bubsdad
"Hang in there!"
At a recent union meeting I brought up the idea of guys actually taking the vacation time they were entitled to instead of selling it back or working through scheduled weeks. It wasn't received very well. I know it is contractual that a person can sell it back or work it, but at our hub at least, if the guys took the vacation they had coming there would be alot more work for the guys lower on the board. I wasn't asking for a change in policy, just a change in attitude. But the guys at the top don't seem to want to help out the guys at the bottom. Just wondering if other areas are having the same kind of discussions. We have alot of guys that have earne 5, 6, 7 weeks that will take 2 and sell the rest back or work through. At some point, (and I've seen it done at other companies) UPS might ask why they are paying a person to work when they are entitled tovacation and try to negotiate it out.