Brother ABFer, what I meant was that if you got 55 or 60 hours worked in a week, then you got credit for the same in your pension. Our pension is based on a 40 hour work-week, 40 weeks a year for 1 year credited service. 2 clock punches in a week gives you a weeks' pension service, so if you're on a 4/10 week, or close to the bottom, you still get a weeks' credited service toward your pension. What I propose is instead of a "week" based pension plan, how about an "hour" based plan, covering all hours. Take the multiplier and fraction it down into hours so that every hour you work, a portion of that goes toward the total of your hours' pension service. Road drivers on a 60+ work-week could retire faster. Older guys on the top of the board could work more overtime to speed up their credited service so they can retire faster and open the job to younger employees. After all, they're applying the pressure for us all to work a week-and-a-half in a week, why not give us credited pension service on that week-and-a-half, instead of just a week irregardless of how many hours we work? We aren't sitting behind a desk, this job beats you up. If your employer wants to squeeze blood from a stone, as it were, then they can pay for the privilege by allowing us to retire earlier with a full pension........and only a partially worn-out body.
