P/T cover driver here, and I've been working as one for a good 4 years. The last two weeks management has been forcing me to deliver airs instead of taking my normal routes. While leaving yesterday, I caught them allowing another P/T Cover Driver with less seniority take a route I usually cover. I was offered a route today, but again forced into the air route. Can I file a grievance on this? I normally drive full time, 5 days a week.
Forced onto an Air Route
- Thread starter Jhansen
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Are you losing hourly rate? And total hours?
Most definitely file. Immediately.
Overpaid Union Thug
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File. It's a slam dunk case.
um, they can follow the contract or bite my bird
Bottom rung
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Harassment will come, even after just speaking up. They want you to be a good little drone and do what your told.
Thebrownstreak
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They tried to pull that on me. I did it for 3 days because I simply didn't want to work (hottest week in mid August). They then said doing 3 days in a row was me accepting the air bid. We have a very strong union steward who went to bat for me and they still said it was my "bid"....that I signed up for it. Never signed anything. So this goes on for 2 weeks. Me working basically 2-2 1/2 hours a day. Grievance ended up winning with time and a half for 8/hr/day X 2 weeks. ....
Long story short. ..FILE
Long story short. ..FILE
FILE and always get full back pay
Made the mistake to not get back pay once, will never do it again
BrownTexas
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What @IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U said!!!! Lol
Thank you @BrownTexas
Hold on, he is a PT cover driver he isn't guaranteed any driving hours. If they are paying him his PT driving rate and not air rate he really has no grievance... There could be a seniority grievance if less seniority PT cover driver are doing cover work for more hours...
He said he was only working a few hours at his regular rate. An employee with less seniority is working a full day.
He can seniority issues but not as to more driving time but not that he is delivering Air as they are paying him his ground rate.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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He can file for the difference in hours worked.
He is only working a few hours. Not an 8 hour day like the lower seniority guy.
He should have first pick.
