I am sick of working over 9 1/2 !

My center refuses to back off of my dispatch. They refuse to pay over 9 1/2 greivances. I have back greivances to last May for over 9 1/2. If anyone has figured out how to stop this nightmare, please post it!

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"they refuse to pay over 9.5 grievances.".

I have often wondered why the grievant couldn't get an attorney and initiate a class action lawsuit for this as "breach of contract".

No one takes the union seriously and it's getting worse.

 

What does your union BA say about this?

 

Your sick of working over 9-1/2?? Are you serious? Unemployment has hit over 8% nationwide, in the state I reside in, almost 9%. Do you know how lucky we all are that we have a job? Sometimes we all need a little dose of reality. I'd be happy to work over 9-1/2, and be looking for more.

 

I am sick of working 17-18 at UPS, and then 40-50 hours at 2nd job. Bring on the 9.5.

 

And this is why we have layoffs!

 

Your time will come! Like all new drivers you just want the job, but eventually your body breaks down, you miss your family, etc.

9.5 hours of delivering packages might sound easy right now, but 10, 15, 20 years into a career its not as easy anymore.

The reason ups agreed to 9.5 is because they did studies and found out that more injuries and accidents happen after the 9.5 because people get run down. Tired employees do not make sensible decisions under fatigue!

10 years from now you will bring up this thread, (ask hoax how to unbury dead threads) and you will say that i was right!

 

Exactly! I've heard of couple of our sups here throwing those kind of comments around lately.

 

some people like to be home with there wife and kids and to have a life 9.5 will make one more job opening for people that dont have all the good stuff

 

Well stated!

And I agree. I only drove for a little under 3 months, and my knees have just recovered from Christmas. They weren't bad, just more uncomfortable then I am use to.

 

And I too, am sick of working over 9.5's and two days this week I worked 11.5... What I am really sick of is, working these hours and forcing a fellow teamster to be out of a job. How would you feel if drivers with more seniority than you were "sucking up" all these hours and you were the one in the unemployment line?

I dont mind the hours, when they are necessary! But right now when you are working all those "extra" hours, just remember, you are adding to that 8%.......and preventing a fellow teamster from working! Glad you arent in my center!!

 

UPS is using the economy as an excuse to stop creating positions meanwhile there are areas all over the country that are still very heavy. I've seen drivers layed off while others are clocking out at 8:30pm in the same center. It's all becoming a stupid numbers game. Not everyone wants the overtime, and mgmt is constantly throwing 'be lucky you have a job' in everyone's face. Enjoy the OT while the people under you suffer. I guess it was their mistake for getting hired after you did.

 

I am calling it "Blanket Stupidity" since UPS is cutting routes everywhere instead of only where it's needed. We are still using voluntary layoffs on a day by day basis so drivers don't bump inside. This keeps part-timers from getting laid off. This always happens in January, February, early March. Not many drivers are taking vacation this time of year.

We are having plenty of heavy days though. Once vacations start our center will be screwed but I'm sure UPS will use the recession (that isn't happening here!) as an excuse to keep cutting routes. Meanwhile....the bonus babies will continue to run 1.5-2.5 hours under on those routes that plan 10 hours.

 

Look at http://tdu.org/files/ngcminutes-feb09.pdf. Particularly down around p.18 et. seq. Lots of cases sent back down, which is basically telling the lower level to split the difference, or something. Now why should a grievant with a good case have to settle for less than what he's owed? Misses the whole point of discouraging the company from violating the contract. There are cases here where they mention they've been paid on this seven times before, and the company is still finding it worthwhile to do consistent overdispatch.

 

if i hear 1 more person say u are lucky to have a job ill puke,i have to work my butt off to keep my job,busiest first 2 months ive had in 13 years

 

At least you have control over keeping your job. If I work my butt off I could still lose my job.

 

My center has like 30 drivers and the country drivers are over disbatch as well as the metro drivers. I stay at 140-150 and it sucks. There are drivers coming in every night between 9-10 at night while they lay off the new drivers. You know twice a month you can get a request of 8 hrs. and they have to give it to you. I used one tonight and my stop count was 125 instead of 140-150 , so every other fri. I will use my 8 hr gurantee.

 

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