Utility Employee
Change of Operations
May2008
Yellow Transportation, Inc.
Printed 4-9-08
GENERAL OPERATING STATEMENT
In February 2005, Yellow Transportation, in cooperation with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, implemented its first Premium Service Change of Operations.
With the success of that specific Change of Operations, which encompassed but asmallportion of Yellow Transportation’s Market Area, Yellow Transportation has established itself as a viable and serious competitor for business in the same day, next day, two day and three day markets.
This initial proposed Utility EmployeeChange of Operations,which is part and parcel to the simultaneous filing of Yellow Transportations Velocity Improvement Change of Operations,will allow Yellow Transportation to continue its program of significantly reducing transit times on behalf of our customers. However, we are well behind our primary competitors in that regard and cannot afford to delay.
Within the scope of these Changes of Operations, over 15,000 service lanes will be positively impacted with reduced service times. Yellow Transportation is committed to re-engineering its city pickup and delivery operation, as well as speeding up the outbound processing of our customers shipments to meet the outbound cut times required of the same day, next day, two day and three day markets.
Without an approved Change of Operations, the business Yellow presently handles as well as future business opportunities in all of its service lanes will be seriously jeopardized and subsequently lost to both Union and non union competition.
In today’s environment, Yellow Transportation is faced with the increasing growth of non-union carriers, freight consolidators and other unionized carriers who have established service schedules in all markets that place Yellow Transportation in a non competitive position.
This Change of Operations will be primarily comprised of the following segments:
- Yellow Transportation will place “Utility Employees”, which will operate, as outlined, in Article 3 Section 7 of the National Master Freight Agreement in ninety eight (98)facilities.
- Yellow Transportation proposes, in this specific Change of Operation to have those “Utility Employees” described above, run schedules primarily to its Velocity Sort Centers as described below. The new centers will be established and described within the Velocity Improvement Change of Operations which Yellow Transportation has simultaneously submitted in conjunction with this Utility Employee Change of Operations.
- Yellow will expand its present operations at the original three (3) velocity sort centers established in 2005. Coldwater, Michigan – Cincinnati, Ohio and Richfield, Ohio.
- Yellow will establish nine (9) new velocity sort centers as follows:
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Maybrook, New York
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Richmond, Virginia
- San Antonio, Texas
- Shreveport, Louisiana
- St. Louis, Missouri
- At startup, over 10,000 daily shipments, or approximately 25% of our customers shipments will be impacted with a service improvement of at least one (1) day.
- This Change of Operations will have a net gain of 296 Utility Employee positions.
Yellow Transportation will continue its current operation per past Changes of Operations and decisions, agreements in place between Local Unions and the Company, except for the changes as specifically addressed in this document and the transcripts of this hearing.
All employees accepting transfer under this Change of Operations will work primarily under the provisions of Article 3 Section 7 and the National Master Freight Agreement, in addition to the applicable Supplemental Agreements and conditions in effect at the terminal/domicile to which they transfer. No past practices will follow employees to their new locations.
The routes defined in this Change of Operations describe the primary movement of traffic. Primary does not mean exclusively. All dispatches will be in compliance with Article 3 Section 7 of the National Master Freight Agreement.
Nothing in this Change of Operations is meant to alter or change the terms and conditions of the National Master Freight Agreement or any supplemental agreements under which the company operates.
BIDDING
This Utility Employee Change of Operations will create two hundred ninety six(296) new local cartage positions.
As this Utility Employee Change of Operations must be implemented simultaneously and is part and parcel to Yellow Transportation’s Velocity Improvement Change of Operations which will have an effect on both road driver positions and local cartage positions, the Company will comply with the seniority application decision of the Committee however, would put forward the following job opportunity proposal for the National Utility Employee Review Committee and Multi Region Change of Operations Committee’s consideration:
- Over the Road employees who are negatively impacted by a loss of their runs at their present domicile with the creation of a Utility Employee position, will be allowed the opportunity to bid into that position at their domicile on a one time basis.
- If an Over the Road employee does not wish to bid a Utility position at his present domicile and is still seeking a job opportunity, that employee will be allowedto sign up to bid in a pool bid for jobs created in both this Utility Employee Change of Operations and any openings which he may be qualified for in the proposed Velocity Improvement Change of Operations.
- The Company would respectfully recommend that any pool bid, be offered in conjunction with any pool bid decision rendered in its proposed Velocity Improvement Change of Operations.
- If accepted, the above would be accomplished on a terminal by terminal basis and when complete, the process for a pool bid for all open positions could then take place.
When approved, the Company will utilize a telephone bid procedure in conjunction with the decision on this specific Change of Operation and Yellow Transportation’s Velocity Improvement Change of Operation, utilizing master seniority lists at losing domiciles. The sign-up sheets will be posted at losing domiciles for seven (7) daysand the telephone bid will take place as agreed upon at the Change of Operations hearing.
Yellow Transportation would propose a cutoff date for any new hire of April 1, 2008. Those attaining seniority after this date shall not be eligible to participate in the bid.
Yellow Transportation would further propose that April 1, 2008 be utilized as a date to determine active status (layoff vs. active).
The company seeks to implement the Utility Employee Change of Operations no sooner than Sunday, May 25, 2008.
Moving expenses in this Service Enhancement Change of Operations will be handled in accordance with the provisions contained in Article 8, Section 6 of the National Master Freight Agreement.
However, Yellow Transportation proposes to give the option to employees who transfer under the provisions of this change, an opportunity to elect to receive a lump sum of $3,150.00, less tax liability, in lieu of temporary living expenses.
Should this option be accepted by the Committee, we ask that those employees accepting re-domicile under the provisions of Article 8 Section 6c, Moving Expenses, notify the company at the time of the telephone bid, as to their choice of the lump sum or the traditional payment for lodging.
In today’s economic environment and excess industry capacity, the Company’s opportunity to grow revenue diminishes every day. It is essential that this Utility Employee Change of Operations be approved by the National Utility Employee Review Committee at the hearingon May 12th, 2008 and implemented as proposed, which is no sooner than Sunday, May 25, 2008 to avoid the consequences of lost revenue and jobs.
EASTERN REGION LOCAL UNIONS
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Teamsters Local 25
544 Main St.
Boston, Massachusetts02129-1113
Teamsters Local 29
29 Stoneridge Drive Suite 207
Waynesboro, Virginia22980
Teamsters Local 61
45 Sardis Road
Asheville, North Carolina28806
Teamsters Local 71
Post Office Box 560248
5000 N. Tryon St.
Charlotte, North Carolina28213
Teamsters Local 107
2845 Southampton Road
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania19154
Teamsters Local 110
Post Office Box 180
153 Ebony Road
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania15931
Teamster Local 170
330 Southwest Cutoff Suite 201
Worcester, Massachusetts01607-0634
Teamsters Local 171
2015 Melrose Avenue, NW
Roanoke, Virginia24017
Teamsters Local 229
3104 N. Main Avenue
Scranton, Pennsylvania18508-1434
Teamsters Local 249
4701 Butler Street
P.O. Box 40128
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania15201-0128
Teamsters Local 251
121 Brightridge Ave.
East Providence, Rhode Island02914
Teamsters Local 294
890 3rd Street
Albany, New York12206
Teamsters Local 317
Post Office Box 11037
566 Spencer Street
Syracuse, New York13204
Teamsters Local 326
451 E. New Churchmans Road
New Castle, Delaware19720
Teamsters Local 375
656 Englewood Avenue
Buffalo, New York14223-2432
Teamsters Local 391
Post Office Box 35405
3100 Sandy Ridge Road
Colfax, NC27235
Teamsters Local 391
6317 Angus Drive
Raleigh, North Carolina27617
Teamsters Local 397
1344 East 11 Street
Erie, Pennsylvania16503
Teamsters Local 404
Post Office Box 1370
115 Progress Ave.
Springfield, Massachusetts01101
Teamsters Local 509
1213 State Street
Cayce, South Carolina29033
Teamsters Local 597
Post Office Box 227
Quarry Hill Road
South Barre, Vermont15670-0277
Teamsters Local 639
3100 Ames Place N.E.
Washington, D.C.20018
Teamsters Local 641
714 Rahway Avenue
Union, New Jersey07083
Teamsters Local 671
22 Britton Drive
Bloomfield, Connecticut06002
Eastern Region Local Unions - Continued
Teamsters Local 693
41 Howard Avenue
Binghamton, New York13904
Teamsters Local 707
14 Front Street
Hempstead, New York11550
Teamsters Local 764
450 Beaver Street
P.O. Box 258
Milton, Pennsylvania17847
Teamsters Local 771
1025 North Duke Street
Lancaster, Pennsylvania17602
Teamsters Local 773
1345 Hamilton Street
Allentown, Pennsylvania18102-4387
Teamsters Local 776
2552 Jefferson Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania17110
Teamsters Local 822
5718 Bartee Street
Norfolk, Virginia, 23502
Teamsters Local 992
10312 Remington Drive
Hagerstown, Maryland21740
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CENTRAL REGION LOCAL UNIONS
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Teamsters Local 20
435 S. Hawley St.
Toledo, Ohio43609
Teamsters Local 50
P.O. Box 140
Belleville, Illinois62222
Teamsters Local 89
3813 Taylor Boulevard
Louisville, Kentucky40215
Teamster Local 135
1233 Shelby Street
Indianapolis, Indiana46203
Teamsters Local 135
125 South 8th Street
Terre Haute, Indiana47802
Teamster Local 215
825 Walnut
Evansville, Indiana47706
Teamster Local 245
1850 East Division Street
Springfield, Missouri65803
Teamster Local 279
2210 Hickory
Decatur, Illinois62526
Teamsters Local 364
2405 East Edison Rd
South Bend, Indiana46615
Teamsters Local 377
1223 Teamsters Road
Youngstown, Ohio44502-1348
Teamsters Local 406
3315 Eastern Ave. S.E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan49508
Teamsters Local 413
555 East Rich Street
Columbus, Ohio43215
Teamster Local 600
161 Weldon Parkway
Maryland Heights, Missouri63043
Teamsters Local 627
7101 North Allen Road
Peoria, Illinois61614
Teamsters Local 651
100 Blue Sky Parkway
Lexington, Kentucky40509-9418
Teamster Local 682
5730 Elizabeth Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri63110-2802
Teamster Local 688
4349 Woodson Road
Woodson Terrace, Missouri63134-3718
Teamster Local 833
230 West Dunklin
Jefferson City, Missouri65101
Teamster Local 908
800 St. Johns Road
Lima, Ohio45804
Teamsters Local 957
P.O. Box 13357
Dayton, Ohio45413-035
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SOUTHERN REGION LOCAL UNIONS
Teamsters Local 5 Teamsters Local 988
1772 Dallas Drive 4303 North Sam Houston Parkway East
Baton Rouge, Louisiana70806 Houston, Texas 77032
Teamsters Local 217
HamiltonHillsShopping Center
Jackson, Tennessee38305
Teamsters Local 402
1050 Cornelia Street
Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35661
Teamsters Local 519
2306 Montclair Ave.
Knoxville, Tennessee39717
Teamsters Local 528
2540 Lakewood Ave S.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30315
Teamsters Local 568
P.O. Box 7805
Shreveport, Louisiana71137
Teamsters Local 612
P.O.Box 190008
Birmingham, Alabama35219
Teamsters Local 657
8214 Roughrider
San Antonio, Texas78239
Teamsters Local 745
107 Jonelle Street
Dallas, Texas75217
Teamsters Local 878
P.O. Box 190070
Little Rock, Arkansas72219
Teamsters Local 891
2560 Valley Street
Jackson, Mississippi39204
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EASTERN REGION SERVICE CENTERS
Utility Employees
PROPOSED OPERATION
- As a result of this Utility Employee Change of Operations described within, the Service Centers indicated below will establish Utility employees for the purposes of expediting freight to and from the new Velocity Sort Centers as indicated, in addition to any other duties as assigned in compliance with Article 3 Section 7 of the National Master Freight Agreement.
Domicile / New Utility Employees / Charlotte / Harrisburg / Maybrook / Richmond / Cleveland/Richfield / End of Lines
Albany, NY / 4 / X
Allentown, PA / 3 / X / X
Altoona, PA / 1 / X
Ashville, NC / 1 / X
Baltimore, MD / 4 / X / X
Binghamton, NY / 2 / X / X
Buffalo, NY / 3 / X
Camden, NJ / 3 / X / X
Charleston, SC / 2 / X
Columbia, SC / 4 / X
Erie, PA / 2 / X
Florence, SC / 2 / X
Greenville, SC / 4 / X
Hagerstown, MD / 6 / X / X
Harrisburg, PA / 12 / X
High Point, NC / 4 / X / X
Keene, NH / 1 / X
Lakewood, NJ / 2 / X / X
Lancaster, PA / 4 / X
Manassas, VA / 2 / X / X
Domicile / New Utility Employees / Charlotte / Harrisburg / Maybrook / Richmond / Cleveland/Richfield / End of Lines
Maybrook, NY / 9 / X
Middletown, CT / 3 / X
Norfolk, VA / 4 / X
North Reading, MA / 2 / X
Philadelphia, PA / 5 / X / X
Pittsburgh, PA / 7 / X / X
Providence, RI / 6 / X
Raleigh, NC / 5 / X / X
Roanoke, VA / 2 / X / X
Rutland, VT / 1 / X
Salisbury, MD / 1 / X
Scranton, PA / 2 / X
Springfield, MA / 3 / X
Staunton, VA / 3 / X / X
Sunbury, PA / 2 / X / X
Syracuse, NY / 3 / X
Washington, DC / 2 / X / X
Wilmington, DE / 3 / X / X
Wilmington, NC / 1 / X
Wilson, NC / 4 / X / X
Worcester, MA / 4 / X
Wytheville, VA / 1 / X
Total Utility Employees / 139
CENTRAL REGION SERVICE CENTERS
Utility Employees
PROPOSED OPERATION
- As a result of this Utility Employee Change of Operations described within, the Service Centers indicated below will establish Utility employees for the purposes of expediting freight to and from the new Velocity Sort Centers as indicated, in addition to any other duties as assigned in compliance with Article 3 Section 7 of the National Master Freight Agreement.
Domicile / New Utility Employees / Coldwater / Charlotte / Cincinnati / Memphis / Nashville / Cleveland/Richfield / St. Louis
Bowling Green, KY / 1 / X
Columbia, MO / 5 / X / X
Columbus, OH / 10 / X / X
Dayton, OH / 3 / X
Decatur, IL / 1 / X
Evansville, IN / 2 / X / X
Grand Rapids, MI / 2 / X
Indianapolis, IN / 2 / X
Lexington, KY / 2 / X / X
Lima, OH / 1 / X
Louisville, KY / 13 / X / X
Paducah, KY / 7 / X / X / X
Peoria, IL / 1 / X
Poplar Bluff, MO / 2 / X / X
Quincy, IL / 1 / X
Rolla, MO / 1 / X
Salem, IL / 1 / X
South Bend, IN / 1 / X
Springfield, MO / 4 / X
Terre Haute, IN / 3 / X
Domicile / New Utility Employees / Coldwater / Charlotte / Cincinnati / Memphis / Nashville / Cleveland/Richfield / St. Louis
Toledo, OH / 1 / X
Warren, OH / 1 / X
West Plains, MO / 2 / X / X
Total Utility Employees / 67
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SOUTHERN REGION SERVICE CENTERS
Utility Employees
PROPOSED OPERATION
- As a result of this Utility Employee Change of Operations described within, the Service Centers indicated below will establish Utility employees for the purposes of expediting freight to and from the new Velocity Sort Centers as indicated, in addition to any other duties as assigned in compliance with Article 3 Section 7 of the National Master Freight Agreement.
Domicile / New Utility Employees / Charlotte / Memphis / Nashville / San Antonio / Shreveport
Alexandria, LA / 1 / X
Athens, GA / 2 / X
Augusta, GA / 2 / X
Austin, TX / 2 / X
Baton Rouge, LA / 2 / X
Beaumont, TX / 2 / X
Birmingham, AL / 4 / X
Chattanooga, TN / 5 / X
Columbus, MS / 1 / X
Cookeville, TN / 1 / X
Corpus Christi, TX / 1 / X
Dallas, TX / 3 / X
Del Rio, TX / 1 / X
El Dorado, AR / 1 / X
Garland, TX / 4 / X
Greenville, MS / 1 / X
Grenada, MS / 1 / X
Houston, TX / 3 / X
Huntsville, AL / 4 / X / X
Jackson, MS / 3 / X
Jackson, TN / 3 / X / X
Johnson City, TN / 1 / X
Knoxville, TN / 1 / X
Lafayette, LA / 2 / X
Laredo, TX / 3 / X
Little Rock, AR / 18 / X / X
Domicile / New Utility Employees / Charlotte / Memphis / Nashville / San Antonio / Shreveport
Monroe, LA / 3 / X
Shelbyville, TN / 1 / X
Texarkana, AR / 8 / X
Tupelo, MS / 1 / X
Tyler, TX / 3 / X
Victoria, TX / 1 / X
Waco, TX / 1 / X
Total Utility Employees / 90
Overall Utility Employee - Gaining Positions
Gaining Locations / Gaining LocationsAlbany, NY / 4 / Lancaster, PA / 4
Alexandria, LA / 1 / Laredo, TX / 3
Allentown, PA / 3 / Lexington, KY / 2
Altoona, PA / 1 / Lima, OH / 1
Asheville, NC / 1 / Little Rock, AR / 18
Athens, GA / 2 / Louisville, KY / 13
Augusta, GA / 2 / Manassas, VA / 2
Austin, TX / 2 / Maybrook, NY / 9
Baltimore, MD / 4 / Middleton, CT / 3
Baton Rouge, LA / 2 / Monroe, LA / 3
Beaumont, TX / 2 / Norfolk, VA / 4
Binghamton, NY / 2 / North Reading, MA / 2
Birmingham, AL / 4 / Paducah, KY / 7
Bowling Green, KY / 1 / Peoria, IL / 1
Buffalo, NY / 3 / Philadelphia, PA / 5
Camden, NJ / 3 / Pittsburgh, PA / 7
Charleston, SC / 2 / Poplar Bluff, MO / 2
Chattanooga, TN / 5 / Providence, RI / 6
Columbia, MO / 5 / Quincy, IL / 1
Columbia, SC / 4 / Raleigh, NC / 5
Columbus, MS / 1 / Roanoke, VA / 2
Columbus, OH / 10 / Rolla, MO / 1
Cookeville, TN / 1 / Rutland, VT / 1
Corpus Christi, TX / 1 / Salem, IL / 1
Dallas, TX / 3 / Salisbury, MD / 1
Dayton, OH / 3 / Scranton, PA / 2
Decatur, IL / 1 / Shelbyville, TN / 1
Del Rio, TX / 1 / South Bend, IN / 1
El Dorado, AR / 1 / Springfield, MA / 3
Erie, PA / 2 / Springfield, MO / 4
Evansville, IN / 2 / Staunton, VA / 3
Florence, SC / 2 / Sunbury, PA / 2
Garland, TX / 4 / Syracuse, NY / 3
Grand Rapids, MI / 2 / Terre Haute, IN / 3
Greenville, MS / 1 / Texarkana, AR / 8
Greenville, SC / 4 / Toledo, OH / 1
Grenada, MS / 1 / Tupelo, MS / 1
Hagerstown, MD / 6 / Tyler, TX / 3
Harrisburg, PA / 12 / Victoria, TX / 1
High Point, NC / 4 / Waco, TX / 1
Houston, TX / 3 / Warren, OH / 1
Huntsville, AL / 4 / Washington, DC / 2
Indianapolis, IN / 2 / West Plains, MO / 2
Jackson, MS / 3 / Wilmington, DE / 3
Jackson, TN / 3 / Wilmington, NC / 1
Johnson City, TN / 1 / Wilson, NC / 4
Keene, NH / 1 / Worcester, MA / 4
Knoxville, TN / 1 / Wytheville, VA / 1
Lafayette, LA / 2
Lakewood, NJ / 2
Total Gains / 296
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