trickpony1
Well-Known Member
Ask your BA if you can file for whatever guarantee you would be entitled to for reporting to work, as instructed, and then being sent home.
I think you should be able to.
I think you should be able to.
Have to deliver air the day after thanksgiving?
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Thanks, and what is a BA. Ive only been driving about six months, hired off the streets, and dont know what that is.
The "BA" is the Teamster Union Business Agent, he should be coming around and visiting your Center in the morning on a regular basis.
. 53' less volume to deal with.As I understand it, Thanksgiving is a UPS HOLIDAY...
If you VOLUNTEER to work it is holiday pay plus time and a half hours worked...
IF they DEMAND you work it is holiday pay plus DOUBLEtime for hours worked...
that is my understanding but you need to talk to the Union to be clear
That is the old way of paying,lots of senior drivers would not work because they got 1 1/2 pay as to the double those being forced to work received. Last contract signed everyone working on seniority basis gets double time, whether they volunteered or are forced.UPS has the right to force from bottom up to complete the schedule if needed, and yes it is double time. It is always double time even if 40 hours has not been reached, we have no rule saying overtime pay is only after 40 hrs.I understand that different areas may have different riders on this but CS and master contract it is double time working the scheduled holiday.Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Day and stay safe through the peak season after all the most important stop is the one you make when you get home each day.
cachsux
Wah
You were forced to show and then sent home,thats 8 hrs at the prevailing rate for the day. File away,thats an easy shot.
SmithBarney
Well-Known Member
ahh.. finally a taste of what the local DHL drivers do all day... 29 stops.
200 miles... and alot of nothing going on...
yeah and half of those stops were CLH.
I hope UPS things its a wise choise running drivers for double time
to closed businesses.. I'm sure in big cities it works better, but not here.
200 miles... and alot of nothing going on...
yeah and half of those stops were CLH.
I hope UPS things its a wise choise running drivers for double time
to closed businesses.. I'm sure in big cities it works better, but not here.
Overpaid Union Thug
Well-Known Member
I ended up with "The Money Route" yesterday. I expected to work about 3-4 hours like everyone else and to be at home with my parents, who are in town visiting, but ended up working just over 7 hours. I had 55 stops covering 103 miles! Yes it was an easy day, pay coded at 03, and lots of "windshield time", but I was looking forward to family time. Oh well. I'm an air driver/cover driver so shouldn't my pay code have been 3A? I was told by the sups to code 03 like the full-timers. I'm wondering what my pay will be. I worked as a cover driver Monday, Tues, Wed. I don't know if that effects things.
SmithBarney
Well-Known Member
our Combo guys were 3A all other drivers were 03, we have no Air Drivers
Overpaid Union Thug
Well-Known Member
No air drivers? Don't you have Saturday delivery? PM Air PUs? And what is the difference between 3A and 03?
As always these things vary as to where you are located in the country, here in Upstate NY we receive straight pay for the first 8 hrs and then go to triple pay for anything exceeding that. I personally used my seniority, was number 3 man working, and got 11hours all of which was windshield time sitting in my nice shiny new tractor.
8 hours showup pay
1111At least in my province, the law requires a minimum 3 hours of pay. Other provinces isn't higher than 4 hours.
Unless the union has it in the agreement that all drivers get a full day of showup pay. I don't think the union is that good.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Didn't that change in the last contract?
