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<blockquote data-quote="konsole" data-source="post: 1060501" data-attributes="member: 23965"><p>So it sounds like in MA the state law says an unpaid lunch break if I work beyond 6 hours. While I like the overtime pay over 6 hours, I think Turmlos is right, money isnt everything to me either and its time to prove a point. Next day that I reach 6 hours and I'm still working I am going to request my 30 minute unpaid break. Of course they are going to be aggrevated by that and I'm not gonna be coming back to any work when the 30 minutes is over, but maybe it will show them that these 5 hours and 59 minutes with just one 10 minute break is not enough, and that if they want to keep having us start as late as possible and push us out the door as early as possible while in most cases having the PT sup cleanup whatever is left, then eventually it might backfire on them. Speaking with some other teamsters the last couple days and it seems like I wouldn't be the only one that would do this. I know this is the heavy season for UPS and we should be expecting to work longer, but they need to realize that 6+ hours with just a 10 minute break is not enough for people who have to go to another part time job or school or whatever after the shift. UPS can cut back on things like t-shirts, water bottles, pizza, the turkey, whatever, but when little to no consideration is given for what people need for a a proper rest time for the extra time worked then I think UPS is pushing it too far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="konsole, post: 1060501, member: 23965"] So it sounds like in MA the state law says an unpaid lunch break if I work beyond 6 hours. While I like the overtime pay over 6 hours, I think Turmlos is right, money isnt everything to me either and its time to prove a point. Next day that I reach 6 hours and I'm still working I am going to request my 30 minute unpaid break. Of course they are going to be aggrevated by that and I'm not gonna be coming back to any work when the 30 minutes is over, but maybe it will show them that these 5 hours and 59 minutes with just one 10 minute break is not enough, and that if they want to keep having us start as late as possible and push us out the door as early as possible while in most cases having the PT sup cleanup whatever is left, then eventually it might backfire on them. Speaking with some other teamsters the last couple days and it seems like I wouldn't be the only one that would do this. I know this is the heavy season for UPS and we should be expecting to work longer, but they need to realize that 6+ hours with just a 10 minute break is not enough for people who have to go to another part time job or school or whatever after the shift. UPS can cut back on things like t-shirts, water bottles, pizza, the turkey, whatever, but when little to no consideration is given for what people need for a a proper rest time for the extra time worked then I think UPS is pushing it too far. [/QUOTE]
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