Pionneer Furlough/Work List email

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To all Drivers and Attendants;

Following up on the November 25 memo issued by Local 1181 regarding Thanksgiving Week Employee Wages, which recognized "it is both the companies and the unions understanding, all employees who do not have a route on 11/30 will be temporarily furloughed effective Sunday 11/29", it appears from the latest DOE announcement that this furlough will be short. Here is what we know so far.
1181/Pioneer Memo
If you are not assigned a run operating on November 30, you are furloughed effective November 29, 2020. A list of routes and employees assigned can be found below.

The Mayor has announced that the majority of schools are opening December 7th, however we will communicate with you later in the week how that affects your recall from furlough.

We will give you more information on recall once we know it.

Please do not travel outside New York State or the contiguous states (as defined by the State of New York) because if you do so you must quarantine upon your return and are not eligible to collect unemployment insurance during your quarantine.
Bronx
Staten Island
Your shop stewards have assigned the work based on seniority from the most senior employee down the lists. Any employee who communicated to their shop steward choosing not to work will remain on furlough or be furloughed as applicable.

Those employees that who have chosen to work are required to service the route assigned to them. If an employee does not service the assigned route, unemployment benefits will be jeopardized as they are not privy to the designation "lack of work". 

If not enough employees choose to work, the companies may "force" the work from the most junior employee up the lists.

As per the agreement between the companies and union, your medical coverage will continue through the month of December even if you are furloughed.   
Thank you for your cooperation during these difficult times. Please stay safe. 


Sincerely,
Pioneer Transportation Management