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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1144424" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>Quite frankly, my future is looking a little bleak these days. I can pay my bills but getting ahead on things and saving is getting harder and harder; getting a second job -- at this point -- is really my only option. The hours at UPS simply aren't there and the backlog to go FT in my building is so lengthy (12-15 years, depending on classification.. we had 15+ year guys not have enough seniority to bid into package cars) that I've probably got almost another decade to go. This has gotten worse as our district has continually gotten away with not filling vacant 22.3 jobs and this further adds to the waiting list -- another glaring problem not addressed during negotiations. </p><p></p><p>The four year progression for top rate is just <em>another</em> slap in the face for someone having to wait the better part of two decades to go FT. </p><p></p><p>This contract isn't as bad as TDU and many other people are claiming -- I don't feel like we're being "sold out", but the fact of the matter is that the IBT negotiators with UPS backgrounds worked for UPS during a much different era and "came up through the ranks" in the 1970's and 1980's. They were hired off the street as package car or feeder drivers or spent 5 or 6 years as a PT'er before being able to bid into a FT job. These problems are generational and not necessarily systemic; our leadership really hasn't had to experience "part-time poverty" as a PT UPS Teamster going into their 30's without having a chance to whiff at a full time job. They haven't had to fight tooth and nail for every damn minute they can get on the clock while their sort has been pushed up to historically late start times to keep even the most senior hub workers from getting the five or ten minutes of OT a week they need.</p><p></p><p>We can do better than this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1144424, member: 42270"] Quite frankly, my future is looking a little bleak these days. I can pay my bills but getting ahead on things and saving is getting harder and harder; getting a second job -- at this point -- is really my only option. The hours at UPS simply aren't there and the backlog to go FT in my building is so lengthy (12-15 years, depending on classification.. we had 15+ year guys not have enough seniority to bid into package cars) that I've probably got almost another decade to go. This has gotten worse as our district has continually gotten away with not filling vacant 22.3 jobs and this further adds to the waiting list -- another glaring problem not addressed during negotiations. The four year progression for top rate is just [i]another[/i] slap in the face for someone having to wait the better part of two decades to go FT. This contract isn't as bad as TDU and many other people are claiming -- I don't feel like we're being "sold out", but the fact of the matter is that the IBT negotiators with UPS backgrounds worked for UPS during a much different era and "came up through the ranks" in the 1970's and 1980's. They were hired off the street as package car or feeder drivers or spent 5 or 6 years as a PT'er before being able to bid into a FT job. These problems are generational and not necessarily systemic; our leadership really hasn't had to experience "part-time poverty" as a PT UPS Teamster going into their 30's without having a chance to whiff at a full time job. They haven't had to fight tooth and nail for every damn minute they can get on the clock while their sort has been pushed up to historically late start times to keep even the most senior hub workers from getting the five or ten minutes of OT a week they need. We can do better than this. [/QUOTE]
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