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High labor costs huh? Did the Plant Manager take a pay cut, or do you just expect the manual laborers to bear the brunt of it? I can assure you, the labor costs associated with any union contract are spelled out in black and white and known by all effected parties before the ink on the signatures are dry, it's not a surprise. Again, I don't understand why people berate the little guy while giving everybody else in the corporate suite a pass.

 

Now. I’ll go ahead and straighten the record out with yellow I routinely stated that it was management fault for going the direction they took the company… My point is the Teamsters union didn’t stop anybody from losing their jobs. The Teamsters union is the one who decided to give up Pay and benefits over the last decade or so… How did that work out for those guys? That’s my point

 

No, the Teamsters didn't give up anything. Yellow threatened to close the doors unless concessions were made and they put it to a vote of the members. The members (drivers / dock workers) voted to "help the company" by giving up wages and pension contributions. When I was there, drivers often stated the company took their money and I would remind them that no, union members agreed to give it to them.

 

Contradiction at its finest

 

Overtime calculations for piecework is pretty much settled.
DOL Offers Clarity on Calculating Overtime Pay for Piece-Rate Workers

 

Yes. Basically by agreeing to be paid by the mile, truck drivers are allowing mileage pay to cover all hours worked, both productive and non-oroductive. That is what I am interpreting the link to be saying.

 

I don't know. Basing life on time just focuses on the beginning and the end. I just an not

Can you imagine if your dispatcher told you exactly when you were to put your truck in drive?

 

No, that's not what the link is saying.

To calculate overtime for piece work take total earnings and divide by hours worked to get the hourly rate. Then multiply the hourly rate by .5 and the number of hours worked over 40.

 

Lol, sorry folks for my mis-typing I cut my index finger and cant hardly text! My daughters use two thumbs to text with and can type faster than I can speak...

 

The link states this:

The opinion letter addresses what is required to establish the requisite agreement. Brecher said the DOL clarified two important points:

The agreement can be inferred from the parties' conduct and doesn't need to be in writing. Employees don't have to understand the mathematical formula used to compute the regular rate, rather the employees must understand that piece-rate earnings are intended to compensate them for all hours worked.


Basically, it is saying that if employees agree to it then piecework does not have to pay overtime.