Backlasher
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Hmm. I agree with all your posts and guess you are correct. Management would work us like slaves; what a shame really.
Few questions: 1. How much does UPS payout in grievances annually (estimated)?
2. Why are the so many grievances filed? What are examples of when an employee should/did file a grievance? And consequently, if its a recurrent pattern (topic of grievances filed), shouldn't management be able to 'FIX' that sort of problem??
I guess I am trying to find out, if there is a way to stop employees from filing grievances that costs UPS and in turn employees/customers hard earned money. What can management do to help this situation??
Lastly, and I just need to get this of my not very hairy chest, I feel pity for MOST PT Supervisors in my Hub; here is why: They always 'hunt' someone down to go home early. Granted they ask, however, it is a persistent and very annoying phenomena that happens EACH day. Furthermore, the PT Sups asks you this JUST when you get into the building. And this is for all PT Sups out there: Chances are that when I just got to work, I do not want to leave early, or I should say think about leaving work. Ask me right before break, or 10 minutes after break, I guarantee you will ALWAYS find a 'victim'.
Ok, that was it, gotta get ready for work tonight
I have the answer 2 that 1. It's not really as complicated as u would think either.
We have certain guidelines that has a simple idea in mind. To protect the work force. The IDEA is this, a fair days work for a far day's pay, and job security for those employed by said company. If management was to follow the guidelines than there would be no grievence. Same as our responsability is to do our jobs as productive and little error as possable or we get written up.
The idea is to keep the company accountable just as we are held accountable.
These guidelines have been in agreed on by both said parties throughout all past and present contracts.
The basic grievinces are these:
Over 9.5 because like all peoples, we want a fair days pay but also want a fair time allowance to be home with our families.
Stealing work. It's the idea that managers are to manage and not do the work of an hourly, especially when there are so many of us hourly with insufficient hours work or are on lay off.
Does this sound unreasonable.
To sum things up we union workers at UPS are proudly the most productive, intelligent, and hard working force on this planet and don't deserve criticism over the FACT THAT WE ARE UNION. That is a fact that u cannot argue against. Our pay is HI, but ups gets every penny they can out of us and the fact that we are the only transport in this quarter to claim a decent profit while all others are at record losses proves just that.
Management would piledge us without the union and bring us down to the fast food chain with a revolving door on all four sides of each center.
It's sad really cause there is a real need for the union in AMERICA in many area's to protect the worker. The problem was many workers of those fields toke that power for granted and gave the union worker that bad lazy image but believe me. That worker is not many at UPS.
The KEY is to keep both parties held accountable for their actions, not just management or workers but both.
The desolve of the union force in the USA is #1 reason to blame for the LOW paying overworked jobs that are left and also part to blame for the export of these jobs outsourced to so many 3rd class countries.
Either you R management probing at this idea or are on the outside lookin in without a clue. In either case leave the same way you come in.