Teddy W. Baker v. Gte North Incorporated

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

GTE North formerly required all of its “facility maintainers” (electricians who install and maintain telephone and transmission equipment, on customers’ premises or otherwise in the field) to report for duty at its local offices. There they received assignments for the day, hopped into company vehicles suitable to the job, and drove to the first place where they were to work that day. They were paid for the time it took to drive to that site and for the time driving back at day’s end. In 1991 GTE and the Communications Workers of America signed a collective…