From oakh.com;
Service
We finished January at 97.80% on time. This is not our normal 98%, however, this was not a normal January. We are very happy to report that even with the delays due to weather we managed to improve our damage and shortage notations per 1000 shipments over last year. The weather may have impacted our service times however our freight handling improved.
When you handle very little freight, very little damage occurs, we still see your drivers sitting for hours with nothing to do, the empty trailers still sit end to end, I bet some of the brakes are fused together by now!
Negotiations
Last week we made a significant step by resolving the unfair labor charges filed against us by the Teamsters. The Teamsters have filed a total of 6 charges against us. The two most serious charges were withdrawn by the Teamsters, and an equally serious charge of not negotiating in good faith, (surface bargaining) was dismissed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The company agreed to settle the three minor charges once we reached an agreement with the NLRB. In the settlement with the NLRB we do not admit that we did anything illegal. We believe the resolution of the Teamster charges against Oak Harbor to be a significant step forward because the manner that these charges were resolved shows that we have respected our employee’s right to work and their right to strike.
Nothing is resolved yet, these charges will not be resolved until Oak Harbor is in compliance with the settlement agreement, the surface bargaining charge has been appealed by the Teamsters. I would swear I read a letter sent to all employees admitting guilt in three cases of violation of the NLRA. You have shown no respect for anything, the fact that you were forced into a settlement with the NLRB is proof that you have not treated your employees equitably.
We agreed to this settlement because we believe the three remaining charges to be insignificant to the labor dispute. By removing the Teamster charges as an element in the strike we are hoping all parties can now move forward. Again, we do not believe we did anything illegal and said so in the NLRB settlement agreement.
The charges are still pending your compliance with the settlement agreement and pending the resolution of the surface bargaining charge still in appeal. And if anyone has seen the charges two of the charges have at least five different violations a piece. You have never wanted these negotiation to move forward, other wise you would have a contract and your dedicated long time employees would still be servicing their loyal customers rather than picketing them a leafleting.
This clears all current unfair labor practices filed against Oak Harbor. We believe that in the next 60-120 days we should have greater clarity in how progress towards resolving the labor dispute will occur. We will continue our communications to you as the strike evolves.
Surface bargaining charge is still in appeal status, you have been forced to rectify several of the charges meaning they had merit, even though an official admission of guilt was not admitted. Hey plenty of criminals never admit guilt in open court, doesn't make what you have done here anywhere near justified.
It is my understanding that as a condition of this settlement agreement the VP's must reinstate all strikers who took part in the Unfair Labor Practice action, in doing so all replacements should be pushed out of their positions by union employees as the company will not be allowed to operate with replacements. For customers this could be a potential nightmare and lead to serious service disruptions in the near future it the company continues to string along negotiations as it has up to this point.