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The "Best ever NMFA negogiated" in 2003 , that was approved by 87% of the members provides for any senority protection in a merger.............if it happens.....it happens!.........KK
Yellow | Yellow/Roadway may merge
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That's not taking the customer into consideration here, FM. Some will NEVER permit a Yellow Truck at their business. Others will NEVER permit a Roadway Truck. The customer controls everything we do, or they might just give it to you at FedEx Freight.
YRC CAN however, control a one-board Road Board. The next man up on the extra board can go to Roadway's Terminal just as easily as he can go to Yellow's, or Holland's, or a customer for example. That would save them more than any pittance 5%. The only thing stopping them is our contract. Our Road-Ops is really nothing more than dedicated runs from Terminal to Terminal just as Schneider has dedicated runs from customer to customer. The only thing this would do is add another customer (Roadway for us-- Yellow for them) into the mix. The top guys would still get the glory. The bottom guys would still get the shaft. The only thing that would change is efficency improving, and dispatch would be a grand nightmare. It would HAVE to be controlled by a national office for sure!
Yellow thinks LLLLLLOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNGGGGG Term. I'm certain their lawyers could work it out if they truly want to. In the meantime, our contract is coming up. I said a long time ago, I think Yellow would actually give us a huge Raise if we loosen the work rules; Yellow's wanted their own contract away from the NMFA for a long time. Now they basically ARE the NMFA. This can get really, really interesting..............
That's not taking the customer into consideration here, FM. Some will NEVER permit a Yellow Truck at their business. Others will NEVER permit a Roadway Truck. The customer controls everything we do, or they might just give it to you at FedEx Freight.
YRC CAN however, control a one-board Road Board. The next man up on the extra board can go to Roadway's Terminal just as easily as he can go to Yellow's, or Holland's, or a customer for example. That would save them more than any pittance 5%. The only thing stopping them is our contract. Our Road-Ops is really nothing more than dedicated runs from Terminal to Terminal just as Schneider has dedicated runs from customer to customer. The only thing this would do is add another customer (Roadway for us-- Yellow for them) into the mix. The top guys would still get the glory. The bottom guys would still get the shaft. The only thing that would change is efficency improving, and dispatch would be a grand nightmare. It would HAVE to be controlled by a national office for sure!
Yellow thinks LLLLLLOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNGGGGG Term. I'm certain their lawyers could work it out if they truly want to. In the meantime, our contract is coming up. I said a long time ago, I think Yellow would actually give us a huge Raise if we loosen the work rules; Yellow's wanted their own contract away from the NMFA for a long time. Now they basically ARE the NMFA. This can get really, really interesting..............
That is a interesting perspective.
I've been saying that was going to be the long term plan for years. Single linehaul ops only makes sense. I would think they would integrate the smaller units w/the bigger ones initially though. IE New Penn and USF Op's into Yellow or Roadway. Once the smaller ones are consolidated, it would set the framework to integrate Yellow and Roadway linehauls. :TR10driving03:
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IF The two companies are merged and the linehaul operations are combined....it looks like the contract states that a C.O.O. has to be submitted and approved.
IF The two companies are merged and the linehaul operations are combined....it looks like the contract states that a C.O.O. has to be submitted and approved.
Naw hell they could never do that to us. We're too big, or is it too important, or our head to deep in the sand to see? Some one way smarter than me said ""Those
who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
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Those who do not educate themselves before voting for a contract are doomed to live by it!.....KK
(b) If such merger of companies results in the combination of terminals or over-the-road operations, a change of operations shall be submitted to the Co-Chairmen of the National Grievance Committee for assignment to an appropriate Change of Operations Committee established pursuant to Article 8, Section 6. The Change of Operations Committee shall retain jurisdiction for one (1) year after the effective date of the Committee decision and shall have the authority to amend its decision in the event of a substantial change in the amount of work to be performed at the terminals or over-the-road operations which were combined......................
National Master Freight Agreement - Article 5
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I read it...
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I read it...whats your point? YELLOW HAS PURCHASED ROADWAY.
The point is that it does not matter if Yellow purchased Roadway.If there is to be a merger of the two companies senority will be dovetailed.So if you work for Yellow,don't think that a Roadway Teamster with more seniority than you is going behind you just because Yellow bought Roadway,and when you think of it,we are all Teamsters before we are employees,and seniority prevails at all times,or at least it should anyway.
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Bufbill.....Atricle5,Section2(e)clearly states dovetailing into one board only has to happen within first 12 months after purchase.You really need to read Article5.Section2(a)+(b).
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Section 2. Mergers of Companies-General
(a) In the event the Employer is a party to a merger of lines, seniority of the employees who are affected thereby shall be determined by mutual agreement between the Employer and the Local Unions involved...
BUT.just keep in mind guys......YELLOW FREIGHT did not buy ROADWAY......at the time YELLOW CORP. bought Roadway. Yellow CORP was at that time a holding company.then changed the name of the holding company to Yellow-Roadway Corp......and then to YRC Worldwide.....it is a holding company..BUT...we can all see what the contract reads...but the IBT has the final say in the ruling if a merger of ANY part should happen!....KK
(a) In the event the Employer is a party to a merger of lines, seniority of the employees who are affected thereby shall be determined by mutual agreement between the Employer and the Local Unions involved...
BUT.just keep in mind guys......YELLOW FREIGHT did not buy ROADWAY......at the time YELLOW CORP. bought Roadway. Yellow CORP was at that time a holding company.then changed the name of the holding company to Yellow-Roadway Corp......and then to YRC Worldwide.....it is a holding company..BUT...we can all see what the contract reads...but the IBT has the final say in the ruling if a merger of ANY part should happen!....KK
Just to add a thought to the discussion here. As a holding company, Yellow Corp can sell a company, like Yellow freight, Roadway, New Penn, USF Glen Moore or whatever they own. Once they merge two or more companies, they then have lost the ability to sell it seperately. We got rid of Preston, Jevic, Saia. They were small in comparison to a merge of Yellow and Roadway. I just cannot see this happening in the way we are looking at it. Just me thinking here.
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Roadway Blue Rules !
Yeah, come on over here to Roadway, always the bestest of the two YRC companies.
Yeah, come on over here to Roadway, always the bestest of the two YRC companies.
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Don't they always? :Poke: