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<blockquote data-quote="dilligaf" data-source="post: 724098" data-attributes="member: 11476"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: purple">Golfer, first of all, where are you. The language (not in the contract but agreed to by UPS and the IBT) varies from region to region. If you are in the Western Region I have a great deal of experience with this. This is how it goes here: </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: purple">9.5's are honored here for utilities (very few areas use the term utility driver, so I'm guessing you are from the Western Region). For those that may be confused, Utility drivers and cover drivers are not the same thing. Utility is FT, cover is PT. Here, this means a different seniority list. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: purple">I have to be on a bid rte for a week, the first time I go over 2 9.5 hr days I request to be put on the 9.5 list for that rte. The 2nd time I get that same bid and I go over again I can file and get paid for going over. Exception: the company has to be able to make adjustments in the rte, if they can't then that particular rte does not qualify for a 9.5 grievance. All of our rtes can be adjusted. The draw back to this process is that I have to do this process solely and seperately for every single rte. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">If you are repeatedly getting ride alongs file on it. It is harrassment. Mgt can do an OJS once a year. You actually did a disservice to yourself by working through your lunch and breaks. It will be a long uphill battle to correct it. Stick with it and STOP!!! working through your lunch and breaks. They will be on your ass like a diaper. Change your attitude towards it. It will do you no good to get pissed off about it. Instead, tell them come on, brown up, I want to learn. Be open to learning. Listen and ask questions. The minute you stop fighting with them is the minute they lose and you start winning. Trust me, I know from experience. Stand your ground but don't get pissed off. Water off a ducks back. Keep notes. Every day. I had to do this for 2 years before they finally started leaving me alone and I continued to do it until I felt safe enough to stop. It also helped that I got a new on-road that I actually trusted enough. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">Over said to get with your steward. ABSOLUTELY! Find out what the process is for your area. Don't trust that your mgt team is going to tell you the in's and out's of what the process is. Find out from your steward or your BA. They are there to look out for you, usually. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dilligaf, post: 724098, member: 11476"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple]Golfer, first of all, where are you. The language (not in the contract but agreed to by UPS and the IBT) varies from region to region. If you are in the Western Region I have a great deal of experience with this. This is how it goes here: [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple]9.5's are honored here for utilities (very few areas use the term utility driver, so I'm guessing you are from the Western Region). For those that may be confused, Utility drivers and cover drivers are not the same thing. Utility is FT, cover is PT. Here, this means a different seniority list. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple]I have to be on a bid rte for a week, the first time I go over 2 9.5 hr days I request to be put on the 9.5 list for that rte. The 2nd time I get that same bid and I go over again I can file and get paid for going over. Exception: the company has to be able to make adjustments in the rte, if they can't then that particular rte does not qualify for a 9.5 grievance. All of our rtes can be adjusted. The draw back to this process is that I have to do this process solely and seperately for every single rte. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]If you are repeatedly getting ride alongs file on it. It is harrassment. Mgt can do an OJS once a year. You actually did a disservice to yourself by working through your lunch and breaks. It will be a long uphill battle to correct it. Stick with it and STOP!!! working through your lunch and breaks. They will be on your ass like a diaper. Change your attitude towards it. It will do you no good to get pissed off about it. Instead, tell them come on, brown up, I want to learn. Be open to learning. Listen and ask questions. The minute you stop fighting with them is the minute they lose and you start winning. Trust me, I know from experience. Stand your ground but don't get pissed off. Water off a ducks back. Keep notes. Every day. I had to do this for 2 years before they finally started leaving me alone and I continued to do it until I felt safe enough to stop. It also helped that I got a new on-road that I actually trusted enough. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]Over said to get with your steward. ABSOLUTELY! Find out what the process is for your area. Don't trust that your mgt team is going to tell you the in's and out's of what the process is. Find out from your steward or your BA. They are there to look out for you, usually. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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