tenandcounting
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There are no production standards in the contract so what would the dispatch matter?The part that I don't like about the 9.5 rule is that it is based upon hours worked rather than on the dispatch.
There are no production standards in the contract so what would the dispatch matter?
There numbers are all fantasywe have had that fight many many times in our center. the center manager and on Road supes tell us we have no foundation becasue the dispatch didnt plan over 9.5 hours. We have had 3 go to the panel and all were decided in the hourlies favor
After days and days of 14 hr workloads why does the union turn its head on the fact that we as hourly are being harrassed into crazy dispatches that cant be achieved.We were told by sup that our stop counts would increase one way or another.So they want you to feel stressed by the work and you will speed up to get it done,and when you reach 9.5 that day what you have delivered will be you daily dispatch from here on out.SLOW DOWN,SAFETY FIRST.You have to be able to work till you retire.
The part that I don't like about the 9.5 rule is that it is based upon hours worked rather than on the dispatch.
The part that I don't like about the 9.5 rule is that it is based upon hours worked rather than on the dispatch.
i did the 9.5 thing and it seemed like that they would keep you under it 3 days and really fu-k you over the other 2 days. that's my experience with it
kinda related- talked to a union stewart a couple weeks ago and i was complaining about the 10-11 hour days and he said that the union was pushing to get the DOT laws changed from 12 hours on road down to 10 hours. haven't heard or read anything that proves or disproves it???
Fair days work for a fair days pay. Who is your steward or BA in this meeting and why are they not enforcing the contract? Fair and equal rights? Harrassment?A stewards meeting with our center and division manager confirms that.
Our division manager stated clearly that anyone on the 9.5 list would be kept under 9.5 for three days and over, way over dispatched the other 2.
And guess what those 2 days would be??? One would always be Friday.
We have a center that does not even fight the 9.5 list, once you go over for the week you are just paid the extra cash, its nice some guys have seen checks for 200 bucks from it, if your center is not doing the 9.5 list you are throwing money out the window.
I think they count on drivers skipping their lunch to get the work done. Even more so on Fridays.
How can you complain about excessive hours when you get it done before 9.5
Funny, I have helped do hundreds of center business plans (although not lately) and I never saw this in the business model plan. Somehow, I feel it still is not in there.UPS's entire business model for decades has been designed around screwing as many people as possible out of their lunches and breaks.
The math is very simple. 10 drivers who skip lunch=one full route eliminated, one less car on the road, one less FT employee on the payroll. The allowances and dispatch for each center have always been calculated around this very basic equation.
They are only screwing themselves, UPS is only taking advantage of it. The math goes the other way too, 10 drivers take their lunch and they add a trip.UPS's entire business model for decades has been designed around screwing as many people as possible out of their lunches and breaks.
The math is very simple. 10 drivers who skip lunch=one full route eliminated, one less car on the road, one less FT employee on the payroll. The allowances and dispatch for each center have always been calculated around this very basic equation.