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<blockquote data-quote="happybob" data-source="post: 1080538" data-attributes="member: 4724"><p>Isn't there a company/subdivision called UPS Logistics? </p><p>The language in the contract already deals with promoting parttimers to fulltime, and in cases of volume decreases they get bumped back to partime. It happens all the time. When those fulltimers get bumped back to partime and the company now has too many parttime workers they decide how to deal with it. Lay off or shift them around within the parttime workforce. Is it a perfect system? Not for you or me to decide, they get to decide, since it is their company.</p><p></p><p> This company has been around for over 100 years Dave. We have both been here close to or a little over 25 of them. We know what the company needs are, we've experianced them all during our days. Seasonal increases don't mean the company needs more/longer periods for driver helpers. It means we will all work more hours to cover the increase in volume, since the company will NOT add any more fulltime positions than they want to, and we suck it up and get it done. We signed on for this job and accepted thats its the norm to work long hard hours. Late 70's the company got to start using parttime hourlies to load, unload and do a lot of the work that was done by fulltime employees. That in turn allowed the company to keep it's costs down and profits high(some would say very high when it's in the billions). Allowing them to have fulltime year round driver helpers takes hours away from drivers that signed on for the job knowing is was a very high paid day. Overtime isn't wanted by everyone, and I understand that, but it is wanted by many. I'm not in package anymore(thank God for Feeders) and I see many feeder drivers(myself included) that want extra hours and can't get them, since instead they cut runs to the bone. I also still have many conatcs in pakage that want the overtime and they can't get it either. Only solution, NOTHING CHANGES. The company continues to keep the fulltime workforce slim, and the seasonal increases in volume mean we all work longer hours when necessary to get the job done. JMHO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="happybob, post: 1080538, member: 4724"] Isn't there a company/subdivision called UPS Logistics? The language in the contract already deals with promoting parttimers to fulltime, and in cases of volume decreases they get bumped back to partime. It happens all the time. When those fulltimers get bumped back to partime and the company now has too many parttime workers they decide how to deal with it. Lay off or shift them around within the parttime workforce. Is it a perfect system? Not for you or me to decide, they get to decide, since it is their company. This company has been around for over 100 years Dave. We have both been here close to or a little over 25 of them. We know what the company needs are, we've experianced them all during our days. Seasonal increases don't mean the company needs more/longer periods for driver helpers. It means we will all work more hours to cover the increase in volume, since the company will NOT add any more fulltime positions than they want to, and we suck it up and get it done. We signed on for this job and accepted thats its the norm to work long hard hours. Late 70's the company got to start using parttime hourlies to load, unload and do a lot of the work that was done by fulltime employees. That in turn allowed the company to keep it's costs down and profits high(some would say very high when it's in the billions). Allowing them to have fulltime year round driver helpers takes hours away from drivers that signed on for the job knowing is was a very high paid day. Overtime isn't wanted by everyone, and I understand that, but it is wanted by many. I'm not in package anymore(thank God for Feeders) and I see many feeder drivers(myself included) that want extra hours and can't get them, since instead they cut runs to the bone. I also still have many conatcs in pakage that want the overtime and they can't get it either. Only solution, NOTHING CHANGES. The company continues to keep the fulltime workforce slim, and the seasonal increases in volume mean we all work longer hours when necessary to get the job done. JMHO [/QUOTE]
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