Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
Correction to one of my posts
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="JonFrum" data-source="post: 643139" data-attributes="member: 18044"><p>In addition to the current New England Supplement allowing driver's helpers two weeks earlier than in the past, UPS no longer has to make H&W contributions into the various H&W funds on helper hours either. </p><p> </p><p>The current H&W contribution rate is $7.86 per hour. ($314.50 maximum per 40-hour week.)</p><p> </p><p>The rate increases yearly until in the final year of the Contract it will be $8.91 per hour. ($356.50 maximum per 40-hour week.)</p><p> </p><p>UPS saves quite a bundle by giving the work to an army of "helpers" rather than regular employees in the bargaining unit. It also helps to explain the financial trouble the H&W funds are in.</p><p> </p><p>We have some part-timers who could earn extra money and experience as peak helpers or drivers, but instead they are mostly limited to three-and-a-half hours a day, and the work goes first to off-the-street seasonal temps.</p><p> </p><p>Just a while ago we had layoffs of full- and part-time people, and now suddenly UPS has a desperate need for 50,000 helpers and temporary drivers. Was there some spectacular economic recovery that I missed? Or are they just milking the concessionary Contract for all it's worth and keeping the Teamsters as weak as possible?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonFrum, post: 643139, member: 18044"] In addition to the current New England Supplement allowing driver's helpers two weeks earlier than in the past, UPS no longer has to make H&W contributions into the various H&W funds on helper hours either. The current H&W contribution rate is $7.86 per hour. ($314.50 maximum per 40-hour week.) The rate increases yearly until in the final year of the Contract it will be $8.91 per hour. ($356.50 maximum per 40-hour week.) UPS saves quite a bundle by giving the work to an army of "helpers" rather than regular employees in the bargaining unit. It also helps to explain the financial trouble the H&W funds are in. We have some part-timers who could earn extra money and experience as peak helpers or drivers, but instead they are mostly limited to three-and-a-half hours a day, and the work goes first to off-the-street seasonal temps. Just a while ago we had layoffs of full- and part-time people, and now suddenly UPS has a desperate need for 50,000 helpers and temporary drivers. Was there some spectacular economic recovery that I missed? Or are they just milking the concessionary Contract for all it's worth and keeping the Teamsters as weak as possible? [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
Correction to one of my posts
Top