File a grievance under article 18.With temperatures near -25 and wind chill approaching -40/45 the last few days we were told today that our idle time as a group was too high. Who needs heat anyway?
With temperatures near -25 and wind chill approaching -40/45 the last few days we were told today that our idle time as a group was too high. Who needs heat anyway?
I run the truck until I feel comfortable. I could careless about my idle time. Newer trucks I can normally run the heat with doors closed and bulkhead door closed and even with turning the heat off after a few mins it stays warm. If I'm in an old 8 I run the heat for almost the entire hour I'm on lunch.
With temperatures near -25 and wind chill approaching -40/45 the last few days we were told today that our idle time as a group was too high. Who needs heat anyway?
Damn. You deliver in the northern Saskatchewan?
Temperature | -20 °C | Jan 13 at 3:55 AM |
Colorado I think
Temperature -20 °C Jan 13 at 3:55 AM
they would simply invent something else to bitch about.
With temperatures near -25 and wind chill approaching -40/45 the last few days we were told today that our idle time as a group was too high. Who needs heat anyway?
If you are in feeders, and care what UPS says about idle time in the winter, you should stand up for yourself, but if you don't, don't put your employee id in the IVIS until after you have hooked up and are ready to leave. For some drivers, that could over an hour. All of that time won't show up until after you put your id in the IVIS. So your idle time won't start until you are leaving.
But I wouldn't worry about. Tell them your doctor advised you against getting frostbite.
You're right in that your idle time will be low, but then they will ask why you're start work time is so long (SW). It's just something else for them to b*tch about and who really cares. They haven't bugged us about idle time lately. Now they're on the "did you experience any delays?" or "why are you late" leaving the yard kick.
Traffic usually works well. Tell them you had to wait 5-10 mins for someone to back a 53' into a spot designed for 40'.
We get the umpteen safety messages on the IVIS, 3 yesterday, one said, "The weather conditions are changing, is your driving?" or some crap like that. If a driver has an accident within 1/2hr an announcement goes over the IVIS "a xxxx driver had a sideswipe accident at the Lincoln Tunnel".