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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON THE WAGE REDUCTION?JOB SECURITY PLAN

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Title: MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON THE WAGE REDUCTION?JOB SECURITY PLAN
Date: 3/2/2009
Industry: Trucking     Sector: Transportation

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON THE WAGE REDUCTION?JOB SECURITY PLAN, Parties: yrc worldwide inc , new penn motor express  inc , trucking management  inc , yrc inc
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Exhibit 10.3.2

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON THE

WAGE REDUCTION—JOB SECURITY PLAN

YRC Inc. (successor to and currently doing business as Yellow Transportation and Roadway), USF Holland, Inc. and New Penn Motor Express, Inc. (each “the Employer”), by and through their multi-employer bargaining representative, Trucking Management, Inc. (“TMI”), and the Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (“TNFINC”) of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (the “IBT” or the “Union”) hereby establishes The Wage Reduction—Job Security Plan (hereinafter the “Plan”) for the benefit of all of their employees. This Plan has been developed for the express purpose of allowing the Employer the ability to compete and provide job security for Teamster bargaining unit employees. This Plan is not, and is not intended to be, a plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended; rather, this Plan is an amendment to the NMFA per Section 4 that has been referred to as a Plan by the parties.

1. Employee Eligibility. During the period in which the Plan is effective (as set forth in Section 4 below), each IBT bargaining unit, full time employee of the Employer shall participate in the Plan. For purposes of the Plan, unless expressly stated to the contrary, the term “employee” means an IBT bargaining unit employee who is on the seniority list and is scheduled to perform work for the Employer when called, including a probationary employee, a regular employee on lay off status and casuals, and including employees who work on a percentage basis less than 40 hours per week.

2. Wage Reduction. Effective January 1, 2009, the Employer shall reduce by 10% employees’ gross wages or earnings paid, including the increases to wages described below in this Section 2 and the reduced wages in Section 8 below. Such wage reduction and/or reduced earnings shall include overtime and any premium pay, vacation, sick pay, holiday pay, funeral leave, jury duty, and other paid for time not worked. Wage and mileage rate increases outlined in Article 33 of the NMFA, effective April 1, 2009, April 1, 2010, April 1, 2011, and April 1, 2012 shall also be reduced by 10%. On March 31, 2013, the wage reduction contained in this Plan shall be eliminated, and the wages under the NMFA shall revert to the full rate which would be in effect under the NMFA on March 31, 2013 without the wage reduction. The cost of living adjustment provisions of Article 33 of the NMFA shall be suspended for the duration of the NMFA.

3. Equal Sacrifice of Non-Bargaining Unit Employees and their Participation.

(a) All non-bargaining unit employees (including management) will participate equally in the Plan, and the Employer will share the burden of sacrifices among all IBT bargaining unit and non-bargaining unit employees (including management), in each case, as described in this Section 3(a). The Employer must reduce the total compensation (defined as wages plus health and welfare and pension or retirement benefits) of all non-bargaining unit employees (including management) by the same percentage reduction (an “Equal Reduction”) in total compensation as is being applied to IBT bargaining unit employees. In determining the Equal Reduction for non-bargaining unit employees under this Plan, the Employer may include the monetary value of the following concessions imposed on non-bargaining unit employees in 2008: termination of retiree medical,

 

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suspension of the defined contribution pension plan, freezing of the defined benefit pension plan, increase in the cost of health care, and the elimination of wage increases for 2009. Effective January 1, 2009, additional wage and benefit concessions must be imposed on non-bargaining unit employees to the extent needed to create an Equal Reduction. The Employer agrees not to increase wages (including bonuses) and benefits of current non-bargaining unit employees (including management) as an overall percentage beyond the effective overall total compensation percentage increases to be received by the bargaining unit employees. This shall not prevent the Employer from paying variable, performance based compensation as the Employer has paid in past practice. In the event it becomes necessary to exceed this overall percentage increase limit in order to retain employees for the efficient continued operation of the business, the Employer would request approval from the Subcommittee established in Section 11 below.

(b) The Employer and TNFINC agree to use their reasonable best efforts to achieve equal sacrifice in the total compensation of employees covered by non-Teamster and non-NMFA collective bargaining agreements.

4. Effective Dates; Relation to Collective Bargaining Agreement. This Plan will be mandatory for all employees, since job security is the number one asset the Employer, the Union and the employees all hope to share equally. This Plan will be submitted for secret ballot vote of all bargaining unit employees, and shall be put into effect if 50% plus one (1) of the bargaining unit employees voting, vote to adopt the Plan. The Plan will be effective on the first day of the first payroll period commencing after the date of ratification of the Plan (the “Effective Date”). This Plan terminates on March 31, 2013. This Plan is incorporated by reference into and shall be a part of the 2008-2013 National Master Freight Agreement and its Supplements (collectively referred to as “the NMFA”). If this Plan is not ratified by those employees of YRC Inc. and USF Holland Inc. that are covered by the NMFA by January 1, 2009, Employer may terminate this Plan and the warrants in Section 9 shall terminate and be forfeited.

5. Health, Welfare and Pension Contributions. The Employer agrees to continue to pay the full Health, Welfare and Pension contributions and increases in said contributions set forth in the NMFA and other Teamster bargaining agreements that accept the terms of this Plan and will continue for the life of this Plan to be signatory to such bargaining agreements.

6. Dispute Settlement. Disputes pertaining to the Plan are subject to the grievance procedure contained in the NMFA. However, any grievance filed hereunder, by either party, shall be referred initially to the Subcommittee established in Section 11 for disposition. If the Subcommittee fails to reach agreement, the matter will be referred to the Chairman of TNFINC and the President of the Employer in accordance with Article 8, Section 2(b)(2) of the NMFA. If the Chairman of TNFINC and the President of the Employer are unable to resolve the matter, the 30 additional days provided in Article 8, Section 2(b)(2) of the NMFA shall be considered as exhausted and the remaining provisions of Article 8, Section 2 shall govern.

7. Participation. An employee begins or continues participation in the Plan on the date of Plan implementation or the first day of the pay period following his/her

 

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first day of regular and/or probationary employment.

8. New Hire.

 

A.

Non-CDL Qualified Employees

Non-CDL qualified employees (excluding mechanics) hired after the effective date of the Plan begin participation in the Plan on their first day of employment at the following wage progression:

 

Time of Service

  

Maximum Wage Reduction

from New Hire Rate

Prior to Reduction in Section 2 Above

Effective First Day of Employment

  

Receive 70% of NMF A Wages

Effective First Day plus One (1) Year

  

Receive 75% of NMF A Wages

Effective First Day plus Two (2) Years

  

Receive 80% of NMFA Wages

Effective First Day plus Three (3) Years

  

Receive 100 % of NMFA Wages

“NMFA Wages” means 100% of the full NMFA rate f


 
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