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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 558303" data-attributes="member: 12570">Vacations were negotiated in to our contract for a reason--to take time away from work. As I said above, I don&#039;t really have a problem with people working their vacations as long as they do not displace another employee in doing so. &nbsp;I don&#039;t have a problem with picking up a shift here and there as the extra money is nice. I work an occasional Saturday Air as that is the easiest money I have ever made, especially if I have to drive to Potsdam to bring our NDA so that they can then forward it to Syracuse. 8 hours + of the easiest money (which is why they generally don&#039;t like FTers working on Saturdays). I work the day after Thanksgiving and New Years Eve but always make sure that any PTers that want to work those days are able to before I sign up.&nbsp;I do agree with Red in that an employee should not be allowed to work his/her vacation if there are employees within that classification on layoff that could/would be put to work otherwise. That is just unfair and I don&#039;t care what your situation is, take your vacation and let someone who hasn&#039;t worked in a while get some hours.&nbsp; However, if everyone is working and it means that a sup will be on the road, by all means go ahead and work your vacation if you want to, but take a moment and ask yourself why it is that you want to work when you should be enjoying yourself away from work.&nbsp; Is money really that important?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 558303, member: 12570"] Vacations were negotiated in to our contract for a reason--to take time [B]away from work[/B]. As I said above, I don't really have a problem with people working their vacations [B]as long as they do not displace another employee in doing so.[/B] I don't have a problem with picking up a shift here and there as the extra money is nice. I work an occasional Saturday Air as that is the easiest money I have ever made, especially if I have to drive to Potsdam to bring our NDA so that they can then forward it to Syracuse. 8 hours + of the easiest money (which is why they generally don't like FTers working on Saturdays). I work the day after Thanksgiving and New Years Eve but always make sure that any PTers that [B]want[/B] to work those days are able to before I sign up. I do agree with Red in that an employee should not be allowed to work his/her vacation if there are employees within that classification on layoff that could/would be put to work otherwise. That is just unfair and I don't care what your situation is, take your vacation and let someone who hasn't worked in a while get some hours. However, if everyone is working and it means that a sup will be on the road, by all means go ahead and work your vacation if you want to, but take a moment and ask yourself why it is that you want to work when you should be enjoying yourself away from work. Is money really that important? [/QUOTE]

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