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<blockquote data-quote="temporaryupser" data-source="post: 441877" data-attributes="member: 17493"><p>Thanks again for your responses. I've worked at ups for a yr and a 1/2 so i knew i had seniority on guys that had been working 7mths or less i filed a grievance before i left work Friday but i just wanted to be prepared for any bs management would try to sling my way. The only reason I asked if higher seniority people had the option of leaving was because there where a couple of people with higher senority that were semi-forced into staying even though there were others willing to take their spot.</p><p></p><p>Also I think someone wanted more details so i'll describe the whole event. My clock in time as well as everyone elses in the unload area was 2:55. After the sort went down I overheard atleast 5 lower senoirity/seasonal workers being assgined addtional work on the belts,but when i asked where i was going i was told home. I asked for an explaination I was told they needed a certain lower seniority employee when i asked why they needed him I was told by my imediate supervisor to ask the maneger so i did. The maneger told me senoirity had nothing to do with the process and that the employee had more experience on that particular belt I knew that was bs because i'd worked that belt since i started and did everything but supervise it after telling the maneger this we went to the belt to see what the employee was actually doing which was an add/cut. I've also worked as a preloader something the other employee had never done so that wouldn't have been a problem. After he saw the employee was only doing an add/cut he said he'd just send us all home because he didn't need that many people on the belt. Even though every loader on the belt was heavly stacked out and there was still plenty of work on the belt to be done by atleast two people the manger left the belt with absolutely no help and walked us to the clock and watched us clock out. Anyway me and the other employee sat in the break room for about an hour venting and making plans for the friday night when another unload employee walked in talking about how beat he was. Apparently the guy had been working on a different belt even though he only started working at ups 7mths ago thats when I failed my grevience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="temporaryupser, post: 441877, member: 17493"] Thanks again for your responses. I've worked at ups for a yr and a 1/2 so i knew i had seniority on guys that had been working 7mths or less i filed a grievance before i left work Friday but i just wanted to be prepared for any bs management would try to sling my way. The only reason I asked if higher seniority people had the option of leaving was because there where a couple of people with higher senority that were semi-forced into staying even though there were others willing to take their spot. Also I think someone wanted more details so i'll describe the whole event. My clock in time as well as everyone elses in the unload area was 2:55. After the sort went down I overheard atleast 5 lower senoirity/seasonal workers being assgined addtional work on the belts,but when i asked where i was going i was told home. I asked for an explaination I was told they needed a certain lower seniority employee when i asked why they needed him I was told by my imediate supervisor to ask the maneger so i did. The maneger told me senoirity had nothing to do with the process and that the employee had more experience on that particular belt I knew that was bs because i'd worked that belt since i started and did everything but supervise it after telling the maneger this we went to the belt to see what the employee was actually doing which was an add/cut. I've also worked as a preloader something the other employee had never done so that wouldn't have been a problem. After he saw the employee was only doing an add/cut he said he'd just send us all home because he didn't need that many people on the belt. Even though every loader on the belt was heavly stacked out and there was still plenty of work on the belt to be done by atleast two people the manger left the belt with absolutely no help and walked us to the clock and watched us clock out. Anyway me and the other employee sat in the break room for about an hour venting and making plans for the friday night when another unload employee walked in talking about how beat he was. Apparently the guy had been working on a different belt even though he only started working at ups 7mths ago thats when I failed my grevience. [/QUOTE]
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