Well I was confused. He didn't ask a question and seemed to have answered a question. The supervisor working article is Article 3.7 in the NMA.
You told him that you rarely use the NMA language and use supplemental/local rider language. I was curious where in your supp/local rider it addresses sups working and the penalty for it. The way you said it made it sound like he was doing something wrong and needs to read his contract.
This is why I asked what you were under so I could read your sup working language and compare.
I didn't mean to come off as if he is doing something wrong. Just telling how we do things here. Maybe I shouldn't discuss things with a migraine. LOL.
Section 2
The Employer agrees that the function of supervisors is the super-
vision of employees and not the performance of the work of the
employees they supervise.
Accordingly, the parties agree that supervisors will not perform the
work of the parties they supervise except during training, demon-
stration and safety education. The Employer will have the right to
monitor and inspect the employees’ work.
The training of new employees or unqualified employees: the im-
mediate area shall mean the entire assigned work area (a preload
work area means the number of cars a qualified employee would be
loading). However, in cross training and/or training of a previously
qualified employee the supervisor must train beside the hourly em-
ployee. This supervisor shall not perform bargaining unit work at
the same time as the previously qualified employee.
It is understood that after making all reasonable efforts to use bar-
gaining unit employees to perform bargaining unit work, the Em-
ployer may use any other temporary means of covering this work
with UPS personnel.
