What is your idea for ensuring Sat and Sunday work is done by full time Teamsters?
You don’t set up a classification that is guaranteed to be paid on average 5 dollars less after a four year progression than the rest of the package cars drivers doing the same work.
A lot of people thought that these 22.4 positions would be similar to the (bid ) 22.3s. They are bid on a sign up sheet inside the building, most of these 22.4s are hired off the street. The general thought presented by the Union at the time that they would work inside (preload) (driving). That went out the window quickly.
They could of easily covered a 7 day operation with RPCD’s just bid the new routes by seniority.
There was no reason to create a two tier full time package car position, it was a concession plain and simple, and a vast number of us who voted saw through the propaganda.