Every contract violation management gets away with costs Teamsters jobs. Every grievance enforced protects bargaining unit work.

9.5 grievances are a powerful tool to make UPS pay for excessive overtime violations and to fight layoffs, too.

If your 9.5 rights are violated four times in a calendar year then UPS must hold a compliance meeting with Local 804 to get your route adjusted. Continued 9.5 violations after that are eligible for quadruple time penalties.

Less excessive overtime means UPS needs to put more drivers to work.

Every driver can and should sign the 9.5 list. Every driver with four years of seniority has 9.5 rights.

If you are a driver with under four years of seniority, you can and should sign on to the 9.5 list and you will be eligible to file a grievance whenever you meet any of the following requirements.

• You have a bid route
• You had 9.5 rights under the previous contract
• You cover the same route for a full week OR you were prevented from covering the same route for a week because management changed your assignment

Even if you are not going to be 9.5 eligible every week, you should still sign the 9.5 list. That way you will get your 9.5 penalty pay whenever you are eligible.
You can opt-in to the 9.5 list anytime. Talk to your shop steward and fill in the opt-in form. You can download the form on the Local 804 website.