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Is there a union recourse to refuse more work?
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<blockquote data-quote="letticesandwich" data-source="post: 1520557" data-attributes="member: 48588"><p>Pardon a delayed response. A long week with snow and highs of 22 degrees.</p><p></p><p>Well, about the forced to work local sort, I saw the union business agent the next day. He said because only 7 of the 25 local sort showed up, under the contract, I was required to work local sort. Ask from top, force from bottom. So okay, that's what it is.</p><p></p><p>For what its worth, thank you all for the suggestions about the use of time. It actually worked. Monday was a blizzard, so tuesday was a 169 stop split route between 3 towns. Yay. But wednesday I was able to enact some of the advice. Done with the same split route of about 135 stops around 5 that day. Green light, call the center. I call and sup says go help another. I say sure, after the rest of my lunch and my breaks. So not moving till 6.</p><p></p><p>By the time I got to the meet point (it was near a mall at 6 p.m. rush hour) The other driver only had 5 stops to give me. To maneuver through all that mall traffic, go and deliver in the dark and snowbanks, then drive back, UPS basically paid me an hour and a half of overtime to deliver 5 stops. Next day I was not asked to help anyone.</p><p></p><p>I cannot attest to the 9.5 rules, or wanting under 4 year drivers to work a 10 hour day. I'll bring up the 10 day thing though because of something I saw during the summer. I was covering a route for months, the bid driver had shoulder surgery. Upon getting my paycheck one week, I had 49 and 1/4 hours worked. Also 3/4 hour of time bonus pay. Which made me think that I had been scheduled 10 hour days all week then. 49 hour weeks didnt happen often but that time bonus after working basically 10 hour days was surprising.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="letticesandwich, post: 1520557, member: 48588"] Pardon a delayed response. A long week with snow and highs of 22 degrees. Well, about the forced to work local sort, I saw the union business agent the next day. He said because only 7 of the 25 local sort showed up, under the contract, I was required to work local sort. Ask from top, force from bottom. So okay, that's what it is. For what its worth, thank you all for the suggestions about the use of time. It actually worked. Monday was a blizzard, so tuesday was a 169 stop split route between 3 towns. Yay. But wednesday I was able to enact some of the advice. Done with the same split route of about 135 stops around 5 that day. Green light, call the center. I call and sup says go help another. I say sure, after the rest of my lunch and my breaks. So not moving till 6. By the time I got to the meet point (it was near a mall at 6 p.m. rush hour) The other driver only had 5 stops to give me. To maneuver through all that mall traffic, go and deliver in the dark and snowbanks, then drive back, UPS basically paid me an hour and a half of overtime to deliver 5 stops. Next day I was not asked to help anyone. I cannot attest to the 9.5 rules, or wanting under 4 year drivers to work a 10 hour day. I'll bring up the 10 day thing though because of something I saw during the summer. I was covering a route for months, the bid driver had shoulder surgery. Upon getting my paycheck one week, I had 49 and 1/4 hours worked. Also 3/4 hour of time bonus pay. Which made me think that I had been scheduled 10 hour days all week then. 49 hour weeks didnt happen often but that time bonus after working basically 10 hour days was surprising. [/QUOTE]
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