Overpaid Union Thug
Well-Known Member
I was just going over the Southern Supplement that will go into affect once the hold outs settle theirs. The changes to the beginning of "Article 48 Section 6 Package Drivers Job Selection" are what I'm having trouble understanding.
It originally started with "Unassigned Delivery Routes" and was changed to "Bid Routes: All routes shall be bid." Then it's followed by stating that there shall be a minimum of two training routes and a maximum of 10% in each center and states what the purpose of a training route is. Then says that all drivers not holding a bid route will cover vacations, option days, sick days...yada yada yada... And the usual language for bid routes follows later.
So, what was the purpose of the changes? Bid routes have always been rebid every few years or so and unassigned routes have always (since I've been driving anyway) been picked on a day by day basis. I'm just not seeing the purpose of the change here.
It originally started with "Unassigned Delivery Routes" and was changed to "Bid Routes: All routes shall be bid." Then it's followed by stating that there shall be a minimum of two training routes and a maximum of 10% in each center and states what the purpose of a training route is. Then says that all drivers not holding a bid route will cover vacations, option days, sick days...yada yada yada... And the usual language for bid routes follows later.
So, what was the purpose of the changes? Bid routes have always been rebid every few years or so and unassigned routes have always (since I've been driving anyway) been picked on a day by day basis. I'm just not seeing the purpose of the change here.