Has anyone gotten any info in regards to the WARN Act and if we are going to be a beneficiary of it. When you close a shop without notice then you are in violation of that law.
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Local for NLR told those guys when asked about said W.A.R.N. act "you have to file on your own. The union cannot and will not help you with this."
Come on let's say it loud enough to wake them from their drunken Vegas trips!
"THEY CAN DO THAT!"
After being furloughed for 2 years I asked IBEW about this and was told they are waiting for the funds to arbitrate. And covid has everything backed up. 🙄
Key word! TEMPORARY...... THEN BRING ENOUGH BACK TO AVOID PAYING ANYONE! They have lawyers that know how to work the system.
Their excuse to close Jenks was "covid" we were all told it was only a temporary closure due to covid and that it would only last a month or two. Blah blah blah BS
They closed Jenks, furloughed almost 300 people, and Called back like 70 a few months later. But it still violates the warn act and employees at Jenks that didn't get called back didn't get the notice and didn't receive the pay either.
What shop ya closing?
Hinkle shop employees had warn act benefits. Not sure the railroad had thought about it then but someone brought it up and they had to pay them.
I believe the rule is 60 days notice, or be payed for sixty days and furlough 50 or more people. Commerce and Dolores received it plus 180 days medical.
Are you kidding? You think laws or rules apply to them? Surely you don’t have enough seniority to still be working if you believe so.
Come on! The UP has a team of lawyers researching every action the UP thinks of doing. Do you really think the UP is going to intentionally break the law that could get them in big trouble, without a lawyer knowing about it? As much as the UP sux, the WARN act has been brought up so many times before in the last 2.5 years, and nothing has ever come of it. That's because there are no violations being made. It would make me happy to see the UP get dinged on a labor violation, but at this point it doesn't matter anymore. The UP is a place no one wants to be at. Even people that don't work for them or ever worked for them are talking badly about them. Just give it time, and be patient.
Give me a warning if UP runs out of free hot dogs
The OP isn’t entirely accurate. They can close a shop without notice and still be within the law if they then file the paperwork and pay the employees in lieu of advanced notice. There are some other things they have to do as well, but they can and do lay off people without notice without breaking they law.
Denver mechanical got that agreement when Burnham yd had a total shop closure, if you had enough seniority you could follow the work to north yard with a guarantee!
Didn't know NLR shut the doors? Are people still working at NLR? If people are still working you have no recourse! NLR has to be a total shop closure for the 1964 washington agreement act, and there is a lot of situations that have to occur for that to happen! Like did the u.p transfer work that you could follow? Or, did your job go away when you got furloughed? As far as I know NLR is still employing people