What is the Union position on this issue of having laid off drivers sitting at home not working, but management is allowed to hire from the outside. This is very sad, I am starting to wonder about this union stuff!!!!In Wisconsin La Crosse, Eau Claire, Rhinelander and Rice Lake
In Michigan Sault Ste Marie, Iron Mountain and Escanaba
In Minnesota Albert Lea, Brainerd, Duluth, Virginia, Winsted and Willmar
In North Dakota Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot
In Montana Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Kalispell and Missoula
In Iowa Waterloo and Burlington
In Illinois Macomb, Mount Vernon, Paxton, Peoria, Peru and Quincy
Texas has a bunch that opened or are opening as well.
This list may contain inaccuracies as some of these "locations" may have already existed and/or were serviced with contractors.
Whether or not they are union off the bat doesn't matter at all as they all eventually will be. What's at issue is that they are not allowing transfers to these new locations. They should have made that work available especially considering that many are on layoff.
Good Luck ABF! After a few days, give us a run down of your day. Is the trailer waiting for you when you get to the yard? Delivery Recieipts are in the trailer? Who do you contact (dispatcher?) if there are any issues on the street? How do you get pickups? How many stops is a normal day for ya?
dispatcher is richmond. pickups are received from a diad.
I'm pretty sure ups has a no transfer policy unless it is a under the follow your work clause of the contract. MY dad was a feeder driver for 25 years and was not allowed to transfer either. It is an unfortunate situation for those laid off. Unless your terminal was closed you would endtail in anyway.
Hey ABF, did they give you guys a UPSF branded tractor and trailer? We certainly don't wont to show up in a duct taped, rusted old "O" beater with junk "MC" and "O" trailers in tow.
What UPS has is what UPS has. It has no bearing on what we did or do. It might help you forecast how things will go when no other information is available, but we have something in the contract called 'past practices' and 'maintenance of standards'. Where nothing is mentioned in the contract it is as it was. Grievances have been filed and it is very likely that some of the zone drivers will be displaced or at least bumped for the men who have more company time who weren't given the opportunity.
If the union doesn't fight for this one then I will forever doubt the Teamsters and their commitment to us. There is no justification for having union brothers on layoff while the company is hiring non-union drivers. I challenge anyone on this board to justify how the union could let that slide.
Are the zone drivers not union?
Are the zone drivers not union?
Yes and it was the companies desire that it be that way.
Training is done!!! Today is our first day at our new zone yard. Cards are signed!!! It's time for big brown to rock the ltl market. It's going to be fun taking everyone elses freight.
7 more zone terminals in wisconsin and mchigan
WT* are zone terminals and how do they work???? We haven't heard squat about this in the NE.