1. You are manager of a Giant Eagle (not a bird, a grocery store) You have been informed corporate is considering outsourcing the meatcutter function in ninety (90) days as a cost saving measure and that you would have to eliminate 6 FTE of meatcutters. Corporate asks for your opinion. All meat would be pre-packaged either on site of by an outside entity so that customers could no longer request special orders. There is a Heinens (high end grocery store) less than two miles away with slightly higher prices.

The union contract says, If layoffs in a classification are necessary, all part-timers in the classification shall be laid off first and then full-timers to the extent necessary in reverse order of seniority. Employees laid off may bump any less senior employee in a lower rated classification. (All non-management jobs are lower rated than meatcutter) You have one hundred twenty employees in the lower rated classifications. There is very high turnover in part-time positions.

You have 12 meat cutters as follows:

Seniority Date Age Hours per week Race

1. 1999 62 40 W

2. 2002 48 40 W

3. 2011 35 40 W

4. 2014 29 40 W

5. 2016 61 40 W

6. 2003 66 24 W

7. 1987 55 24 W

8. 2002 43 32 B

9. 2015 30 24 B

10. 2018 35 32 W

11. QUESTION 1:Explain what you would tell corporate about the proposal, explaining all factors corporate should consider.

12. QUESTION 2: Assuming corporate does not change its mind, explain all you will do to implement the changes, including all you will advise the employees and when. *A LOT OF SPECIFICS ABOUT DOWNSIZING AND OUTSOURCING DEALING WITH CHANGE AND MEANING AND EFFECT OF LAYOFF LANGUAGE*