I would like to keep this thread going for a while to see how the opt in and opt out of 9.5 rule goes. I know we had a sign up sheet to opt in or opt out of the 9.5 rule. It's only a matter of time before someone gets the penality of triple time.

I am sure you will see a lot of people working over 9.5 hours, but you will likely never see anybody winning any grievances on it. Well, they won't win any money at least. Hate to be my negative self, but we all know how it works. With the way the economy is going, I doubt many people will be complaining about the extra boxes in back this year. I could be wrong, as I have been many times before, but we will see.

We've only had a couple of guys file so far. We have never really had a problem with over 9.5s in our center though. Our opt in/out list didn't go up until a month ago. Only a little more than half of the drivers signed it. Management was trying to convince people to scratch their names off the list. It was hilarious. Some of our drivers didn't, and still don't, understand what the list is even for. Some were just scared to sign. We have several drivers that are scared to do anything that will piss off management.

That's a damn shame guys are scared like that. Same here in our center. I was one of the first ones to sign it. Have gotten 2 grievance forms from shop steward so I am ready to file the minute I have over three days of 9.5 or more.

Again, no 9.5 opt in/opt out lists were posted in my hub. Apparently my Local and hub don't feel this is a necessary part of the collective bargainning agreement, like most of the contract terms actually.

Nine out of ten drivers (90%) in our center groom their load in the morning for maybe 30 minutes or longer. Most of these load groomers are also lunch skippers. How can one complain about excessive overtime when they voluntarily show up for work 45 minutes early so they can groom their load? How can one complain about over 9.5 if they skip their lunch and work 10.5 and get paid 9.5? Doesn't make sense to me. If you voluntarily work for free, can you blame Uncle Buster for giving you more work? I don't. Learn how to do all your work on the clock. Then complain about the excessive overtime.

We had the same thing happen in my center. I was the first person to sign and within 2 days there were a lot of names on the list. Then I noticed they were being scratched out. I was approached by a management person who told me I should take my name off the list because it would put a bullseye on my back. I didn't take my name off and all has been ok because I am usualy in feeder and I don't mind feeder OT. But I heard recently that there was an overwhelming response to people signing the opt in list and they are thinking about changing the language so floaters can not put their name on the list. This is wrong because floaters get screwed the most, and with my pkg route being taken off road all the time that makes me a floater. It will be interesting to see what happens with this language, neither the company nor the union should be able to change the contract after it's already been approved.