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Affec ting Locals 20, 24, 41, 100, 135, 245, 413, 414, 480, 600, 627, 667, 710, 833, and 916Roadway Express Multi-Region Change of Operations Decision MR-CO-03-09/2003 The following is the decision from the Roadway Express Multi-Region Change of Operations MR-CO-03-09/2003, which was heard September 9, 2003, at the Central Region Joint Area Committee. DECISION: The change of operations is approved and clarified as submitted per the record with the following understanding: 1. Since the numbers are now equal, no window period will apply, however, the Committee will hold jurisdiction per the contract for one (1) year. 2. With respect to the Kansas City objection to the St. Louis transfer, the Company shall offer one (1) switching opportunity and two (2) local cartage opportunities to transfer to Kansas City. The Company will protect the present remaining St. Louis complement per the contract. 3. The standard telephone bid will be applicable and will be on October 5, 2003, with an implementation date of October 19, 2003. 4. The Company agrees nothing in this decision is intended to violate and/or alter the provisions of the NMFA or any applicable Supplemental Agreements. 5. Where applicable, an employee that transfers under this change will not lose earned vacation in accordance with the Letter of Understanding entered into by the Southern Region Over-The-Road Negotiating Committee dated July 27, 1999. 6. Health and welfare and pension shall continue to be paid to the appropriate trust fund that they were paid into immediately prior to the time a successful bidder relocates. Therefore, the specific request of Local 710 in this respect is denied. 7. As a result of the increase of the dock and switcher employees into Chicago Heights under the jurisdiction of Local 710, employees electing to transfer into this facility shall be endtailed in accordance with the contract and prior change of operation decisions. 8. Qualified bidders on long-term disability (LTD) at the time of bid shall be allowed to bid. If successful LTD bidders are unable to claim their bid on the date of implementation, a hold-down bid will be allowed. This hold-down bid will be offered to the remaining active employees at the LTD’s current location and classification who has not been offered transfer opportunity under the change of operations. The successful hold-down bidder shall be dovetailed. When the LTD employee returns to work and claims his bid, the hold-down employee may either remain at the hold-down location under the provision of Article 5, Section 5 with a bidding seniority date consistent with the date of implementation of this change or return to his original location with his original bidding seniority date. The Company shall not be responsible for moving expenses of the employee filling the hold-down bid unless and until such time as it is determined that the employee on LTD will never be able to claim his bid and the hold-down bidder becomes a regular permanent employee at the hold-down location. An employee who by reason of seniority becomes eligible to bid but needs training to be CDL qualified shall be offered a 60-day training period by the Company in order to qualify. The period to commence the training will begin on the implementation date. The Company will provide training personnel and equipment at the location where the employee is currently domiciled or otherwise as mutually agreed to. If the employee fails to qualify during such sixty (60) day training period, he shall forfeit his bid and return to the seniority list at his present location. 9. Moving expenses will be handled as outlined in Article 8, Section 6 of the National Master Freight Agreement.
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