Originally Posted by
SaltyDog
notadog,
You highlighted it, but need to reread the rest of the collective bargaining agreement. "except as otherwise provided in this Agreement." is all the supervisors are doing. Very little Scope violation. Our CBA gives UPS plenty of flying in many other Articles.
MEF alone is a killer to IPA jobs and it falls under the "except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement" That's not politics. That is a legal document.
The politics is allowing the "except as otherwise provided in this Agreement." to persists after so many CBA's, but then the majority of the IPA ratified them.
MEF is chronically abused by the company. There are times that it is justified, most times it is not. The IPA needs to draw a line in the sand and challenge this issue. MEF needs to be clearly and narrowly defined, by an Arbitrator if necessary.
Before we permit managers to join or ranks, the IPA must define the limits of Scope.
I will never vote in favor of them joining until the IPA does so.