Common use of Removal of Loads from Rails Clause in Contracts

Removal of Loads from Rails. In order to enhance employees’ opportunities to obtain a full-time job and improve the Company’s ability to reduce time-in-transit and improve service, the following provisions will apply: 1. The Company commits that the number of new drivers needed to remove loads from the rail shall be, at least, two thousand (2000), over the life of the current contract. The Company shall be required to train or hire, at least two hundred (200) drivers by December 31, 2019 and twenty-five percent (25%) of the remaining needed drivers each calendar year thereafter. As long as the Company satisfies these hiring/training obligations, it shall have the right to cover these runs with substitute means of transportation. The Employer shall provide the Union a report identifying the loads covered by this Section. The Company shall meet with the Union to resolve any issues which may arise if circumstances beyond the Company’s control preclude the Company from training or hiring needed drivers in any area. The Company shall train or hire a sufficient number of drivers to cover these runs by the end of the current labor agreement. 2. The Company shall provide the Package Division Director its initial plans to remove and cover these loads. In addition, upon request, the Company will review with the Package Division Director, or his designee, the Company’s progress in implementing this Section. The review shall include the Company’s hiring and training of drivers to ensure that reasonable efforts are being made to staff the runs with bargaining unit employees and eliminate the vendors, as soon as practical. If the Company is not making reasonable progress in training the drivers necessary to replace vendors in any area, UPS’ President of Labor Relations and the IBT Package Division Director shall have the authority to determine how and where training will be accomplished. 3. Article 43 shall apply to these runs except for the approval process.

Removal of Loads from Rails. In order to enhance employees’ opportunities to obtain a full-time job and improve the Company’s ability to reduce time-in-transit and improve service, the following provisions will apply: 1. The Company commits that the number of new drivers needed to remove loads from the rail shall be, at least, two thousand (2000), over the life of the current contract. The Company shall be required to train or hire, at least two hundred (200) drivers by December 31, 2019 and twenty-five percent (25%) of the remaining needed drivers each calendar year thereafter. As long as the Company satisfies these hiring/training obligations, it shall have the right to cover these runs with substitute means of transportation. The Employer shall provide the Union a report identifying the loads covered by this Section. The Company shall meet with the Union to resolve any issues which may arise if circumstances beyond the Company’s control preclude the Company from training or hiring needed drivers in any area. The Company shall train or hire a sufficient number of drivers to cover these runs by the end of the current labor agreement. 2. The Company shall provide the Package Division Director its initial plans to remove and cover these loads. In addition, upon request, the Company will review with the Package Division Director, or his designee, the Company’s progress in implementing this Section. The review shall include the Company’s hiring and training of drivers to ensure that reasonable efforts are being made to staff the runs with bargaining unit employees and eliminate the vendors, as soon as practical. If the Company is not making reasonable progress in training the drivers necessary to replace vendors in any area, UPS’ President of Labor Relations and the IBT Package Division Director shall have the authority to determine how and where training will be accomplished. 3. Article 43 shall apply to these runs except for the approval process. 4. No seniority employee in the feeder driver classification as of August 1, 2018 shall be displaced from the classification or laid off as result of the use of substitute transportation pursuant to this Section.

Removal of Loads from Rails. In order to enhance employees’ opportunities to obtain a full-time job and improve the Company’s ability to reduce time-in-transit and improve service, the following provisions will apply: 1. The Company commits that the number of new drivers needed to remove loads from the rail shall be, at least, two thousand (2000), over the life of the current contract. The Company shall be required to train or hire, at least two hundred (200) drivers by December De- cember 31, 2019 and twenty-five percent (25%) of the remaining needed drivers each calendar year thereafter. As long as the Company Com- pany satisfies these hiring/training obligations, it shall have the right to cover these runs with substitute means of transportation. The Employer shall provide the Union a report identifying the loads covered by this Section. The Company shall meet with the Union to resolve any issues which may arise if circumstances beyond be- yond the Company’s control preclude the Company from training or hiring needed drivers in any area. The Company shall train or hire a sufficient number of drivers to cover these runs by the end of the current labor agreement. 2. The Company shall provide the Package Division Director its initial plans to remove and cover these loads. In addition, upon requestre- quest, the Company will review with the Package Division DirectorDirec- tor, or his designee, the Company’s progress in implementing this Section. The review shall include the Company’s hiring and training train- ing of drivers to ensure that reasonable efforts are being made to staff the runs with bargaining unit employees and eliminate the vendors, as soon as practical. If the Company is not making reasonable reason- able progress in training the drivers necessary to replace vendors in any area, UPS’ President of Labor Relations and the IBT Package Division Director shall have the authority to determine how and where training will be accomplished. 3. Article 43 shall apply to these runs except for the approval processpro- cess. 4. No seniority employee in the feeder driver classification as of Au- gust 1, 2018 shall be displaced from the classification or laid off as result of the use of substitute transportation pursuant to this Section.

Removal of Loads from Rails. In order to enhance employees’ opportunities to obtain a full-time job and improve the Company’s ability to reduce time-in-transit and improve service, the following provisions will apply: 1. The Company commits that the number of new drivers needed to remove loads from the rail shall be, at least, two thousand (2000), over the life of the current contract. The Company shall be required to train or hire, at least two hundred (200) drivers by December 31, 2019 and twenty-five percent (25%) of the remaining needed drivers each calendar year thereafter. As long as the Company satisfies these hiring/training obligations, it shall have the right to cover these runs with substitute means of transportation. The Employer shall provide the Union a report identifying the loads covered by this Section. The Company shall meet with the Union to resolve any issues which may arise if circumstances beyond the Company’s control preclude the Company from training or hiring needed drivers in any area. The Company shall train or hire a sufficient number of drivers to cover these runs by the end of the current labor agreement. 2. The Company shall provide the Package Division Director its initial plans to remove and cover these loads. In addition, upon request, the Company will review with the Package Division Director, or his designee, the Company’s progress in implementing this Section. The review shall include the Company’s hiring and training of drivers to ensure that reasonable efforts are being made to staff the runs with bargaining unit employees and eliminate the vendors, as soon as practical. If the Company is not making reasonable progress in training the drivers necessary to replace vendors in any area, UPS’ President of Labor Relations and the IBT Package Division Director shall have the authority to determine how and where training will be accomplished. 3. Article 43 shall apply to these runs except for the approval process. 4. No seniority employee in the feeder driver classification as of August 1, 2018 shall be displaced from the classification or laid off as result of the use of substitute transportation pursuant to this Section.