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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Hawk" data-source="post: 317460" data-attributes="member: 14667"><p><span style="color: #231a0c">Am I a union goon? I file grievances when a supe loads instead of calling in another preloader. I file when supes unload to make their numbers look pretty for daddy. I file when preloaders get sent home and supes load/pull the rest. Those are all clear cut cases of management intentionally denying union workers work. If it was me being denied work I would want someone to stand up for it. I don’t go on fishing expeditions looking for free money. When supes load/unload for a good portion of the day I ask the low seniority employees that call in every morning if they were able to come in but told not to, I also ask some of my friends on the local sort that have signed up for extra work if they were called. I don’t file when a supe picks a box that fell off the belt or when one covers someone while they are in the bathroom. I don’t nitpick them and I expect that they would not nitpick me, if I am doing something terribly wrong like throwing/damaging boxes then yes i deserve a write up/letter, but if I get written up for grabbing a box by 2 adjacent corners rather than 2 opposite corners that is <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />baggery. Luckily all the preload supes are pretty cool and recognize that i do a good job loading and leave me alone for the most part.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Hawk, post: 317460, member: 14667"] [COLOR=#231a0c]Am I a union goon? I file grievances when a supe loads instead of calling in another preloader. I file when supes unload to make their numbers look pretty for daddy. I file when preloaders get sent home and supes load/pull the rest. Those are all clear cut cases of management intentionally denying union workers work. If it was me being denied work I would want someone to stand up for it. I don’t go on fishing expeditions looking for free money. When supes load/unload for a good portion of the day I ask the low seniority employees that call in every morning if they were able to come in but told not to, I also ask some of my friends on the local sort that have signed up for extra work if they were called. I don’t file when a supe picks a box that fell off the belt or when one covers someone while they are in the bathroom. I don’t nitpick them and I expect that they would not nitpick me, if I am doing something terribly wrong like throwing/damaging boxes then yes i deserve a write up/letter, but if I get written up for grabbing a box by 2 adjacent corners rather than 2 opposite corners that is :censored:baggery. Luckily all the preload supes are pretty cool and recognize that i do a good job loading and leave me alone for the most part.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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