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<blockquote data-quote="Squint" data-source="post: 1161236" data-attributes="member: 48231"><p>The stewards from L177 are paid for their troubles by not paying dues.</p><p></p><p>During my time as a driver, we had to drum up more stops for UPS by looking for FedEx stops and giving out "leads" that would earn us points to use to buy things in the UPS catalog, much like the old prizes that you earned for safe driving, and years of service. The 80's were a boom for this company. I saw so many new hires that I climbed the seniority ladder almost monthly. </p><p></p><p>What I've learned since being on this site is that it's so much different from one local to the next. When I was a driver in the 90's I stopped the FedEx driver that I always saw on my route one day. He told me that it was very hard for a person to get to be a full time driver. It took eight (8) years to get to top rate at that time. At the time of our talk, he was making only four (4) dollars an hour less than us. Raises were hard for them to accomplish and many of the drivers in FedEx were making different wages. He also said that the company was gearing to go completely part time. Keep in mind, this was before Fed Ex Ground.</p><p></p><p>I think UPS still underpays its employees, full and part time. The crap that we have to endure is very stressful. I started out as a part-time loader and then a driver. I worked as a clerk and I also worked at the customer counter. I might add that at the time that I transferred to a driver that I was making $12.85 an hour PT. There was one person that was still working part-time that was working alongside me when I was PT. His wages were close to 26 an hour at the time of our talk which was in the year 2010. How would a PT loader feel working alongside a man making more than 2 and a half times his wages? I think UPS makes this happen to create animosity among all of us.</p><p></p><p>I love the fact that L177 voted the supplement down because that's what I would've done as I always voted for the future. I would like to think that they have my back as I always had theirs. We only have each other. UPS is trying to split us up and this vote of the supplements has told them to take it like they dish it out...HARD.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Squint, post: 1161236, member: 48231"] The stewards from L177 are paid for their troubles by not paying dues. During my time as a driver, we had to drum up more stops for UPS by looking for FedEx stops and giving out "leads" that would earn us points to use to buy things in the UPS catalog, much like the old prizes that you earned for safe driving, and years of service. The 80's were a boom for this company. I saw so many new hires that I climbed the seniority ladder almost monthly. What I've learned since being on this site is that it's so much different from one local to the next. When I was a driver in the 90's I stopped the FedEx driver that I always saw on my route one day. He told me that it was very hard for a person to get to be a full time driver. It took eight (8) years to get to top rate at that time. At the time of our talk, he was making only four (4) dollars an hour less than us. Raises were hard for them to accomplish and many of the drivers in FedEx were making different wages. He also said that the company was gearing to go completely part time. Keep in mind, this was before Fed Ex Ground. I think UPS still underpays its employees, full and part time. The crap that we have to endure is very stressful. I started out as a part-time loader and then a driver. I worked as a clerk and I also worked at the customer counter. I might add that at the time that I transferred to a driver that I was making $12.85 an hour PT. There was one person that was still working part-time that was working alongside me when I was PT. His wages were close to 26 an hour at the time of our talk which was in the year 2010. How would a PT loader feel working alongside a man making more than 2 and a half times his wages? I think UPS makes this happen to create animosity among all of us. I love the fact that L177 voted the supplement down because that's what I would've done as I always voted for the future. I would like to think that they have my back as I always had theirs. We only have each other. UPS is trying to split us up and this vote of the supplements has told them to take it like they dish it out...HARD. [/QUOTE]
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