility - Mill $ 9.10
Newly hired employees shall receive a training rate of $6.55 per hour,
which shall increase as follows: after 60 days, $7.65; after 6 months, $8.25;
and, after one year, the amount shown above. Newly hired employees in premium
classifications shall receive the rate of that classification when the employee
demonstrates the ability to perform satisfactorily all the duties of the job.
FEED MILL DRIVERS
Payment by Load and Mileage
By Mile
Load Round trip miles
Per Trip $ 13.50 - to 30 0.2603
Per Trip - Split $ 15.50 31 to 60 0.2476
61 to 90 0.2360
91 to 120 0.2256
121 to 150 0.2207
151 to 180 0.2160
181 and above 0.2115
Reclaim Driver $ 11.05
Holiday, Vacation, Funeral Leave $ 11.55
Downtime (when downtime event exceeds one hour) $ 10.10
Training rate (until driver reaches incentive or end
of probation, whichever is sooner) $ 10.10
Seniority Pay: Load/Mile Pay - Additional (after 5 years) $ .02 per mile
Seniority Pay: Hourly Pay - Additional (after 5 years) $ .50 per hour
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