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Who came up with this 9.5 "opt in" list BS?!
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<blockquote data-quote="104Feeder" data-source="post: 1170049" data-attributes="member: 42554"><p>It was in response to some of what you have read here, where in the past (and sounds like what you have now) where you had to be violated a certain number of times prior to being able to file a grievance. Here it was 3 times in a week and you could file, then it became a continuing issue that was very difficult to resolve. It was a very long drawn out process that rarely ended up at a panel hearing where the Manager was told to reduce the Driver's day regardless of the planned day. The 9.5 list is a better process, as you can now "opt in" or "opt out", making the choice twice a year. Here, usually our Drivers don't mind the extra overtime Jan-May but once things heat up they suddenly don't want the extra work. As a Steward, it was difficult trying to fix any Driver's 9.5 problem in June when it's 118 and he's doing 200 stops a day but the last 5 months he was doing it without making a peep. I wasn't in Package when the triple time came around but I sure would have loved getting my guys paid for that. I heard my old Center was regularly paying out $40k in triple time penalty pay each period. </p><p></p><p>I'm sure your frustration has partly to do with your tenure as a Driver. Lots of things in the Contract don't make sense until you've lived it. The 9.5 is a vexing problem, as it really won't be resolved until the Driver has the right to bring back the package car at 9.5 hours regardless of the stops left on it. The new language that the Union has some say in the Center's daily dispatch will certainly be interesting. I wouldn't want to be a Center Manager when that gets up and going full steam. Chinese fingercuffs for sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="104Feeder, post: 1170049, member: 42554"] It was in response to some of what you have read here, where in the past (and sounds like what you have now) where you had to be violated a certain number of times prior to being able to file a grievance. Here it was 3 times in a week and you could file, then it became a continuing issue that was very difficult to resolve. It was a very long drawn out process that rarely ended up at a panel hearing where the Manager was told to reduce the Driver's day regardless of the planned day. The 9.5 list is a better process, as you can now "opt in" or "opt out", making the choice twice a year. Here, usually our Drivers don't mind the extra overtime Jan-May but once things heat up they suddenly don't want the extra work. As a Steward, it was difficult trying to fix any Driver's 9.5 problem in June when it's 118 and he's doing 200 stops a day but the last 5 months he was doing it without making a peep. I wasn't in Package when the triple time came around but I sure would have loved getting my guys paid for that. I heard my old Center was regularly paying out $40k in triple time penalty pay each period. I'm sure your frustration has partly to do with your tenure as a Driver. Lots of things in the Contract don't make sense until you've lived it. The 9.5 is a vexing problem, as it really won't be resolved until the Driver has the right to bring back the package car at 9.5 hours regardless of the stops left on it. The new language that the Union has some say in the Center's daily dispatch will certainly be interesting. I wouldn't want to be a Center Manager when that gets up and going full steam. Chinese fingercuffs for sure. [/QUOTE]
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