Originally Posted by
Battlinbear
From the most ****ed off REp in Union.
When we asked SF to pull back to 85 hours or below, he said, "No we will build them that high every time. Thats is our interpertation of the contract.." Hes absolutely winin the contract. and he refuses to change. Until the law changes or the contract changes, nothing forces him to change his way of doing buiz. There is nothing we can legally do.
SF is not absolutely within the contract, unless he has a good reason why it is impossible to build them between 75-85 hrs. I hope this is not where our MEC left the situation. "Mr. Farrow . . . will you please build the lines between 75-85 hrs?" "No." "Ok, thanks for listening Mr. Farrow." Shame on us for putting weak language in the contract. Shame on us a second time for not taking the necessary steps to enforce what little language (albeit weak language) we do have.
It is not the company's choice to build the lines to the credit they see fit. They MUST, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE build them per the contract. I have yet to hear a reason why it is not possible for crew planning to build the lines between 75-85. Our MEC should have filed a grievance over this situation, and the grievance should have made it all the way to the System Board of Adjustment, since SF will not budge on his "interpretation." Management should be the ones required to prove to the arbitrator why it is not possible to build the lines per the contract. I'm going to let everyone in on a little secret . . . they don't have a reason!