| Report Last Updated: 04.09.2008 |
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| Report Last Updated: 04.09.2008 |
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Utility
Employee Change
of Operations May
2008 Yellow
Transportation, Inc. Printed 4-9-08 GENERAL
OPERATING STATEMENT In
February 2005, Yellow Transportation, in cooperation with the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, implemented its first Premium
Service Change of Operations. With
the success of that specific Change of Operations, which encompassed
but a small portion of Yellow Transportation’s Market Area, Yellow
Transportation has established itself as a viable and serious
competitor for business in the same day, next day, two day and three
day markets. This
initial proposed Utility
Employee Change of Operations, which is part and parcel to the
simultaneous filing of Yellow
Transportations Velocity Improvement Change of Operations, will
allow Yellow Transportation to continue its program of significantly
reducing transit times on behalf of our customers. However,
we are well behind our primary competitors in that regard and cannot
afford to delay. Within
the scope of these Changes of Operations, over 15,000 service lanes
will be positively impacted with reduced service times. Yellow
Transportation is committed to re-engineering its city pickup and
delivery operation, as well as speeding up the outbound processing of
our customers shipments to meet the outbound cut times required of the
same day, next day, two day and three day markets. Without
an approved Change of Operations, the business Yellow presently
handles as well as future business opportunities in all of its service
lanes will be seriously jeopardized and subsequently lost to both
Union and non union competition. In
today’s environment, Yellow Transportation is faced with the
increasing growth of non-union carriers, freight consolidators and other
unionized carriers who have established service schedules in all
markets that place Yellow Transportation in a non competitive
position. This
Change of Operations will be primarily comprised of the following
segments:
Yellow
Transportation will continue its current operation per past Changes of
Operations and decisions, agreements in place between Local Unions and
the Company, except for the changes as specifically addressed in this
document and the transcripts of this hearing. All
employees accepting transfer under this Change of Operations will work
primarily under the provisions of Article 3 Section 7 and the National
Master Freight Agreement, in addition to the applicable Supplemental
Agreements and conditions in effect at the terminal/domicile to which
they transfer. No past practices will follow employees to their
new locations. The
routes defined in this Change of Operations describe the primary
movement of traffic. Primary does not mean exclusively. All dispatches will be in compliance with Article 3 Section 7
of the National Master Freight Agreement. Nothing
in this Change of Operations is meant to alter or change the terms and
conditions of the National Master Freight Agreement or any
supplemental agreements under which the company operates. BIDDING This Utility
Employee Change of Operations will create two hundred ninety six (296)
new local cartage positions. As this Utility
Employee Change of Operations must be implemented simultaneously and
is part and parcel to Yellow Transportation’s Velocity Improvement
Change of Operations which will have an effect on both road driver
positions and local cartage positions, the Company will comply with
the seniority application decision of the Committee however, would put
forward the following job opportunity proposal for the National
Utility Employee Review Committee and Multi Region Change of
Operations Committee’s consideration:
When approved, the
Company will utilize a telephone bid procedure in conjunction with the
decision on this specific Change of Operation and Yellow
Transportation’s Velocity Improvement Change of Operation, utilizing
master seniority lists at losing domiciles. The sign-up sheets will be
posted at losing domiciles for seven (7) days and
the telephone bid will take place as agreed upon at the Change of
Operations hearing. Yellow
Transportation would propose a cutoff date for any new hire of April
1, 2008. Those attaining seniority after this date shall not be
eligible to participate in the bid. Yellow
Transportation would further propose that April 1, 2008 be utilized as
a date to determine active status (layoff vs. active). The company seeks
to implement the Utility Employee Change of Operations no sooner than
Sunday, May 25, 2008. Moving
expenses in this Service Enhancement Change of Operations will be
handled in accordance with the provisions contained in Article 8,
Section 6 of the National Master Freight Agreement. However,
Yellow Transportation proposes to give the option to employees who
transfer under the provisions of this change, an opportunity to elect
to receive a lump sum of $3,150.00, less tax liability, in lieu of
temporary living expenses. Should
this option be accepted by the Committee, we ask that those employees
accepting re-domicile under the provisions of Article 8 Section 6c,
Moving Expenses, notify the company at the time of the telephone bid,
as to their choice of the lump sum or the traditional payment for
lodging. In today’s
economic environment and excess industry capacity, the Company’s
opportunity to grow revenue diminishes every day. It is essential that
this Utility Employee Change of Operations be approved by the National
Utility Employee Review Committee at the hearing on May 12th,
2008 and implemented as proposed, which is no sooner than Sunday,
May 25, 2008 to avoid the consequences of lost revenue and jobs. EASTERN REGION LOCAL UNIONS Teamsters Local 25 544 Main St. Boston, Massachusetts 02129-1113 Teamsters Local 29 29 Stoneridge Drive Suite 207 Waynesboro, Virginia 22980 Teamsters Local 61 45 Sardis Road Asheville, North Carolina 28806 Teamsters Local 71 Post Office Box 560248 5000 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, North Carolina 28213 Teamsters Local 107 2845 Southampton Road Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19154 Teamsters Local 110 Post Office Box 180 153 Ebony Road Ebensburg, Pennsylvania 15931 Teamster Local 170 330 Southwest Cutoff Suite 201 Worcester, Massachusetts 01607-0634 Teamsters
Local 171 2015
Melrose Avenue, NW Roanoke,
Virginia 24017 Teamsters Local 229 3104 N. Main Avenue Scranton, Pennsylvania 18508-1434 Teamsters
Local 249 4701
Butler Street P.O.
Box 40128 Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15201-0128 Teamsters
Local 251 121
Brightridge Ave. East
Providence, Rhode Island 02914 Teamsters
Local 294 890
3rd Street Albany,
New York 12206 Teamsters
Local 317 Post
Office Box 11037 566
Spencer Street Syracuse, New York 13204 Teamsters Local 326 451 E. New Churchmans Road New Castle, Delaware 19720 Teamsters Local 375 656 Englewood Avenue Buffalo, New York 14223-2432 Teamsters
Local 391 Post Office
Box 35405 3100 Sandy
Ridge Road Colfax, NC
27235 Teamsters
Local 391 6317 Angus
Drive Raleigh,
North Carolina 27617 Teamsters
Local 397 1344 East 11
Street Erie, Pennsylvania
16503 Teamsters
Local 404 Post Office Box 1370 115 Progress Ave. Springfield, Massachusetts 01101 Teamsters Local 509 1213 State Street Cayce, South Carolina 29033 Teamsters Local 597 Post Office Box 227 Quarry Hill Road South Barre, Vermont 15670-0277 Teamsters Local 639 3100 Ames Place N.E. Washington, D.C. 20018 Teamsters Local 641 714 Rahway Avenue Union, New Jersey 07083 Teamsters Local 671 22 Britton Drive Bloomfield, Connecticut 06002 Eastern
Region Local Unions - Continued Teamsters
Local 693 41
Howard Avenue Binghamton,
New York 13904 Teamsters Local 707 14 Front Street Hempstead, New York 11550 Teamsters Local 764 450 Beaver Street P.O. Box 258 Milton, Pennsylvania 17847 Teamsters Local 771 1025 North Duke Street Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602 Teamsters
Local 773 1345
Hamilton Street Allentown,
Pennsylvania 18102-4387 Teamsters
Local 776 2552
Jefferson Street Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania 17110 Teamsters
Local 822 5718 Bartee
Street Norfolk,
Virginia, 23502 Teamsters
Local 992 10312
Remington Drive Hagerstown,
Maryland 21740 CENTRAL
REGION LOCAL UNIONS Teamsters
Local 20 435
S. Hawley St. Toledo,
Ohio 43609 Teamsters
Local 50 P.O.
Box 140 Belleville,
Illinois 62222 Teamsters
Local 89 3813
Taylor Boulevard Louisville,
Kentucky 40215 Teamster
Local 135 1233
Shelby Street Indianapolis,
Indiana 46203 Teamsters
Local 135 125
South 8th Street Terre
Haute, Indiana 47802 Teamster
Local 215 825
Walnut Evansville,
Indiana 47706 Teamster
Local 245 1850
East Division Street Springfield,
Missouri 65803 Teamster
Local 279 2210
Hickory Decatur,
Illinois 62526 Teamsters
Local 364 2405
East Edison Rd South
Bend, Indiana 46615 Teamsters
Local 377 1223
Teamsters Road Youngstown,
Ohio 44502-1348 Teamsters
Local 406 3315
Eastern Ave. S.E. Grand
Rapids, Michigan 49508 Teamsters
Local 413 555
East Rich Street Columbus,
Ohio 43215 Teamster
Local 600 161
Weldon Parkway Maryland
Heights, Missouri 63043 Teamsters
Local 627 7101
North Allen Road Peoria,
Illinois 61614 Teamsters
Local 651 100
Blue Sky Parkway Lexington,
Kentucky 40509-9418 Teamster
Local 682 5730
Elizabeth Avenue St.
Louis, Missouri 63110-2802 Teamster
Local 688 4349
Woodson Road Woodson
Terrace, Missouri 63134-3718 Teamster
Local 833 230
West Dunklin Jefferson
City, Missouri 65101 Teamster
Local 908 800
St. Johns Road Lima,
Ohio 45804 Teamsters
Local 957 P.O.
Box 13357 Dayton,
Ohio 45413-035 SOUTHERN REGION LOCAL UNIONS Teamsters Local 5 Teamsters Local 988 1772 Dallas Drive 4303 North Sam Houston Parkway East Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806 Houston, Texas 77032 Teamsters Local 217 Hamilton Hills Shopping Center Jackson, Tennessee 38305 Teamsters Local 402 1050 Cornelia Street Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35661 Teamsters Local 519 2306 Montclair Ave. Knoxville, Tennessee 39717 Teamsters Local 528 2540 Lakewood Ave S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30315 Teamsters Local 568 P.O. Box 7805 Shreveport, Louisiana 71137 Teamsters Local 612 P.O.Box 190008 Birmingham, Alabama 35219 Teamsters Local 657 8214 Roughrider San Antonio, Texas 78239
Teamsters Local 745 107 Jonelle Street Dallas, Texas 75217
Teamsters Local 878 P.O. Box 190070 Little Rock, Arkansas 72219 Teamsters Local 891 2560 Valley Street Jackson, Mississippi 39204
EASTERN REGION SERVICE CENTERS Utility Employees PROPOSED
OPERATION ·
As a result of this
Utility Employee Change of Operations described within, the Service
Centers indicated below will establish Utility employees for the
purposes of expediting freight to and from the new Velocity Sort
Centers as indicated, in addition to any other duties as assigned in
compliance with Article 3 Section 7 of the National Master Freight
Agreement.
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