Maybe the 9.5 language is working exactly as negotiators intended.
The purpose is to allow UPS to work drivers over 9.5 whenever they want.
That's why the restrictions don't apply during November and December.
Or during the first week of violation in the first 5-month period, or during the first week of violation during the second 5-month period.
That's why the restrictions don't apply to drivers who didn't sign up because they were pressured or didn't know any better.
That's why the "tripple time" penalty is really only a time-and-one-half penalty when you examine it.
That's why the 9.5 Committee was allowed to exclude some cover drivers and extended route drivers after the Contract was ratified.
That's why the National Grievance Committee is allowed to ignore almost all 9.5 grievances for months on end, and to settle only a token few, usually with ineffective remedies.
That's why UPS is allowed to violate 9.5 language again and again as if the National Grievance Committee is just there for show.
The 9.5 language is there to give you the false impression that the problem has been, and is being, dealt with.