UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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We can't do it voluntarily but they have no problem calling us to come in when needed.
Roswell, GA hub/ new hub in parking lot
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We can't do it voluntarily but they have no problem calling us to come in when needed.
Overpaid Union Thug
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Good! I'm glad your center has a steward like that. It is low down and dirty for anyone to select a vacation week (no matter what week of the year it is) and then come in to work. Not to mention a contract violation. In my supplement anyway. It has been a problem in my center in the past and (unfortunately) the stewards had always been part of the problem too. Toss a little bit of the " high seniority good ole boy system" into the mix and that made it a tough problem to tackle. Luckily a couple of us lower seniority drivers, along with a few high seniority drivers that don't have their heads and egos as high into the clouds as they think their name on the seniority list is, were able to stop it. There were a hand full of seniority drivers that just couldn't believe (utterly shocked even) that anyone with lower seniority then them would file a grievance (actually all we had to do was threaten to file) to stop the violation of the contract that their spoiled brat syndrome induced egos were allowing them to commit.
I have to admit that after helping stop this I felt a sense of accomplishment that I hadn't felt in years.
Amen. That was the feeling in my center as well.Good! I'm glad your center has a steward like that. It is low down and dirty for anyone to select a vacation week (no matter what week of the year it is) and then come in to work. Not to mention a contract violation. In my supplement anyway. It has been a problem in my center in the past and (unfortunately) the stewards had always been part of the problem too. Toss a little bit of the " high seniority good ole boy system" into the mix and that made it a tough problem to tackle. Luckily a couple of us lower seniority drivers, along with a few high seniority drivers that don't have their heads and egos as high into the clouds as they think their name on the seniority list is, were able to stop it. There were a hand full of seniority drivers that just couldn't believe (utterly shocked even) that anyone with lower seniority then them would file a grievance (actually all we had to do was threaten to file) to stop the violation of the contract that their spoiled brat syndrome induced egos were allowing them to commit.
I have to admit that after helping stop this I felt a sense of accomplishment that I hadn't felt in years.
Overpaid Union Thug
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It's never over though. Some of our seniority drivers think that since they are above so many people on the seniority list that they are also above any contract language that doesn't fit their agenda. Because of this those of us that took a stand on the issue can't let our guards down.
We got a decision and the grievance was written off as that the practice would stop. If we find it happening the driver has to go home.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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I agree that vacations are meant to be time away from work and would also find it frustrating if a driver who selected a prime week decided to work instead; however, I don't have a problem with a driver on vacation deciding to work if and only if every available driver is on road. I don't agree with then forcing that driver to run a route other than his own. If the driver is coming in to help with staffing issues he should be allowed to run his own route.
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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....hence my use of staffing issues....
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The unsaid part, that I thought would be self-explanatory, evidently wasn't...........
Staffing problem........ (not my concern, not coming in on vacation for any reason)
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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No one said you ever had to come in. There have been times when I have had a major revocation project coming up and I would work a few vacation days to help pay for it.
barnyard
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It could very well be that any permanent building additions will force the company to remodel the entire building to comply with current codes.
That is the situation with my building. We are getting the same type of portable extendo thingy for doors on it. If our building were expanded, the mechanics bay would have to be changed significantly. The portable addition is way cheaper.
Catatonic
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Perhaps a permanent addition would require wheelchair access to the sort aisles and pickoff positions.
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Career change?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Personality.
Overpaid Union Thug
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Here its never been about staffing issues. It's been pure greed or drivers whining about needing to work to "help pay for <insert lame bad financial decision/impulse purchase here>." Their greed or bad financial decisions don't negate a contract. Personally....I'd rather the contract allow for drivers on vacation to be called in ONLY when there is unforeseen staffing issues such as excessive call ins. Until such language exists no hourly employee should ever be allowed to work during a vacation week that they selected from the list. Our supplement clearly states that employees can take the pay in lieu of time off but MUST notify the employer in September. Meaning....when its time to select which option they want for their option week. On the same form options for the option week are selected they can circle the amount of weeks they want to "sell back." Its set up that way so that when its time to start selecting vacations in October the number of weeks each person that opted to sell back will be subtracted from the number of vacation weeks they can select to take. But some of the "special" people think that they bypass this process and close out weeks others want but then come in and work. Some claim its because the vacation sell backs are taxed too much. Really? cry me a freakin river you spoiled brats!
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Catatonic
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I'll bypass the show and view your pictures.
Please keep them coming.
FilingBluesFL
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We have two containers with loading docks built in to either side of them, and one end is open to feed parcels through on to the rollers...
It's gonna be a bitch to get parking this year. Lord knows where they're gonna stick these things... They were just sitting in the middle of the parking lot for almost a month.
Someone finally got around to moving them off to one side...
It's gonna be a bitch to get parking this year. Lord knows where they're gonna stick these things... They were just sitting in the middle of the parking lot for almost a month.
Someone finally got around to moving them off to one side...
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