Hey everyone. I've been reading lots of threads but hoping someone can help sum things up for me. I was a driver helper then this past season a seasonal driver. HR called me last week & said there is a "strong possibility" I would be offered a FT driver position next week. I know this is normally unheard of. If I do get offered a FT driver position can someone explain the next steps? I heard they would send me to school the first week but what next after getting back to my center? Probationary period? Then what if I make it past that does that mean I hit seniority? I'd appreciate any help or insight.Let me give it a shot.
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Find out who your steward is and ask him.I started Monday and was given union paper work today and told it was totally optional. I have no idea what the cost are and things of that nature. Obviously my sup isn't in the union so probably not the one to ask. Who do I talk to?
You can join after you get your 30 days in, after that, just fill out the union application, and then ask your steward for the address to the local union and send the application to them through the mail. You will know when they get it. 5$ will come out of your paycheck each week, over time as you start to make more money they take a little but more, it's a percentage of overall pay kind of deal. Go meet your steward and get to know him. Goodluck.I started Monday and was given union paper work today and told it was totally optional. I have no idea what the cost are and things of that nature. Obviously my sup isn't in the union so probably not the one to ask. Who do I talk to?
Ask your sup or coworkers who the steward is.Who do I talk to?
Sups aren't the best to ask specific questions about the union, especially when it comes to pay and benefits.Obviously my sup isn't in the union so probably not the one to ask.
If you are part-time you would be stupid to join the Union now.I started Monday and was given union paper work today and told it was totally optional. I have no idea what the cost are and things of that nature. Obviously my sup isn't in the union so probably not the one to ask. Who do I talk to?
You can join after you get your 30 days in, after that, just fill out the union application, and then ask your steward for the address to the local union and send the application to them through the mail. You will know when they get it. 5$ will come out of your paycheck each week, over time as you start to make more money they take a little but more, it's a percentage of overall pay kind of deal. Go meet your steward and get to know him. Goodluck.
Thanks for clarifying, I just know that as you make more, they take more.Union dues are a multiplier of your hourly pay rate, not a percentage.
Not sure how true that is, but what if everyone thought like that?If you are part-time you would be stupid to join the Union now.
You aren't making much now.
The majority of your dues will be going to support people already making over $30 an hour and working more than $40 per week.
5 years from now, if you plan to make UPS a career, join the Union by all means.
Everybody would be smarter?Not sure how true that is, but what if everyone thought like that?
One day, you may be the one making over 30$hr being supported by the part timers, ohh wait, I'm sure you wouldn't want that would you?Everybody would be smarter?
There is here in this thread contractors with fleets to be able to exchange impressions of the realities of work in general ?
Underpaidslave93..
So u just gained seniority, and your tired of loading already, yet you don't think you'll get tired of sorting? Huh?
That depends on your hub. I was asked if I want to sort a month in to my hire date and didn't take the sort test until about a year later. Good luck!I'm a new hire that just recently gained seniority. I've grown tired of loading packages, but I just don't want to quit like most new hires do though. I was wondering how difficult the sorting test is. I'm generally pretty book smart and good with memorizing numbers. Also, if I were to pass this test with flying colors, would they immediately make me a sorter or would they only put me up for consideration to be a sorter? Any tips and advice would be much appreciated.