Yellow | Sarah Amico withdraws bid to restart Yellow

[steercrazee]

You have just alluded to one of the most important clauses in our contract. In the circumstances you describe, your seniority would be held for five years. I've seen this happen more than once. I remember one guy specifically who was out almost five years to the day. Came back to work, retired some time after that

You would think that non unions would at least be decent if you had at least a year or more and your health took a nose dive or perhaps you were in a severe accident and was going to have to take a few months to recover that at least they wouldn't fire you. I thought they might say something like well when you get back you will have to do the wild board for 90 days and then we will reinstated your seniority or something like that. They did tell the workers to re apply but they would have to start at the bottom again. I like Estes but there are a lot of older people here and as we age problems may occur, but if we have been loyal to you through the years have are back when we are in a pickle with our health.

 

[Real Teamster]

You would think that non unions would at least be decent if you had at least a year or more and your health took a nose dive or perhaps you were in a severe accident and was going to have to take a few months to recover that at least they wouldn't fire you. I thought they might say something like well when you get back you will have to do the wild board for 90 days and then we will reinstated your seniority or something like that. They did tell the workers to re apply but they would have to start at the bottom again. I like Estes but there are a lot of older people here and as we age problems may occur, but if we have been loyal to you through the years have are back when we are in a pickle with our health.

You would indeed think so, but I've seen what you've referred to entirely too many times. I had a friend years ago who was one of R&L's best locally. He was in a cycle crash that nearly killed him. Was in ICU for about a month (or maybe even longer, I don't recall) and couldn't do much of anything for a long time. R&L canned him after not very long, actually. He wasn't right in the head due to traumatic head injury but managed to get and hold a job running deliveries for a local wholesaler. Eventually, he did get re-hired at R&L. If that were me, I would have gone back there only as a last resort. That may have been his last resort in the freight industry. I didn't ask him; I was just glad he was back doing what he loved.

 

[truckinforcash]

You would indeed think so, but I've seen what you've referred to entirely too many times. I had a friend years ago who was one of R&L's best locally. He was in a cycle crash that nearly killed him. Was in ICU for about a month (or maybe even longer, I don't recall) and couldn't do much of anything for a long time. R&L canned him after not very long, actually. He wasn't right in the head due to traumatic head injury but managed to get and hold a job running deliveries for a local wholesaler. Eventually, he did get re-hired at R&L. If that were me, I would have gone back there only as a last resort. That may have been his last resort in the freight industry. I didn't ask him; I was just glad he was back doing what he loved.

It must be location specific, I’ve seen R+L hold a guys position for over a year while he was out recovering from a bad car wreck.

 

[Songremainsthesame]

You would think that non unions would at least be decent if you had at least a year or more and your health took a nose dive or perhaps you were in a severe accident and was going to have to take a few months to recover that at least they wouldn't fire you. I thought they might say something like well when you get back you will have to do the wild board for 90 days and then we will reinstated your seniority or something like that. They did tell the workers to re apply but they would have to start at the bottom again. I like Estes but there are a lot of older people here and as we age problems may occur, but if we have been loyal to you through the years have are back when we are in a pickle with our health.

We had a driver out for a heart attack, not sure how long he was out. Extraboard drivers would cover his schedule for the whole week. When he was medically cleared he came back and was put back on his run as if nothing happened. I’m sure it was within FMLA timeline but he wasn’t penalized at all. Don’t know how he paid his portion of his health insurance but he’s still employed by Estes.

 

[Real Teamster]

It must be location specific, I’ve seen R+L hold a guys position for over a year while he was out recovering from a bad car wreck.

I'm glad to hear that. Sadly, that was not the case for the guy I mentioned. His poor wife (who I've never met) was saddled with a) taking care of him; b) running the household solo while trying to pay the bills; c) dealing with the incredible stress of (a) and (b) while trying to prepare for a very uncertain future after his employer, who was likely their primary income stream, cast him off as though he was yesterday's headlines. It would have cost them very little if anything to assure that he had a job to come back to so long as he could do the job, but instead they simply "cut" him. Despicable!

 

[Puff Driver]

I'm glad to hear that. Sadly, that was not the case for the guy I mentioned. His poor wife (who I've never met) was saddled with a) taking care of him; b) running the household solo while trying to pay the bills; c) dealing with the incredible stress of (a) and (b) while trying to prepare for a very uncertain future after his employer, who was likely their primary income stream, cast him off as though he was yesterday's headlines. It would have cost them very little if anything to assure that he had a job to come back to so long as he could do the job, but instead they simply "cut" him. Despicable!

Not sure if it was used but Obamacare has a provision to remove injured employees from payrolls and place them onto SSI if they are deemed to have permanent injuries.

 

[Real Teamster]

Not sure if it was used but Obamacare has a provision to remove injured employees from payrolls and place them onto SSI if they are deemed to have permanent injuries.

This was around the time Obama was elected, if I remember correctly. There was no Obamacare at that point.

 

[steercrazee]

We had a driver out for a heart attack, not sure how long he was out. Extraboard drivers would cover his schedule for the whole week. When he was medically cleared he came back and was put back on his run as if nothing happened. I’m sure it was within FMLA timeline but he wasn’t penalized at all. Don’t know how he paid his portion of his health insurance but he’s still employed by Estes.

His run was covered by the xtra board drivers , but corporate is the one who sent him him his termination letter. Supposingly the transportation at his terminal didn't even know, but he didn't speak up for him either when he found out.