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.
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A.
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Non-CDL
Qualified Employees
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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:
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Maximum Wage Reduction
from New Hire Rate
Prior to Reduction in Section 2
Above
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Effective First
Day of Employment
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Receive 70% of
NMF A Wages
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Effective First
Day plus One (1) Year
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Receive 75% of
NMF A Wages
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Effective First
Day plus Two (2) Years
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Receive 80% of
NMFA Wages
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Effective First
Day plus Three (3) Years
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Receive 100 %
of NMFA Wages
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“NMFA Wages” means 100%
of the full NMFA rate f