Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Union Issues
Step 1: file grievance or talk?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Nimnim" data-source="post: 2169660" data-attributes="member: 28856"><p>I've been trying to ignore this because I know every facility is different, but I keep getting notifications because apparently what I posted before is like signing a contract with the devil or something.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Me and almost everyone else passes at least 2 PDs to get to their work area as the entrance is at one PD and the shortest distance to an unload/sort isle or to the stairs to the small sorts or secondary sorts passes at least another PD. A an irreg driver I pass the first PD at the entrance then go right to the next where the irreg equipment is supposed to be which is 10 feet from the next PDs timeclock which we use at it's the closest timeclock because we don't have one. I can still see the next PD without even moving from my gather area. If I show up 15 minutes or more early and I'm at my gather area and there's no irreg mules because the twilight shift is still using them but there's 5 full irreg trains without mules attached within viewing distance I know the start of my night is going to suck.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are twilight hourlies that do grieve all the supervisors working, especially at the end of their shift because the twilight hourlies are being told no over 5, the 22.3s are different, and as such there's more than a handful that are hawkish about getting the grievances as they're getting kicked off the clock 30 minutes to an hour before my shift starts at times. I'll say something to their sups if I haven't seen any of the twilight people I know who will grieve it. It's their shift so they get the grievance before me in my opinion.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Did I ever say I did work off the clock? I show up and put my bag on my equipment to claim it so I don't have to fight over equipment at the last minute with my coworkers. We all do it as irreg drivers. There's no equivalent to PC drivers as they don't show up and randomly claim a PC and then load it after their start time.</p><p></p><p>A few of us show up early for various reasons and none of us are working unless we're assigned a setup time or asked to start up early because the twilight shift before us really dropped the ball. We show up, claim equipment and just banter amongst ourselves until start time. We are right in front of a PD though and can see 2 others without really moving so if there's a sup loading we can and do say something to them quite often if there's no loaders for the midnight shift present already doing so.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The last few weeks have been prime for the argument on absenteeism for my shift. As annoying as it is for people now to show up, management is trying to crack down on double shifting which is forcing them to pay attention and hold people accountable for attendance. At the same time though management has also been eating late sort downtimes instead of having sups load/unload consistently. It's probably worse on the call for the grievances than going down and sealing 20+ loads 30 minutes late. That or they really like being abused in calls and emails.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nimnim, post: 2169660, member: 28856"] I've been trying to ignore this because I know every facility is different, but I keep getting notifications because apparently what I posted before is like signing a contract with the devil or something. Me and almost everyone else passes at least 2 PDs to get to their work area as the entrance is at one PD and the shortest distance to an unload/sort isle or to the stairs to the small sorts or secondary sorts passes at least another PD. A an irreg driver I pass the first PD at the entrance then go right to the next where the irreg equipment is supposed to be which is 10 feet from the next PDs timeclock which we use at it's the closest timeclock because we don't have one. I can still see the next PD without even moving from my gather area. If I show up 15 minutes or more early and I'm at my gather area and there's no irreg mules because the twilight shift is still using them but there's 5 full irreg trains without mules attached within viewing distance I know the start of my night is going to suck. There are twilight hourlies that do grieve all the supervisors working, especially at the end of their shift because the twilight hourlies are being told no over 5, the 22.3s are different, and as such there's more than a handful that are hawkish about getting the grievances as they're getting kicked off the clock 30 minutes to an hour before my shift starts at times. I'll say something to their sups if I haven't seen any of the twilight people I know who will grieve it. It's their shift so they get the grievance before me in my opinion. Did I ever say I did work off the clock? I show up and put my bag on my equipment to claim it so I don't have to fight over equipment at the last minute with my coworkers. We all do it as irreg drivers. There's no equivalent to PC drivers as they don't show up and randomly claim a PC and then load it after their start time. A few of us show up early for various reasons and none of us are working unless we're assigned a setup time or asked to start up early because the twilight shift before us really dropped the ball. We show up, claim equipment and just banter amongst ourselves until start time. We are right in front of a PD though and can see 2 others without really moving so if there's a sup loading we can and do say something to them quite often if there's no loaders for the midnight shift present already doing so. The last few weeks have been prime for the argument on absenteeism for my shift. As annoying as it is for people now to show up, management is trying to crack down on double shifting which is forcing them to pay attention and hold people accountable for attendance. At the same time though management has also been eating late sort downtimes instead of having sups load/unload consistently. It's probably worse on the call for the grievances than going down and sealing 20+ loads 30 minutes late. That or they really like being abused in calls and emails. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Union Issues
Step 1: file grievance or talk?
Top