This is so they do not have to pay into 705's H&W and pension funds for the laid off men on the board. Don't you guys have an option to work your 8 and go home? How many pick-ups are these geniuses missing because of being short handed?
Just shows us all how much testosterone is lacking at the Aurora regional offices.
not paying into funds that need the contributions is one real reason these funds are hardpressed in the first place
they complain about funding pensions for "orphans" but then evade contributions any way they can
they are actually a party to or a cause for their own withdrawal liability ills along with the overall health of those plans
it seems ABF's operation handbook has a motto
DO MORE WITH LESS
problem is we can actually control them by not prescribing to this principle
remember God helps those who helps themselves
in my area the rocket scientists do not lay anyone off
they use cartage and attrition
basically they need arm twisting to hire
so we obliged them with a hanful of good grievances on the subject
result is they settled outside the panel and agreed to place 4 on the list effective immediately plus one union mechanic
proof is in the pudding
in addition in the tentative agreement, article 5 under work opportunity has some good language for you
an OT trigger to bring back men from layoff
should have also had a trigger in the same spirit to hire additional men when no one is laid off and OT gets excessive
maybe in the ABF round of negotiations that can be included