[icwhatudo]

I heard something about older workers getting paid to come in and sit at a desk reading a paper. There was a term that was used for it (as I guess its SOP for union contracts)-anyone know what I’m talking about?

[icwhatudo]

“Job Banks”

Here’s a link:

http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0510/17/A01-351179.htm

[Salgak]

You’re referring to a “Job Bank” where they “park” workers while they “re-tool” factories. Some guys have been “parked”, at full pay and bennies, for over a decade. . .

[NVDave]

It is called the “Jobs Bank” and it goes back to the 1990’s.

Union line workers who would be otherwise unemployed when their model car or their plant closes down are given an opportunity to sit at the “Jobs Bank” collecting pay, and they’re supposed to be hired onto a new line/plant when it is opened.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2007-07-23-uaw-talks-jobs-bank_N.htm