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<blockquote data-quote="Liberty Bear" data-source="post: 256124" data-attributes="member: 12147"><p>I agree with the original poster; this pay raise schedule reeks. It looks like something written up by a corporate attorney. As someone pointed out in another thread (maybe on another forum), it looks like they want to give us half our pay raise just before peak season, just to make sure we don't earn too much.</p><p></p><p>A lot of people are claiming that a survey indicated UPS members consider the pension and/or medical benefits more important than salary. As a relatively new employee, I have to assume there was such a survey and that the Teamsters aren't misrepresenting the results. Call me a skeptic.</p><p></p><p>But I think my salary is more important even than medical benefits and pensions. After all, I'd like to keep a roof over my head, and I was barely making it as a new hire. Now that I have enough seniority to double shift, I'm going to get a little bit ahead during this peak season. But rents are skyrocketing where I live; some landlords are doubling rent. So excuse me if I don't do cartwheels over a magnificent 70 cent pay raise on top of my equally majestic salary.</p><p></p><p>On another note, a union rep dropped in one day and asked if we had any questions about the contract. I said, yes, I didn't understand the split pay raise. So he explained it to me, but he qualified his answer with "...if I understand it correctly" - twice.</p><p></p><p>So how are we supposed to understand this contract if our union reps don't even understand it?</p><p></p><p>That said, let me pose a question here. I've worked for UPS for 13 months now and was expecting a 50 cent pay raise in another 11 months. Under the new contract, I'll instead get a 35 cent pay raise in August, with another 35 cents in February, right?</p><p></p><p>Will I get another 25 cents (or whatever) on top of that, as my union rep suggested? If so, when?</p><p></p><p>If I do get another 25 cents - in August - then that's the equivalent of about 60 cents (35 + 25) just in time for peak season; still more of a joke than a pay raise. If I get the additional 25 cents AFTER peak season, then I'm really not getting a pay raise at all, am I?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Liberty Bear, post: 256124, member: 12147"] I agree with the original poster; this pay raise schedule reeks. It looks like something written up by a corporate attorney. As someone pointed out in another thread (maybe on another forum), it looks like they want to give us half our pay raise just before peak season, just to make sure we don't earn too much. A lot of people are claiming that a survey indicated UPS members consider the pension and/or medical benefits more important than salary. As a relatively new employee, I have to assume there was such a survey and that the Teamsters aren't misrepresenting the results. Call me a skeptic. But I think my salary is more important even than medical benefits and pensions. After all, I'd like to keep a roof over my head, and I was barely making it as a new hire. Now that I have enough seniority to double shift, I'm going to get a little bit ahead during this peak season. But rents are skyrocketing where I live; some landlords are doubling rent. So excuse me if I don't do cartwheels over a magnificent 70 cent pay raise on top of my equally majestic salary. On another note, a union rep dropped in one day and asked if we had any questions about the contract. I said, yes, I didn't understand the split pay raise. So he explained it to me, but he qualified his answer with "...if I understand it correctly" - twice. So how are we supposed to understand this contract if our union reps don't even understand it? That said, let me pose a question here. I've worked for UPS for 13 months now and was expecting a 50 cent pay raise in another 11 months. Under the new contract, I'll instead get a 35 cent pay raise in August, with another 35 cents in February, right? Will I get another 25 cents (or whatever) on top of that, as my union rep suggested? If so, when? If I do get another 25 cents - in August - then that's the equivalent of about 60 cents (35 + 25) just in time for peak season; still more of a joke than a pay raise. If I get the additional 25 cents AFTER peak season, then I'm really not getting a pay raise at all, am I? [/QUOTE]
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