I've been filing 9.5's for months now, and today our union rep came down and I got a chance to talk to him...
From what he says there is new language in the contract, and 3 over 9.5s do not apply to....
Cover drivers...
Routes with more than 120 miles in them...
Base Line routes...
Any one else heard about this stuff? I had solid 11hr plans last week
I'm wondering what article that would be.
This is from the National Master :
(c) The Employer shall make a reasonable effort to reduce package car drivers’ workdays below nine
and one-half (9.5) hours per day where requested. If a review indicates that progress is not being made
in the reduction of assigned hours of work, the following language shall apply, except in the months of
November and December:
Such requests may only be made for the five (5) month periods beginning on each January 1 and
June 1 of each year. No later than thirty (30) days prior to each January 1st and June 1st, each
package center will post a “9.5 opt-in/opt-out list” for the applicable five (5) month period. Each
full-time seniority driver in the center must make an election to opt-in or opt-out of the 9.5
language in this subsection no later than ten (10) days prior to the applicable five (5) month
period. Those full-time drivers who choose to opt-out of the 9.5 language in this subsection will
have no right to file a grievance alleging excessive overtime either under this subsection or under
an excessive overtime provision in the Supplement, Rider, or Addendum.
Drivers who choose to opt-in on the 9.5 list shall have the right to file a grievance if the Employer has
continually worked a driver more than nine and one-half (9.5) hours per day for any three (3) days in a
workweek. If a grievance under this provision (or a grievance under any excessive overtime provision
of a Supplement, Rider or Addendum) cannot be resolved at the local level, including Supplemental
Panels, where applicable, the Union may docket the grievance to be heard by the “9.5 Committee.”
This Committee shall be composed of two (2) Union and two (2) Employer representatives. The 9.5
Committee shall have the authority to direct the Employer to adjust the driver’s work schedule.
Deadlocked cases shall be referred to the Employer’s Vice President of Labor Relations and the Co-
Chair of the Teamsters United Parcel Service Negotiating Committee for final and binding resolution.
The Employer’s Vice President and the Union’s Co-Chair shall have the discretion to grant the grievant
double triple time pay for hours worked in excess of nine and one-half (9.5) hours per day and/or to
order the Employer to adjust the driver’s work schedule. In the event the Employer’s Vice President and
the Union’s Co-Chair cannot resolve a grievance, either party may refer the matter to arbitration in
accordance with Article 8. In the event the position of the Union is sustained, the arbitrator shall have
the authority to impose any remedy set forth in this Section.
The 9.5 Committee shall also have the authority to adopt guidelines to ensure that this Section is
implemented in such a way as to balance the Employer’s need to protect the integrity of its
operations with an employee’s legitimate need to avoid excessive overtime
This little tidbit may be where that came from.