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<blockquote data-quote="JonFrum" data-source="post: 318775"><p>Tie, those "exceptions" I listed are a lot more common than you think. And there are others I didn't list. The whole 22.3 process is out of control. After we voted on it in 1997, they changed the rules and made it up as they went along. </p><p></p><p>Take my specific case as just one screwy example. Part of my 22.3 job involves yard shifting. The contract has stated all along that no part-timer shall drive vehicles (except in an emergency, or to and from the carwash tunnel.) So that work really shouldn't be eligible for combination in the first place. (Even though all yard shifting has been done by myself and several other part-timers for many years.) In addition, the contract says all feeder work should be paid at feeder rate. So really UPS is saving money by paying me 22.3 wages instead of the higher feeder wages.</p><p></p><p>Another portion of my job is moving package cars inside the building and on the property, and washing them. It's called "carwashing," but I do very little actually washing of cars. The contract says the full-time rate for "vehicle positioner" is the same as for a package car delivery driver. But I don't get vehicle positioner pay, I get the lower 22.3 pay because the 22.3 language overrides the other parts of the contract. Again, I and many other so called "carwashers" have been vehicle positioners for decades, all at part-time pay, and now some at 22.3 pay. </p><p></p><p>- - - - -</p><p>Years ago the Teamsters agreed to a major concession by allowing part-time jobs to become established and to grow to dominance. Then the Teamsters agreed to a major cut in wages for new-hire part-timers in 1982. In addition, they agreed to freeze the starting wage at $8.00 an hour (and then $8.50) ever since. Almost everyone says the current part-timers are underpaid. Even you, I believe. </p><p></p><p>I choose to treat the highly-paid as the norm, and the lowly-paid as an aberation, (admitedly an increasingly widespread one), and you choose to do the reverse. This is a judgement call that we will probably have to agree to disagree on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonFrum, post: 318775"] Tie, those "exceptions" I listed are a lot more common than you think. And there are others I didn't list. The whole 22.3 process is out of control. After we voted on it in 1997, they changed the rules and made it up as they went along. Take my specific case as just one screwy example. Part of my 22.3 job involves yard shifting. The contract has stated all along that no part-timer shall drive vehicles (except in an emergency, or to and from the carwash tunnel.) So that work really shouldn't be eligible for combination in the first place. (Even though all yard shifting has been done by myself and several other part-timers for many years.) In addition, the contract says all feeder work should be paid at feeder rate. So really UPS is saving money by paying me 22.3 wages instead of the higher feeder wages. Another portion of my job is moving package cars inside the building and on the property, and washing them. It's called "carwashing," but I do very little actually washing of cars. The contract says the full-time rate for "vehicle positioner" is the same as for a package car delivery driver. But I don't get vehicle positioner pay, I get the lower 22.3 pay because the 22.3 language overrides the other parts of the contract. Again, I and many other so called "carwashers" have been vehicle positioners for decades, all at part-time pay, and now some at 22.3 pay. - - - - - Years ago the Teamsters agreed to a major concession by allowing part-time jobs to become established and to grow to dominance. Then the Teamsters agreed to a major cut in wages for new-hire part-timers in 1982. In addition, they agreed to freeze the starting wage at $8.00 an hour (and then $8.50) ever since. Almost everyone says the current part-timers are underpaid. Even you, I believe. I choose to treat the highly-paid as the norm, and the lowly-paid as an aberation, (admitedly an increasingly widespread one), and you choose to do the reverse. This is a judgement call that we will probably have to agree to disagree on. [/QUOTE]
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