They just cancelled 42 of them on the 14 of January. It’s canceling a bid. Just like any other city bid can be cancelled.
Well,.....I know they did. But, did anyone hold them to the contractual language in Art. 3, sec. 7? Or.....are they taking advantage of new leadership in the freight division, and just unilaterally doing whatever is the company interpretation of the contract?
I know for a fact that our UE runs were cancelled by COO's. And,.....many other guys on here have said the same thing. And,......many guys on here have said just what you have said:......The company can cancel UE bids as they wish,.........Apparently, they are........
The language on page 23 of the current ABF NMFA ,........fourth paragraph, says : " Subject to the approval of the National Utility Employee Review Committee, or the Committee Chairman, or their designees, the Employer may ESTABLISH and MODIFY Utility Employee positions and bids without the approval of a Change of Operations , or other union approval."
Notice that nothing is said concerning cancelling that Utility Employee bid permanently. At least, ....doing it without a COO.
The last paragraph in sec. 7 says that the company can lay off Utility Employees,....in seniority order,....and then re-bid that position.
There is nothing in Art.3 , sec. 7 that says they can cancel a UE bid without a COO. Imagine what would happen if they could cancel road board bids without a COO.
This is my opinion,....but I think the company is taking advantage of the Union's perception that UE work,....crossing jurisdiction and taking road work, as it does,.......can be "cancelled" like a city bid,......and unlike a road bid ( which also crosses jurisdictions...),.....without a COO,........DESIGNATING WHERE the NEW WORK CREATED BY UE GOES.........
I think that the new work created by the UE,....at the expense of the road board,...........is now being diverted into Purchased Transportation.
IF,...IF....the company had to file a COO,....cancelling 42 UE positions,....the Company would have to DESIGNATE WHO would handle that work that was performed by Union UE employees whose bids were being cancelled.
I think the Company bled work from the road boards,....into the UE ,...."technically" a city board,...not subject to COO's when a local manager cancels bids,.......and that work will now be performed by Purchased Transportation,.......because there is no accounting,....in the companies' eyes ,....of UE work,....the same as if it were road board work.
An "end run" around the COO accounting of who follows work when bids are cancelled.
Anyone who had a UE run that got cancelled should ask,......and you have the right to ask,......where that (..UNION...) work went? Who is handling it? What road board added positions to pick up what the cancelled UE runs did?
WHAT? You mean NO road board added jobs to handle the cancelled UE bids? Well, then..........What Purchased Transportation company,.....in VIOLATION of the contract,.....is handling this UNION work?
I hope I made it clear why a COO to eliminate UE jobs is so important........