NATIONAL MASTER FREIGHT AGREEMENT - Teamsters

1 NATIONAL MASTER . FREIGHT AGREEMENT . For The Period April 1, 2008. thru March 31, 2013. Article 3. TABLE OF CONTENTS. ARTICLE 1. PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT ..1. Section 1. Employers Section 2. Unions Covered ..2. Section 3. Transfer of Company Title or Interest ..2. ARTICLE 2. SCOPE OF AGREEMENT ..3. Section 1. MASTER Section 2. Supplements to MASTER Section 3. Non-covered Units ..5. Card Check ..5. Additions to Operations: Over-The-Road and Local Cartage Supplemental Section 4. Single Bargaining Unit ..6. Section 5. Riders ..7. ARTICLE 3. RECOGNITION, UNION SHOP AND Section 1. Recognition ..7. Union Shop ..8. Hiring ..9. State Law ..9. Agency Shop.

2 9. Savings Employer Recommendation ..10. Future No Violation of Law ..11. Section 2. Probationary and Casual Employees ..11. (a) Probationary Employees ..11. (b) Casual Employees ..12. Section 3. Section 4. Work Section 5..20. Section 6. Electronic Funds Transfer ..21. Section 7. Utility ARTICLE 4. STEWARDS ..24. ARTICLE Section 1. Seniority Rights ..26. Section 2. Mergers of Companies-General ..27. Combining of Terminals or Operations as a Result of Merger of Companies ..27. Active Seniority List ..27. Layoff Seniority list ..28. Temporary Purchase of Rights ..29. Exclusive Cartage Committee Authority ..30. -i- Section 3. Intent of Parties ..30.

3 Section 4. Equipment Purchases ..30. Highest Rates Cutting Seniority Posting Seniority List ..31. Section 5. Work Opportunity ..32. Section 6. ARTICLE Section 1. Maintenance of Local Standards ..33. Individual Employer Standards ..34. Section 2. Extra Contract Agreements ..35. Section 3. Workweek Reduction ..35. Section 4. New Equipment ..35. ARTICLE 7. LOCAL AND AREA GRIEVANCE Section 1..36. Section 2. Grievant's Bill of Rights ..38. Section Section Section 5. Timely Payment of Section ARTICLE 8. NATIONAL GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE ..41. Section 1..41. Section 2..42. Section 3. Work Stoppages ..44. Section Section 5..50. Section 6. Change of Operations.

4 50. Change of Operations Committee ..50. Change of Operations Committee Procedure ..52. Moving Change of Operations Seniority ..54. Closing, Partial Closing of Terminals-Transfer of Closing of Terminals-Elimination of Work ..58. Opening of Terminals ..59. Definition of Qualifications and Training ..61. Intent of Section 7..62. Section 8. Sleeper Cab Operations ..62. A. Work B. Team Classifications ..62. C. Dispatch Method ..63. - ii - D. Laypoint and E. Abuse of Free Time ..65. F. Mark-Off Procedure For Non-Scheduled Sleeper Cab H. Bedding and I. Sleeper Cab J. Sleeper Cab Occupants ..67. K. Method of Dispatch At Foreign Domiciles ..67. L. Foreign Power Courtesy Dispatch.

5 68. M. NATIONAL Sleeper Cab Grievance Committee ..68. ARTICLE 9. PROTECTION OF RIGHTS ..68. Section 1. Picket Lines: Sympathetic Section 2. Struck Section Section ARTICLE 10. LOSS OR DAMAGE ..70. Section 1..70. Section 2..70. ARTICLE 11. BONDS AND Section Section 2. Corporate Owned Life Insurance ..71. ARTICLE 12. UNIFORMS ..72. ARTICLE 13. PASSENGERS ..72. ARTICLE 14. COMPENSATION Section 1. Compensation Claims ..73. Section 2. Modified Work ..75. Section 3. Workers Compensation Pay Dispute ..80. Section 4. Americans with Disabilities Act ..81. ARTICLE 15. MILITARY CLAUSE ..81. ARTICLE 16. EQUIPMENT, SAFETY AND Preamble ..82. Section 1. Safe Equipment.

6 82. Section 2. Dangerous Conditions ..83. Section 3. Accident Reports ..83. Section 4. Equipment Reports ..83. Section 5. Qualifications on Equipment ..84. Section 6. Equipment Requirements ..85. Section 7. NATIONAL Safety, Health & Equipment Committee ..93. Section 8. Hazardous Materials Program ..93. Section 9. Union Liability ..93. Section 10. Government Required Safety & Health Reports ..93. Section 11. Facilities ..94. ARTICLE 17. PAY PERIOD ..94. Timely Pay For ARTICLE 18. OTHER - iii - ARTICLE 19. POSTING ..95. Section 1. Posting of AGREEMENT ..95. Section 2. Union Bulletin Boards ..95. ARTICLE 20. UNION AND EMPLOYER COOPERATION ..95. Section 1.

7 Fair Day's Work for Fair Day's Pay ..95. Section 2. Joint Industry Development Committee ..96. Section 3. Benefits Joint Section 4. New Business/Job Creation Opportunities ..98. ARTICLE 21. UNION ACTIVITIES ..98. ARTICLE 22. OWNER-OPERATORS ..98. ARTICLE 23. SEPARATION OF EMPLOYMENT ..98. ARTICLE 24. INSPECTION PRIVILEGES AND EMPLOYER. AND EMPLOYEE IDENTIFICATION ..99. ARTICLE 25. SEPARABILITY AND SAVINGS CLAUSE ..100. ARTICLE 26. TIME SHEETS, TIME CLOCKS, VIDEO. CAMERAS, AND COMPUTER TRACKING DEVICES ..100. Section 1. Time Sheets and Time Clocks ..100. Section 2. Use of Video Cameras for Discipline and Discharge ..101. Section 3. Computer Tracking Devices.

8 102. ARTICLE 27. EMERGENCY REOPENING ..102. ARTICLE 28. SYMPATHETIC ACTION ..102. ARTICLE 29. SUBSTITUTE SERVICE ..103. Section 1. Piggyback Operations ..103. Section 2. Maintenance of Records ..104. Section 3. Intermodal Service ..106. (b) Use of Intemodal (c) Job Protection for Current Road Drivers ..109. Section 4. NATIONAL Intermodal Committee ..113. Section 5..113. Section 6..114. ARTICLE 30. JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES ..115. ARTICLE 31. MULTI-EMPLOYER, MULTI-UNION UNIT ..115. ARTICLE 32. SUBCONTRACTING ..116. Section 1. Work Section 2. Diversion of Work - Parent or Subsidiary Companies ..116. Section 3. Subcontracting ..117. Section 4. Expansion of (a) Adjoining Over-The-Road and Local Cartage.

9 117. (b) New Pick-Up and Delivery Adjoining Current Operations ..118. (c) Non-Adjoining Pick-Up and Delivery Section 5..119. Section 6..119. Section 7. NATIONAL Subcontracting Review Committee ..120. - iv - ARTICLE 33. WAGES, CASUAL RATES, PREMIUMS AND. COST-OF-LIVING (COLA)..121. 1. General Wage Increases: All Regular Employees ..121. 2. Casual 3. Utility Employee and Sleeper Team 4. Cost of Living Adjustment 5. Education and ARTICLE 34. GARNISHMENTS ..123. ARTICLE 35..124. Section 1. Employee's Bail ..124. Section 2. Suspension or Revocation of Section 3. Drug PREAMBLE ..125. NMFA UNIFORM TESTING A. Probable Suspicion B. DOT Random Testing.

10 127. C. Non-Suspicion-Based Post-Accident Testing ..128. D. Chain of Custody Procedures ..129. E. Urine Collection Kits and Forms ..130. F. Laboratory Requirements ..131. G. Laboratory Testing Methodology ..133. H. Leave of Absence Prior to I. Disciplinary Action Based on Positive Adulterated, or Substituted Test J. Return to Employment After a Positive Urine Drug K. Special Grievance Procedure ..138. L. Paid-for a. Random Drug b. Non-Suspicion-Based Post-Accident Testing ..139. Section 4. Alcohol Testing ..140. A. Employees Who Must be B. Alcohol Testing Procedure ..140. C. Notification ..142. D. Pre-Qualification Testing for Non-DOT Personnel.