As a Western Conference cover driver with less than a year seniority driving, but over 6 years with the company, why should I vote yes. Right now, I'm leaning no. It doesn't have to be long, just brief talking points. My vote counts for two because I have a brother who's a PT'er that said he'll vote whatever I do.
I think you should break it down into your priorities. ie... pension, benefits, wages, working conditions, etc..
As a fellow west coaster, here are my thoughts, and im still on the fence on what way to vote.
PENSION - im assuming you are vested into the west coast benefits plan. If so, you'd have to be a fool to vote no for this one. Our pension isnt the same as the one in the NMA, it is way better!
WAGES - This is a tough one, we got rid of the split raises for the first three years, but then split raises again the 4th and 5th years. It seems to be an improvement from the last contract, but I feel it could have still been better.
HEALTH BENEFITS - We (part-timers) lost on this issue, but doesnt seem to be as bad as I thought it would be. UPS is covering the difference on some of the downgrades of the new plan. You would need to read through your benefits summary they mailed out last week. But I remain skeptical that even if they did renegotiate, we (west-coast) would be last to recieve any improvements here.
FT OPPORTUNITY - The only thing I was hoping to see here, is to red-circle my PT air driver wage when bidding to FT driving... it didnt happen, probably never will! The rest of the language promising more FT opportunity is hogwash, the union didnt enforce the FT job creations last contract, why would they do it for this one?
