Happy Peak Day

[scratch]

We were just told by our shop steward that all PVDs will be laid off Friday and most of our low seniority drivers will be off too. They can bump inside employees but we don’t have back to back pt shifts here. Company is expecting less profits so cuts are being made.

 

[hegro]

Still had 10 routes go out with 350-425 stops yesterday. I believe 100-200 stops on each of those routes were in trailers to be picked up in second half of day. Lots of packages not getting delivered yesterday. Clocked out at 13 hrs. Will have to hear another speech from center manager about how we need to get clean today.

 

[clean hairy]

Even the metro/local sort?

Pre load noon twilight and midnight.
As in the entire hub would run.
Each sort runs 250,000 plus at this time of year....

 

[DieselSoup]

They laid-off several helpers and pvd's Monday, and things still seemed smooth, from my perspective, because they still kept a few on. Then they cut 6 routes Tuesday, laid-off a few more, and it was rough. Right back to late e.t.a.'s. Whenever things run smooth, it's like someone says, "no, somethings wrong. We can't do things that make sense"

 

[Jkloc420]

prepare to work Saturday

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

prepare to work Saturday

Then massive layoffs

 

[Jkloc420]

Then massive layoffs

yes, but it will be required to work saturday still lmao

 

[104Feeder]

Peak Day was rough in Feeders too.

Two boxes

One stop.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Pre load noon twilight and midnight.
As in the entire hub would run.
Each sort runs 250,000 plus at this time of year....

Which part of "there are no pickups" on Christmas Eve are you having difficulty with?

 

[MattM]

Another light day. Weather is looking right leading up to next week. They have us working the weekend so Monday and Tuesday aren't overloaded.

The calm before the storm?

Where are our unannounced 53 foot trailers from Amazon? Where are our plain white charter jets with a million locks?

This is too easy. Scary times. I hope layoffs aren't near. No one's working doubles. 5-6 helpers tops out of my building. Is the christmas rush behind us?

In the past we were loose loading 53 foot trailers for 5-6 hrs at a time. That has yet to happen.
I guess I'll enjoy it while it's easy. Back to a crap fest on Wednesday I'm sure.

 

[Air Recovery]

Something is wrong. All our helpers got cut today. Seasonal's routes were cut. PU's back on normal routes. Seasonals riding as helpers. I hate how they draw down our force and we just get curb stomped week after Christmas

AND THEY NEVER ING LEARN FROM THE PAST

 

[542thruNthru]

We were just told by our shop steward that all PVDs will be laid off Friday and most of our low seniority drivers will be off too. They can bump inside employees but we don’t have back to back pt shifts here. Company is expecting less profits so cuts are being made.

Our local just got done filing a all effected grievances for sups working Sundays. Now we find out that all "inside" seasonal drivers will be sent back into the building while PVDs are still working. So our local is filing a grievance on that as well.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Something is wrong. All our helpers got cut today. Seasonal's routes were cut. PU's back on normal routes. Seasonals riding as helpers. I hate how they draw down our force and we just get curb stomped week after Christmas

AND THEY NEVER ING LEARN FROM THE PAST

Were they cut permanently or just for the day?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Our local just got done filing a all effected grievances for sups working Sundays. Now we find out that all "inside" seasonal drivers will be sent back into the building while PVDs are still working. So our local is filing a grievance on that as well.

There is no basis for either grievance.

Were you willing to come in on Sunday to help out?

If they cut the PVD's now they would never get all of them back.

 

[542thruNthru]

There is no basis for either grievance.

Were you willing to come in on Sunday to help out?

Wrong...

No extra work list was posted. No one was notified or asked to. I would have worked Sunday for double time. They also could have scheduled 22.4s to work Sunday.

The companies failure to staff properly is not the unions problem.

If they cut the PVD's now they would never get all of them back.

Wrong again...
How in anyway is that the unions problem and how in anyway does a grievance have no basis because of it.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Do seasonal insiders have seniority over seasonal drivers (PVD's)?

 

[542thruNthru]

Do seasonal insiders have seniority over seasonal drivers (PVD's)?

Yep

 

[clean hairy]

There is no basis for either grievance.

Were you willing to come in on Sunday to help out?

If they cut the PVD's now they would never get all of them back.

Just when did you become an expert on the contract?
And, since you no longer work here, why would anything related to this place be of concern to you, since it does not affect you?

 

[clean hairy]

Which part of "there are no pickups" on Christmas Eve are you having difficulty with?

I was replying to post 32 where you said no sort runs on the 24th.

 

[PASinterference]

Just when did you become an expert on the contract?
And, since you no longer work here, why would anything related to this place be of concern to you, since it does not affect you?

He gets up at 5am every morning obsessed with this place.