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<blockquote data-quote="chuchu" data-source="post: 1211292"><p>II disagree with the MMI analogy because of first hand experience. We have an employee that was labeled MMI due to a workers comp injury. He ran out of months for benefits and applied for the ADA status. It took forever and the BA wouldn't meet with the company to discuss a remedy to get him working in any capacity. The stalling and time off without pay put his family in great financial risk and since he didn't "work" for the prior 12 months he was disallowed unemployment.</p><p>I know there was an EEOC ruling against the company (or several) and he submitted his situation to them but it's been months and the process has dragged on and on. Yes, he has a good lawyer working for him but even the best lawyer is stonewalled and the game continued putting his wife and two children plus his mental state at risk. </p><p>I know the MMI language has been in the southern region for years but we didn't want it in the central. Period. It's one more speed bump in the process and for some reason the company wanted it there so you KNOW what that means. The employee just took a payoff and left the company. The BA didn't do anything for him except get his vacation pay AFTER he filed a grvnce for it bcuz the company wouldn't pay him for the time accrued while on WC. He was a great guy and a 26 yr employee that had an injury that was fixable, but costly, and the co refused to remedy him.</p><p></p><p>As for the single day vac coverage driver issue, they havent tried that here yet. I heard the abuses are worse down south. I'm not sure that is correct but we had an OMS transfer here from Georgia and she said the company has more "control" over the employees down south versus up north where the economy is better (?).</p><p>The service, safety and methods addition in art 17 was viewed by every steward in our division (that we talked with) as grey and a risk. There was not one BA in our division that interpreted that change the way you have. That's what we have to deal with, a huge lack of support. In fact, before the first vote, one BA in our state told a group of drivers that if we didn't ratify the contrac that they were a bunch of "over paid cry babies". Does that clarify our situation? I am thankful that some of you have great support. Many of us in the central region don't know what that is and like I said before, it makes shadows even darker. There is a huge lack of trust that is not from members being "cry babies" but being stuck in the back for years up here. </p><p>The time to fight bad and grey language changes is before they become a part of your contract because we all know what happens if we fail. In this period of great co prosperity we should not be fighting the IBT (and each other) over a bargaining agreement. There is a lot of anger accrued because of the half truths told to members in the PR campaign and disrespect from the IBT. We're not mad at the company. Our frustration comes from union bosses that treat us like dumb sheep. I'd love to stick these BAs in a P10 on a metro route for six months. Kroger's would run out of Kleenex tissues daily.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chuchu, post: 1211292"] II disagree with the MMI analogy because of first hand experience. We have an employee that was labeled MMI due to a workers comp injury. He ran out of months for benefits and applied for the ADA status. It took forever and the BA wouldn't meet with the company to discuss a remedy to get him working in any capacity. The stalling and time off without pay put his family in great financial risk and since he didn't "work" for the prior 12 months he was disallowed unemployment. I know there was an EEOC ruling against the company (or several) and he submitted his situation to them but it's been months and the process has dragged on and on. Yes, he has a good lawyer working for him but even the best lawyer is stonewalled and the game continued putting his wife and two children plus his mental state at risk. I know the MMI language has been in the southern region for years but we didn't want it in the central. Period. It's one more speed bump in the process and for some reason the company wanted it there so you KNOW what that means. The employee just took a payoff and left the company. The BA didn't do anything for him except get his vacation pay AFTER he filed a grvnce for it bcuz the company wouldn't pay him for the time accrued while on WC. He was a great guy and a 26 yr employee that had an injury that was fixable, but costly, and the co refused to remedy him. As for the single day vac coverage driver issue, they havent tried that here yet. I heard the abuses are worse down south. I'm not sure that is correct but we had an OMS transfer here from Georgia and she said the company has more "control" over the employees down south versus up north where the economy is better (?). The service, safety and methods addition in art 17 was viewed by every steward in our division (that we talked with) as grey and a risk. There was not one BA in our division that interpreted that change the way you have. That's what we have to deal with, a huge lack of support. In fact, before the first vote, one BA in our state told a group of drivers that if we didn't ratify the contrac that they were a bunch of "over paid cry babies". Does that clarify our situation? I am thankful that some of you have great support. Many of us in the central region don't know what that is and like I said before, it makes shadows even darker. There is a huge lack of trust that is not from members being "cry babies" but being stuck in the back for years up here. The time to fight bad and grey language changes is before they become a part of your contract because we all know what happens if we fail. In this period of great co prosperity we should not be fighting the IBT (and each other) over a bargaining agreement. There is a lot of anger accrued because of the half truths told to members in the PR campaign and disrespect from the IBT. We're not mad at the company. Our frustration comes from union bosses that treat us like dumb sheep. I'd love to stick these BAs in a P10 on a metro route for six months. Kroger's would run out of Kleenex tissues daily. [/QUOTE]
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