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<blockquote data-quote="Its_a_me" data-source="post: 5638245" data-attributes="member: 93115"><p><strong>I found out that our PT steward didn't even have the Teamsters app on his phone.</strong> He walked into the building on Wed thinking UPS contract was in good shape and was all but a done deal (as he was getting his news from the business pages).</p><p></p><p><strong>It perfectly explains why he lets PT sups work right in front of him</strong> and why PT'ers on the shift are clueless as to what rights they have. I've heard they keep making their "numbers" though. It explains them walking to the parking lot after 2 hours (they've been done before the last driver finished deliveries a few times this month). They keep having PT'ers quit and he just keeps complaining about kids work effort these days. Meanwhile he's making $33+ an hour and not paying union dues.</p><p></p><p>But mgmt treats him like a VIP and he gets to go home early and is called and asked if he wants the day off all the time.</p><p></p><p>So no, <strong>seniority is not honored in our building. It's a game of favorites </strong>and when you call them on it--their standard go to reason is such and such called off (when it was really them calling and asking if he wanted the day off).</p><p></p><p>...and the driver's steward is worse...he's the biggest runner/gunner in the district. If not for the 40 year vet hogging the best route he'd be out the door at 3:00pm everyday instead of his 3:30pm usual ETA.</p><p></p><p>Our drivers can't even a schedule posted. They're treated like just-in-time parts and all (okay bottom 1/3rd) get a call in the morning to come in or not. And he lets it go on because...wait for it...he's their golfing buddy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Its_a_me, post: 5638245, member: 93115"] [B]I found out that our PT steward didn't even have the Teamsters app on his phone.[/B] He walked into the building on Wed thinking UPS contract was in good shape and was all but a done deal (as he was getting his news from the business pages). [B]It perfectly explains why he lets PT sups work right in front of him[/B] and why PT'ers on the shift are clueless as to what rights they have. I've heard they keep making their "numbers" though. It explains them walking to the parking lot after 2 hours (they've been done before the last driver finished deliveries a few times this month). They keep having PT'ers quit and he just keeps complaining about kids work effort these days. Meanwhile he's making $33+ an hour and not paying union dues. But mgmt treats him like a VIP and he gets to go home early and is called and asked if he wants the day off all the time. So no, [B]seniority is not honored in our building. It's a game of favorites [/B]and when you call them on it--their standard go to reason is such and such called off (when it was really them calling and asking if he wanted the day off). ...and the driver's steward is worse...he's the biggest runner/gunner in the district. If not for the 40 year vet hogging the best route he'd be out the door at 3:00pm everyday instead of his 3:30pm usual ETA. Our drivers can't even a schedule posted. They're treated like just-in-time parts and all (okay bottom 1/3rd) get a call in the morning to come in or not. And he lets it go on because...wait for it...he's their golfing buddy. [/QUOTE]
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