Thebrownstreak
Well-Known Member
I'm curious what i should do about excessive overtime. Tues 10.38 hours. Wed 10.5 hours. Thurs 9.63 hours. Fri. 10.2 hours. Is it worth filing a 9.5 greivance?
I'm curious what i should do about excessive overtime. Tues 10.38 hours. Wed 10.5 hours. Thurs 9.63 hours. Fri. 10.2 hours. Is it worth filing a 9.5 greivance?
Think again! The piddly little amount they will pay us in grievance pay is still way less than having to pay a new employee his wages plus benefits. I got nearly $1000 last year in grievance pay and they are doing the same thing again this year. What we need is new language in the contract....If we greive and win and make them pay then they will notice, nothing else will make them wake up.
Everyone in our building who filed last year won. One guy got around $1600 total....Have any of u filed a 9.5 and won?
If you are a cover driver, then your SOL for over 9.5 grievances.
I'm curious what i should do about excessive overtime. Tues 10.38 hours. Wed 10.5 hours. Thurs 9.63 hours. Fri. 10.2 hours. Is it worth filing a 9.5 greivance?
But feeders isn't strenuous work for 10+ hours every day of the week.If you consider that excessive I suggest you not go into feeder if the opportunity arises.
But feeders isn't strenuous work for 10+ hours every day of the week.
I wasn't implying their job is easy, just not physically demanding like package car. I'm approaching 50 years of age and while my body is slowing down and aging, UPS is adding more work and telling me I have to go faster. UPS used to respect their older employees, now they just want to replace them asap.T...Feeders earn there keep in the winter and I give them respect for those things.
But feeders isn't strenuous work for 10+ hours every day of the week.
Funny, I logged in to the site to research this very topic.
How do the rules relate to FT drivers who's routes have been cut? I've put in 116 hours in two weeks and when I asked my half assed shop steward about helping he said nothing could be done because I'm not running my bidded route. In fact, I haven't run the same route back-to-back in a month.
So much for bidding on a route
What rights if any do I have?
If you are a cover driver, then your SOL for over 9.5 grievances. The contract was ratified to make it almost impossible to grieve and win. In your case, the driver of the route you are covering would first have to be "on the list". You would then have to BID his run and go over 9.5 at least 3 days within 5 (doesn't have to be consecutive) to be able to get on the list yourself. Then would have to bid his run again, go over 9.5 again (3 days within 5), and then you could grieve. By the time you've managed to get all those ducks in a row, they'll have moved you to another route, and screwed you out of your grievance. Pretty slick eh? Thanks Jimmy and Ken! You really looked out for us cover drivers. I'll be looking out for you when the ballots land in my mailbox.