No porters in the bargaining unit here either.
Kurt, when some of your Teamster porter jobs were eliminated, did that portion of the porter work go undone? If so, you may not have any recourse. But if the work was subcontracted or given to part-timers, then Articles 32 and 22 may have been violated.
ARTICLE 32. SUBCONTRACTING
"For the purpose of preserving work and job opportunities for the employees covered by this Agreement, the Employer agrees that no work or services of the kind, nature or type, and including new operations or buildings, covered by, presently performed, or hereafter assigned to the collective bargaining unit will be subcontracted, transferred, leased, assigned or conveyed in whole or in part to any other plant, person or non-unit employees, unless otherwise provided in this Agreement. The Employer may not subcontract work in any classification for the purpose of avoiding overtime. The Employer may not subcontract work in any classification if any employee who normally performs such work is on layoff. The number of car washer and porter jobs in the bargaining unit as of July 31, 1990 shall be guaranteed from replacement by the Employer subcontracting this work. It is further agreed that additions to the workforce in areas that currently have bargaining unit employees performing this work shall become bargaining unit members covered under this Agreement."
ARTICLE 22. PART-TIME EMPLOYEES
Section 2.
"The number of permanent full-time inside jobs in each Local Union area as of April 30, 1979, shall be guaranteed from replacement by part-time employees. In addition, the number of permanent fulltime inside jobs created after April 30, 1979, under the provisions of Section 3 will also be guaranteed from replacement by part-time employees. The exception to the above will be in cases of bona fide agreements prior to the ratification of this Agreement."
