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Quote: Originally Posted by BusterNite This is true, We must work 156 reports in a calendar year to accumulate vacation time. A report would also include any paid time off from work such as, vacation time, sick, discretionary, jury or personal day. In other words once you start to get close to that mark of being out of work for (roughly) more than 5 months, the risk of not accumulating vacation time for the following year...

Quote: Originally Posted by regular342 Never understood why anyone would need or want one board seniority. The reason is simple. A 30 year man may sit home and watch a 6 month man work every day just because of a classification.

Actually...this is the handy dandy pocket version with the Letter's of Understanding(LOU), and Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) at the end. Teamster UPS Freight Agreement (Over The Road and Local Cartage Operations April 7, 2008 through July 13, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by BusterNite One more thing, As far as the one line seniority list spreading west. This does not just happen out of the blue. If the members want something, they need to stick together and get it done. Hell Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.teamster.org/sites/teamst...oYRClocals.pdf

Whoever got the company to agrre to using a transfers transfer date to the new terminal for layoffs is a genius and whatever B.A. argued this and won is a genius,but oh so wrong. I could see it if it was post contract that he transferred,but to of been at a terminal for several years when this wasnt the rule and step out on the rule for layoffs it was your hire date for layoffs not for bidding i understand.I have lost 17 years now and should...

somethin im curious about i know how to scale a regular tractor trailer, steers 12,000 drives 34,000 trailer 34,000 in indiana but how do you do it in a set of doubles where all the axles are spread out

If you look at it from the companies perspective, they are paying a man triple what they should to pick up trash. It gives them incentive to keep us moving.

Typically SCS in not union, because customer dedicated contracts usually forbid union drivers; citing the hassles involved with their particular business needs. If you have a job to get done, you don't have time for your contract hauler to have some labor dispute screwing up their business and pissing off the customers. In the 3PL business, efficiency is priority.

...hmm,BusterNite do you know of any person that has transferred in the one list barns that is going by company time..period..I find that grounds for some serious litigation with the NLRB, IF the grievance avenue fails..