Pick Practice Arbitration

Today we had Arbitration on MaBstoa Pick Practices. At issue was whether the changes the DOB was trying to institute was actually a violation of the current practice. Pick reliefs as we know it was under heavy scrutiny. The Arbitrator Richard Adleman's thinking was that the elimination of the pick teams wouldn't effect the practice because we would still be able to pick runs, rdo's and vacations. Managements position was based on a 2005 Decision  that hurt the support departments. Our positions was based on years of consistent practice that carried over during bus consolidation! Before that the OA pulled off the road to pick as ruled on in the Zucotti award!  Under testimony Brian Clarke VP of MaBstoa gave credible evidence of what our practice is! Donald Yates ripped Eddie Melendez as a lier while catching The TA's lawyer with inconsistency's, contradicting   GS Pierre! Frank Austin and Brian Clarke gave good testimony while Eddie Melendez CTO gave testimony making the Unions argument! Being that Its hard for me to read The arbitrator, I will reserve my thoughts till he renders a decision on Friday! However I will say that thank you to all our counterparts who showed for support! LaTanya Crisp Rec/Sec, Liz Wilson Div1 Rec/Sec, Bronx and Manhattan Chairman Div Chair Richard Davis 2nd vice Chair Rei Rios,TA Surf Div Chair Willie Rivera, TA Surf VP JP and Branda White from the women's committee! Stay Tuned for The Arbitrators Decision