OptimusPrime
Well-Known Member
Don't mean to come off as a dick, but come on? Do we really need contract clauses for guys that get DUI'S?
Exactly. In my center, the "main" center has PCM at 0845.. then two of the routes out of that center pull TP-60s out to a town about 40 miles away. Five remote routes start out from this location at 1015, spending the first 45-90 minutes loading their own package cars.
The PCs are parked outdoors in a fenced lot at a repair shop, and the sort happens in an open dirt field ajacent. Yes, that means we are loading in the mud during rainy periods and in the snow and ice during the winter.
Wonder if this language (if it survives) would require the company to get us an indoor place to perform remote sort and loads?
I had this vision of an early 1900's UPS Driver coming back and b!tch slapping some of you....
So no wage increases for PT'ers? We need to get more people to vote! Are the raises still the same? Sorry i'm reading this and i'm not seeing anything.
EDIT* Read the thread i guess there will be some.
Lets go back to a 3 year contract. You know UPS is gonna shoot for a 10 year contract.
A 3-year contract could backfire just as much as a 10-year one could.
A shorter contract means possibly screwing you over MUCH worse in 3 years. A 10-year means screwing you over NOW long-term.
Lets go back to a 3 year contract. You know UPS is gonna shoot for a 10 year contract.
All the big factories and warehouses on my route are heated. Many are air-conditioned also. No reason our buildings can't be.
It says repeatedly in the press release that economic issues were not part of these proposals. There will not be anything released about any wage or benefit proposal until they enter that part of the negotiations.
you should be paid for your physical now. But the language seems to interpret "requirements to perform bargaining unit jobs". I'm a driver and need a license to drive, so I'm thinking that includes renewal fees also."The Employer shall pay for all time spent and all associated costs for all exams, licenses
and requirements to perform any bargaining unit job."
Very interesting. So we would be payed for our DOT exams?
This one has me scratching my head:
"No supervisor or employee shall be allowed to turn on a moving belt that they did not turn off. Only the supervisor or employee that turned the belt off shall be allowed to turn the belt on when the area is deemed safe."
Firstly, more often than not its workers turning the belts on and off, so this language will mostly just lead to workers being in violation of the contract. I think all the language intends is that whoever turned the belt off (for whatever reason) has to be the one to turn it back on. ON preload this is where this language is most effective. If I'm loading a truck and have to stop it to remove an oversize or heavy package then I am the one that turns it back on because I am the one that knows if I am ready. FOLLOW?
Secondly, if the belt is moving (as per the first sentence), why would anyone need to turn it on? Or are they referring to belts that can potentially move? Is there such a thing as a belt that cannot move?
Thirdly, it's just impractical. What if the person who turned off the belt has left the area or the building and we need the belt on? Do we go searching for him or call him back before we can resume the operation? Just a strange paragraph imo.
This one has me scratching my head:
"No supervisor or employee shall be allowed to turn on a moving belt that they did not turn off. Only the supervisor or employee that turned the belt off shall be allowed to turn the belt on when the area is deemed safe."
Firstly, more often than not its workers turning the belts on and off, so this language will mostly just lead to workers being in violation of the contract.
Secondly, if the belt is moving (as per the first sentence), why would anyone need to turn it on? Or are they referring to belts that can potentially move? Is there such a thing as a belt that cannot move?
Thirdly, it's just impractical. What if the person who turned off the belt has left the area or the building and we need the belt on? Do we go searching for him or call him back before we can resume the operation? Just a strange paragraph imo.