Mandated lunch!!!!! Fact finding

[FrigidFTSup]

Nobody says anything about skipping lunches or taking less than the "minimum" in our center.

We have a runner gunner who doesn't even take his paid break. Stupid if you ask me.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Take his paid what?

 

[FrigidFTSup]

Take his paid what?

Paid break. Got distracted and forgot to put that in

 

[Dr.Brownz]

There is more to life than money.

Lol is that how you justify it there runner gunner superstar?!

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Lol is that how you justify it there runner gunner superstar?!

Don't feel I have to justify myself to anyone, on this forum or otherwise.

 

[Dr.Brownz]

Don't feel I have to justify myself to anyone, on this forum or otherwise.

Lol yeah I know you just like to through out cliches and act like its a deep answer

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Lol yeah I know you just like to throw cliches and act like its a deep answer

 

[2Slow]

Fight about it! This is a nationwide push, but it can be beaten back.

For instance:
Central Article 18(c) "Local past practice shall prevail regarding the duration of the meal and rest periods."

 

[2 hrs over allowed]

I know if your entering your lunch in the Diad and working through it and you happen to get hurt during the hour you will be getting your pee pee slapped.

 

[2 hrs over allowed]

I'm in the northeast and discipline hasn't come down on anyone yet.
What I can't grasp is how someone can give the company between 10 & 15 grand a yr by not taking there lunch.

 

[2 hrs over allowed]

This lunch burning topic has me thinking about all the guys in my center. At least 8 out of the 45 routes give them an hour per day. These fags go home and all the guys that do what we are supposed to get stuck helping or get the 10 and 11 hr dispatches. Think they are playing favorites? Lmfao.

 

[BrownArmy]

Early on I did the math...

Skipping lunch is one of the most idiotic things a driver can do.

 

[2 hrs over allowed]

Early on I did the math...

Skipping lunch is one of the most idiotic things a driver can do.

Totally agree. And they are the guys that bitch the most in the morning when they see there dispatch. But yet they still bring it back early everyday.

 

[JL 0513]

I'm in Maine and our contract reads that we are allowed an hour lunch between the 4th and 5th hour. UPS has taken upon themselves to say its mandatory and now writing up and suspending guys. I'm not looking for lectures about taking my lunch, your waisting your time. I've been running my lunch for at least 8 years and do so for myself. Everyone has their feelings on this and I respect that, please respect mine. Just doing some research
What I'm looking for is some info from everyone, please reply and answer the following
What state your in?
Is UPS mandating lunch in your center?Any discipline for not?
Are you taking a lunch?
Are taking lunch during the prescribed time?

thank you

I'll clarify I never put in my diad what I don't take and always take my 2. 10 minute breaks that are paid. I'm just tying to see what's happening across the country

So you've been "running your lunches" but not really since you don't record a lunch period? You've been allowed to do this in your state/local? In most states it's the law to take lunch. No option.

In my center, there's no enforcement other than imputing an hour in the board. A full hour is required. No one checks to see when you took it. No one checks if you ran it or not.

BTW, you say you run your lunches "for yourself". Well, you've lost yourself around $100,000 (2000+ hrs at OT). Figuring that the hour you run each day translates into the typical hour of overtime.

 

[BrownArmy]

That's what people don't get...run your lunch, you're not just giving up that hour at straight pay, you're giving up OT...which, if you took your lunch, you would enjoy.

Honestly, people, between 10-12K a year.

When your sup says bla-bla-bladibladiba, ask him if he can loan you 10K, no repayment terms.

Lulz.

 

[UnconTROLLed]

Since your stop count and/or pickups or helping other drivers would increase, skipping a lunch is pretty dumb. However if that were not the case ( hypothetically), I would definitely pass. OT can kiss it.

 

[ManInBrown]

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Yes Yes
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Yes

 

[josh76]

My run has no pick ups so if I don't take a lunch and don't put anything in, I'm not loosing any $$$$. And I always take my paid breaks

 

[Back first]

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My run has no pick ups so if I don't take a lunch and don't put anything in, I'm not loosing any $$$$. And I always take my paid breaks

sing $$$. If your route is dispatched at 9 hours of work and you run your lunch and bring it in at 8 hrs. You just gave ups $34.00. I never get why any drivers would give any part of their lunch away. I enjoy my hour of downtime.

 

[onehandsolo]

I take my lunch around 1540 this time of the year. It's to hot for me to take it earlier