Thursday, April 5, 2012
Debunking Conway's lies, Q&A with YRC employees
We've heard all the stuff management spews about YRC. We've heard their side, now let's hear it from the people who know the truth, YRC employees. Please ask any questions here regarding anything you've heard Conway management say about YRC and your question will be answered by a YRC employee.
What happened to yrc's pension? Do you still have it or you lost everything?
ReplyDeleteI got a couple questions, Conway management is telling us employees that YRC employees lost their Teamsters pension.
ReplyDeleteis this true?
2nd question is, Conway management also indicated that when CF went out of business, that all the employees from CF lost their Teamsters pension, that the employees of CF had to start a new retirement plan.
is this also true?
Not True about CF lots of there employees came over to ABF and have Retired. At abf the company continued to put into there Pension that they had started at CF. The company has to pay into a retirement account in your name and social security number with Southwest Adminstrators. It is seperate from your regular earnings this is in your contract.
ReplyDeleteMy father still gets his Pension money.and he worked for CF thats how they put me thru College. And i always had the best things.
ReplyDeleteis yrc making any pension contribution to employees pension fund or 401k?
ReplyDeleteNeither of those statements is true.
ReplyDeleteYRC Teamsters voted to have their pension contributions suspended for an agreed to period of time to help the company survive the economic hardships it was experiencing. In 2011 the company began a partial contribution for YRC employees. For those Teamsters in the Western States Pension Fund it came in the form of a separate account in the Teamsters National 401K plan. There are certain legalities that are being addressed with the trustees of the WSPF to allow YRC to make a partial contribution to that fund. Until then YRC will continue the 401K contributions for those employees in the WSPF.
If you have a Teamster pension you never lose it, once the required vesting period is satisfied. That period is 5 years.
My first reply was to Gonzo. I would also like to add this.
ReplyDeleteThere is a great deal of bad information out there regarding the YRC Teamsters.
Another fact that should be pointed out is that the YRC Teamsters pay nothing for their health insurance. All of the insurance premiums are covered by the company as was originally negotiated in the National Master Freight Agreement. These are top of the line plans with low or no deductables and with a low or no co-pay. It covers medical, dental, and vision.
Yrc is putting into a 401k from there pockets not the workers. If the worker wants he can match or put into it also.
ReplyDeleteWhat about flexibility. Do you have Flexible Work Arrangement?
ReplyDeleteAt Conway they say they don't want us to be union so we, as drivers can be flexible. The only flexibility they want is taking away seniority, giving those brown nosers better runs and overtime
What are your Union dues?
ReplyDeleteConway management says, union dues are over $500 a month
the dark side asked about flexibility? We have various start times at my barn. 12 to be exact for the dock/city. All bid by seniority. We have what we call a 10% board. What that means is that 90% of the workforce has a permanent bid and the other 10% are on an "on call" basis to fill in where they are needed to supplement the work load. We have casuals (part time) that can fill in also. We also have a road board, a city board, and a dock board. Some locations have different work rules from ours negotiated to tailor what works best for them.
ReplyDeleteAs for Union dues. They are 2 and 1/2 times the hourly rate of pay per month. To keep the math simple, if you earn $20 bucks an hour your union dues for the month are $50 bucks. The Union dues are also tax deductable.
Dark side, tell management they are full of shit, that shit is coming out of their mouth.
ReplyDeleteUnion dues are only two and half hrs a month, example, if you are making $20 an hr, then you only pay $50 a month, plus is tax deductible at the end of year.
I want to thank you 222 lifer for answering questions here on CCTW. Now for everybody from Conway, if there is any questions regarding YRC or anti-union propaganda from Conway management, feel free to ask 222 lifer from YRC.
ReplyDeletethank's 222lifer for answering my questions and educating us.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome the dark side and Joe Nuno.
ReplyDeleteI have two questions for Abf driver, do you have a flexible operation? question 2, do you at abf drive to another abf terminal and do dockwork? at conway we call it Freight assembly center (FAC) or reship
ReplyDeleteThank you 222 Lifer, you answer my questions, and this was what I wanted to hear.
ReplyDeleteThanks again!
I'm an ABF driver and we do the equivalent of your FAC. We can them UE (utility employees) we send drivers to a HVXP (high velocity) facility where all the drivers from different barns exchange freight. We get paid an extra $1 an hour on this bid. We of course have certain contractual work rules that limits the way we can be used at these terminals so that the company can't use us to take work away from the guys at that barn. We handle our own freight and don't mess with their inbound or outbound operation. Flexibity is just what they do to screw with you guys. We have flexibility here but the difference is because of our contract they have to follow all the rules and not screw anyone in the process.
ReplyDeleteI'm an ABF driver and we do the equivalent of your FAC. We call them UE (utility employees) we send drivers to a HVXP (high velocity) facility where all the drivers from different barns exchange freight. We get paid an extra $1 an hour on this bid,our top pay is $24.63+$1=$25.63. We of course have certain contractual work rules that limits the way we can be used at these terminals so that the company can't use us to take work away from the guys at that barn. We handle our own freight and don't mess with their inbound or outbound operation. Flexibity is just what they do to screw with you guys. We have flexibility here but the difference is because of our contract they have to follow all the rules and not screw anyone in the process.
ReplyDeleteGonzo, you are welcome.
ReplyDelete"Flexibity is just what they do to screw with you guys. We have flexibility here but the difference is because of our contract they have to follow all the rules and not screw anyone in the process."
ReplyDeleteWell said ABF Driver. Our contracts allow for flexibility. They also protect the workers. Seniority is honored. Our supervisors are held to a higher degree of resposibility for their actions. The worker doesn't pay the price for their misteps. We have a greivance procedure in place to keep them honest and reclaim any losses due to inept management.
when you are on lay off at yrc and you're call back to work, do you keep your senority or you go to the bottom of the board and loose all your benefits like we do here at conway?
ReplyDeleteAt ABF when we get laid off, we go on-call. Show up if we want to, with no penalty should we choose not to show up. When we get called back off lay off we maintain our seniority, pay rate, benefits, everything.
ReplyDeleteIn answer to Anonymous's question. Just like ABF, at YRC (both are NMFA carriers) when you are laid off you are on call also. Show up (In other words, accept the work opportunity) if you want to, with no penalty should you choose not to take the work opportunity. You are basically a "casual employee" with one big difference. Your pay does not diminish. You maintain your benefits if you work 100 hrs in the month. When you are called back off layoff, you maintain your seniority, pay rate, benefits, everything.
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