70 Hour Rule
- Thread starter UpsBubba
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Ups can blow me, if they try forcing that garbage year round then my production will drop DRASTICALLY so I can safely complete the week.
542thruNthru
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What I've been told is they can use it for "acts of god". But that act of god could be a storm on the east coast and they need you on the west to work 70 to "clear the system".
Also after 60hrs it's double time.
2 hrs over allowed
VOTE NO
They can blow me now. Sick of listening your not going fast enough.
Ghost in the Darkness
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No 70 hour week and no delivering after 9pm should have been the easiest things to get in the contract. For a company that preaches safety both show the company actually doesn't care about our safety.
For some reason they thought it was going to be a good idea to put out the news of a tentative agreement and only talk about 5 things that are on this agreement. I think this was a colossal mishap, and they are paying with it from getting pounded by the membership. The 70 our stuff will be addressed.
DirtySouth
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Didn't hear anything about an act of God provision, but double time over 60 will be in the TA.
silenze
Lunch is the best part of the day
Hey they still can release more details. No one is stopping them.
It already IS at UPS's discretion.
They can make you all 70 hour drivers, some of you 70, some 60. Really whatever they want. They can do it for all of the year, some of the year...
Any change would have to be contractual, because it's completely legal.
Indecisi0n
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Like my fellow moderator mentioned its already in our current contract. The 70 was intended for feeder drivers only but there isn't any language that limits it uses which is why UPS started abusing it and using it on package car guys.
This is a good example of why you don't want contracts to go on for too many years. If UPS discovered this the year of the last contract then they could abuse its wording (or lack there of) and work delivery drivers 70 hours for the remainder of the 5 years of that contract.
542thruNthru
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Oh you poor mistaken handsome mod. The 70 hour rule was never in our contract. It's a DOT thing.
What we needed was language to prohibit UPS from using it.
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What we need is language to prohibit UPS from abusing it. Its going to happen every peak at least from now on since they got a taste already.
That's what I meant, not sure what @Indecisi0n was talking about.
That’s why 9.5 is so important. Get on it ASAP if 70 isn’t addressed?
Indecisi0n
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Noooooooooo
542thruNthru
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Agree but it only solves a portion of the problem.
Indecisi0n
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I was confused ! The 70 hour rule in my mind was also meant for feeder drivers but I guess since its a DOT thing its for all truck drivers. It should have been addressed in our contract that the 70 rule is not to be used on package car guys.
542thruNthru
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