Originally Posted by
gloopy
The (previous) language plus 117 meant you had to have 10 hours rest after you manually acknowledged in icrew/phone. That, coupled with the 9 hours prior language, meant either 19 hours or, if strictly interpreted, unlimited un-usability. That may or may not have been overturned in a grievance, but the 9+10 was a very safe bet because the language there was very clear.
I was actually thinking we'd split the difference and settle for 16 or so. But instead we settled for 13. Then have the extra hour up and went back to 12. With voicemail notification. The last truly big "hammer" we may ever have is now gone.
That was disappointing to see. But there was never any specific language regarding 9 hours in the contract -- there was only 12 hours of notification and 3 hours prior to report for acknowledgement. I agree that the difference of 9 hours should have given us plenty of leverage, but apparently the MEC and NC didn't see it that way.
Your voicemail issue still confuses me, though. I don't see the difference between where we were last year and where we are now. In both cases, the long call has at least 12 hours from first attempted notification to report for a trip (and now short call, too).
How is it different?
Originally Posted by
gloopy
Another huge concession was day one going from noon to 10am. Noon was the company's best case unilateral fatasy they felt they could even maybe stand a chance with in arbitration under the old language. They knew they stood no chance for anything earlier. Yet we willingly gave them 10am, which is the FAR bare bones minimum now.
I'm not sure why we did that, either.