canaryinthemine
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Gentlemen;
As we saw on another thread, the company is going to try and force driver-facing cameras on us. A few points:
Since most of us were hired prior to this new technology, "driver-facing" cameras were NOT a "condition of employment" when we got hired,....and therefore have to be negotiated as a contract re-opener, to set the parameters of the use of this new "technology".
And,......Are ALL company vehicles equipped with driver-facing cameras? Including sales peoples' cars on company business , and company pickup trucks? The Union workforce is ....Highly Trained,...ABF would not admit otherwise,....yet the "untrained" salesman in a company car,...can be at just as much risk for Liability as the Trained Union driving force.
And,.....For female drivers:.....I would be a little...squeamish ....about a third-party, or my employer,....potentially having me on video every day....or not....Who Knows?
And,.......How can they selectively "single out" who gets this...new technology? Isn't the company touting this as something that "May exonerate a Driver in an Accident"? Well,...if I had an accident in a "non-camera" truck,....I would file a grievance for being denied use of this new technology, when some other drivers in the fleet,...have access to it. They've got to implement this,....UNILATERALLY.....If the technology is so"wonderful,...and job-saving.."....the company does NOT have the right to determine WHO gets to have access to it. Everybody,...or nobody.....We're all one Bargaining Unit.
And,........since this "technology" is new,...and wasn't a "condition of employment" when I got hired,......I would sign a letter stating that "My Employer DOES NOT have the Right to view or release any video of me to anyone,....EVEN to Law Enforcement,....until I , and my Legal Council have Viewed it first."
Heck,....I would get a petition in my terminal stating that as a group, or bargaining unit,.....No One's video may be viewed without express written permission of that particular employee........
Solidarity,...you know.......
As the company tries to get us to....accept......this as a ..new "condition of employment"......I would definately fight back.......Airline pilots don't have "pilot-facing" cameras,....Train engineers don't have them , either,....as far as I know. Why are truck drivers being singled out? Is it because ambulance-chasing lawyers have targeted trucking companies? Tough.....I will not give up my Right to Be Secure in my Papers and Privacy,...just to get some sleazy lawyer to make an out-of court settlement.......
Trucking companies want to....spend money on things to make drivers "safe"? How about a Legislative push to make Driver's Airbags mandatory in Heavy Trucks?
There's something they can....spend money on.......
As we saw on another thread, the company is going to try and force driver-facing cameras on us. A few points:
Since most of us were hired prior to this new technology, "driver-facing" cameras were NOT a "condition of employment" when we got hired,....and therefore have to be negotiated as a contract re-opener, to set the parameters of the use of this new "technology".
And,......Are ALL company vehicles equipped with driver-facing cameras? Including sales peoples' cars on company business , and company pickup trucks? The Union workforce is ....Highly Trained,...ABF would not admit otherwise,....yet the "untrained" salesman in a company car,...can be at just as much risk for Liability as the Trained Union driving force.
And,.....For female drivers:.....I would be a little...squeamish ....about a third-party, or my employer,....potentially having me on video every day....or not....Who Knows?
And,.......How can they selectively "single out" who gets this...new technology? Isn't the company touting this as something that "May exonerate a Driver in an Accident"? Well,...if I had an accident in a "non-camera" truck,....I would file a grievance for being denied use of this new technology, when some other drivers in the fleet,...have access to it. They've got to implement this,....UNILATERALLY.....If the technology is so"wonderful,...and job-saving.."....the company does NOT have the right to determine WHO gets to have access to it. Everybody,...or nobody.....We're all one Bargaining Unit.
And,........since this "technology" is new,...and wasn't a "condition of employment" when I got hired,......I would sign a letter stating that "My Employer DOES NOT have the Right to view or release any video of me to anyone,....EVEN to Law Enforcement,....until I , and my Legal Council have Viewed it first."
Heck,....I would get a petition in my terminal stating that as a group, or bargaining unit,.....No One's video may be viewed without express written permission of that particular employee........
Solidarity,...you know.......
As the company tries to get us to....accept......this as a ..new "condition of employment"......I would definately fight back.......Airline pilots don't have "pilot-facing" cameras,....Train engineers don't have them , either,....as far as I know. Why are truck drivers being singled out? Is it because ambulance-chasing lawyers have targeted trucking companies? Tough.....I will not give up my Right to Be Secure in my Papers and Privacy,...just to get some sleazy lawyer to make an out-of court settlement.......
Trucking companies want to....spend money on things to make drivers "safe"? How about a Legislative push to make Driver's Airbags mandatory in Heavy Trucks?
There's something they can....spend money on.......