Our Local is worthless!!

Stonefish

Well-Known Member
Why is it everything is our local sucks, our local is weak, our local is in bed with the company. The union members have the right to change the local every election date. So your local has become weak on this one instance? If you dont like it, file on it. Get your members together and form a slate. Maybe your local is calling you guys weak for letting ups get away with contract violations. Your local is only as strong as its members.

I couldn't have said it better. Nice job.
 

Stonefish

Well-Known Member
Why is it everything is our local sucks, our local is weak, our local is in bed with the company. The union members have the right to change the local every election date. So your local has become weak on this one instance? If you dont like it, file on it. Get your members together and form a slate. Maybe your local is calling you guys weak for letting ups get away with contract violations. Your local is only as strong as its members.

It's only going to be a weak local if members allow it to be. If everyone knows the members are together on situations it changes the whole game.
 

hatebrown5

Well-Known Member
This has gotten out of hand. Several full time drivers were notified at 7 pm on Friday night that they were being forced to work at 9 am on Saturday morning to deliver air. One would think that this would be an open and shut case in that the M-friend driver was not given 24, 48, or 5 day notice depending on interpretation. Our local took the side of the company saying article 40 says air operations supersedes everything in the contract and we are forced to work. Anyone not showing up will be fired under refusal to work or gross insubordination. They also don't feel as if there is anything to file on and this has come from the BA and higher(RTW state). This is just the latest BS from an ever weakening Local. They tell us to take the punishment and then possibly file later. I thought the Brotherhood was supposed to protect us beforehand. What will end up happening is we will work to avoid being fired,file a grievance and then in 8 months when it's heard, they'll say "You know what? You were right about that. Sorry. Have a good day!!". It's the same way with any infraction that doesn't offer any punishment like being pulled off your bid route, etc. They do it over and over for a year, hear the grievance a year later, apologize, and continue to do the same thing over and over. The S.S.'s are all on our side but obviously they're hands are tied. Is there any hope?
 

grgrcr88

No It's not green grocer!
This has gotten out of hand. Several full time drivers were notified at 7 pm on Friday night that they were being forced to work at 9 am on Saturday morning to deliver air. One would think that this would be an open and shut case in that the M-friend driver was not given 24, 48, or 5 day notice depending on interpretation. Our local took the side of the company saying article 40 says air operations supersedes everything in the contract and we are forced to work. Anyone not showing up will be fired under refusal to work or gross insubordination. They also don't feel as if there is anything to file on and this has come from the BA and higher(RTW state). This is just the latest BS from an ever weakening Local. They tell us to take the punishment and then possibly file later. I thought the Brotherhood was supposed to protect us beforehand. What will end up happening is we will work to avoid being fired,file a grievance and then in 8 months when it's heard, they'll say "You know what? You were right about that. Sorry. Have a good day!!". It's the same way with any infraction that doesn't offer any punishment like being pulled off your bid route, etc. They do it over and over for a year, hear the grievance a year later, apologize, and continue to do the same thing over and over. The S.S.'s are all on our side but obviously they're hands are tied. Is there any hope?


What local are you in?
 
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