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<blockquote data-quote="coolslice" data-source="post: 1582254" data-attributes="member: 50491"><p>Clearly, we have some company men and some union men that are offended by my observations. That is to be expected, but these are MY observations.</p><p></p><p>First, on the 9.5 list, it only exists on the paper that is our worthless master contract. It does not exist in real life. Good luck getting management to even acknowledge it, let alone honor it. The union doesn't care about how we are treated at work, they only care about getting our dues. That may not be how it works at your center, but it is in ours. Sure, I could file a grievance over something that doesn't actually exist, but all grievances do is piss off management to the point where they will try to harass you or terminate you for something like not grabbing a handrail. Again, you experiences may be different, but that's how it works at my place. Non one has won a grievance against a 9.5 yet, and people no longer file because they know it's a waste of time and the end result is putting a target on your back while still getting a daily 10.5 hour dispatch.</p><p></p><p>The union is intimidated by UPS more than the workers are. The union knows it's days of being a useful entity have long since passed, and people are wising up to the shakedown that it is. It's hard for me to stomach their propaganda anymore. They create a climate of fear in order to take some of your pay. I don't know about you guys, but when you step back and look at our jobs, we are the poster children for the war on workers, and yet people are too stupid to realize that what we do and the expectations placed on our time and bodies is not normal.</p><p></p><p>Anyone that has delivered surepost for any length of time knows that the volume going to the USPS has increased dramatically. I don't recall taking a P1000 full of packages to a single post office when I started, but it's common now. What about those "size limits" that were in the contract? We used to primarily deliver bags of clothing and small boxes there, these days large boxes are common.</p><p></p><p>The reason we are still working 11 hour days is because subcontracting out to the USPS has allowed UPS to cut routes while volume actually increases. The stop counts increase every year and the number of drivers is stagnate or decreasing. That's how our workload, hours of work, and the USPS packages are all increasing. It's allocation of increasing volume.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure that some of you will be like, "Go get another job, but you won't make as much." Perhaps, but it has reached a point with me that if doing what I do, safely and efficiently delivering and picking up packages, isn't good enough then it's time to move on. I will continue to do my job, but I'm not going to be a victim of intimidation and distorted versions of reality.</p><p></p><p>I personally believe UPS is at a turning point, where the job, the customers, and the employees no longer matter. It's all about numbers that no longer are rooted in reality. UPS is on the verge of a public relations disaster, because they have lost their way and forgotten what the job is actually about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coolslice, post: 1582254, member: 50491"] Clearly, we have some company men and some union men that are offended by my observations. That is to be expected, but these are MY observations. First, on the 9.5 list, it only exists on the paper that is our worthless master contract. It does not exist in real life. Good luck getting management to even acknowledge it, let alone honor it. The union doesn't care about how we are treated at work, they only care about getting our dues. That may not be how it works at your center, but it is in ours. Sure, I could file a grievance over something that doesn't actually exist, but all grievances do is piss off management to the point where they will try to harass you or terminate you for something like not grabbing a handrail. Again, you experiences may be different, but that's how it works at my place. Non one has won a grievance against a 9.5 yet, and people no longer file because they know it's a waste of time and the end result is putting a target on your back while still getting a daily 10.5 hour dispatch. The union is intimidated by UPS more than the workers are. The union knows it's days of being a useful entity have long since passed, and people are wising up to the shakedown that it is. It's hard for me to stomach their propaganda anymore. They create a climate of fear in order to take some of your pay. I don't know about you guys, but when you step back and look at our jobs, we are the poster children for the war on workers, and yet people are too stupid to realize that what we do and the expectations placed on our time and bodies is not normal. Anyone that has delivered surepost for any length of time knows that the volume going to the USPS has increased dramatically. I don't recall taking a P1000 full of packages to a single post office when I started, but it's common now. What about those "size limits" that were in the contract? We used to primarily deliver bags of clothing and small boxes there, these days large boxes are common. The reason we are still working 11 hour days is because subcontracting out to the USPS has allowed UPS to cut routes while volume actually increases. The stop counts increase every year and the number of drivers is stagnate or decreasing. That's how our workload, hours of work, and the USPS packages are all increasing. It's allocation of increasing volume. I'm sure that some of you will be like, "Go get another job, but you won't make as much." Perhaps, but it has reached a point with me that if doing what I do, safely and efficiently delivering and picking up packages, isn't good enough then it's time to move on. I will continue to do my job, but I'm not going to be a victim of intimidation and distorted versions of reality. I personally believe UPS is at a turning point, where the job, the customers, and the employees no longer matter. It's all about numbers that no longer are rooted in reality. UPS is on the verge of a public relations disaster, because they have lost their way and forgotten what the job is actually about. [/QUOTE]
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