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<blockquote data-quote="digital" data-source="post: 1042110"><p>Well, here's an update and things have not changed much. If they have they have gotten worse. </p><p></p><p>After 2 days of light duty I was moved back to the heavy pull. The volume I received seemed to even increase a bit and with the holidays coming I'm not suprised. I took the good with the bad for the first few days shutting the belt down whenever I could. I asked my supervisor flat out why I was being put down there and he informed me that I was not allowed on the other belt in the building due to the threat of a grievance against that belts supervisor for putting their hands on me...twice. This all happend in my 2nd month. I'm in my 6th month now and this is the first I have heard of this policy. A supervisor cant keep their hands to themselves so naturally I'm the one that needs to be "isolated". The lack of logic here boggles the mind. </p><p></p><p>A few days ago I go into an argument with our dispater/supervisor. I got hurt for "doing too much". So whenever 6 pairs of tires came down to my truck I didnt load them. I told the dispatcher as he walked by "Hey man, this will not fit..so just a heads up". Nothing gets done for 2 hours so I decided to get what I could into the truck so the drivers could leave. He then comes to me with 6 pages of add/cuts and tells me to move a bunch of stuff including the tires from that truck into MY OTHER TRUCK. I told him good luck I couldnt get to the tires if I wanted to. He said it was on me, so like a good little employee I went crawling through this truck and got the tires out. Promptly after punching out I went to find him to discuss why this was done then and not earlier when I informed him of the problem. An argument ensued and I got pretty upset. </p><p></p><p>Yesterday I made yet another request to put on any other pull in the building due to the fact that job can not be done safely. I was ignored for the 4th time. The supervisor then flipped due to the use of my language skills. Today I got absolutely obliterated with volume. I was atleast 30 percent heavier than anyone else. A supervisor walked by and asked me "How I was doing" while eying the paramid of stuff in front of all 4 of my trucks. I asked him if he had a camera so that I could show everyone what I have to deal with. He then accused me of being slow. This is the same supervisor who stood in the room with the center manager and me when I was told to "slow down, we dont need a super hero." When the supervisor accused me of being slow I turned around and showed him my shirt and pants. I had ripped my shirt and had god knows what from head to toe. I said "does it look like I'm taking it easy down here?". He responded by saying "I'm not sure how many jobs you've had, but how you deal with this job will follow you for the rest of your life". I didnt appreciate the threat so I immediately sought out my union steward. He was in front of my trucks, saw what I got for volume, told him about everything I've told you folks and I kid you not, the union steward went into the office to "discuss the matter with management" he came out 10 minutes later and I got a verbal warning for misloads!!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME! He said I've got 1 for every 254 loads. The goal is 1 for every 1000. Funny story because no other pull there breaks 1000. My average volume according to their sheet? 1800 packages per day!!! I asked the union steward why this is the FIRST I've heard about the misloads and he had no answers. Can someone explain to me what is going on? The union steward told me to get a handle on the misloads or I would be terminated. That they would not move me from that pull under ANY circumstances and it was the I realized what was going on. The guy who had the pull before me had misloads out the ying yang everyday, He never got hassled about it. I always heard it was the worst pull so they gave him some slack. I've threated a supervisor with a grievance. Gotten into an argument with another and the first impression the new center manager got from me was me getting hurt on his 3rd day on the job. They put me down there to start the process. I'd bet dollars to donuts that Monday I'll get my written warning. They kicked the new girl out of the trailer for being "slow" and gave her the pull Id been doing for a few days and moved me to where I'm at. They couldnt put her down there because if they did theyd have to do to her what theyre doing to me. That was the whole point I think. The union steward was of no help at all. If anyone has any advice please feel free. Critisism is welcomed whether it be constructive or otherwise. Do you think I should call the 800 number and bypass to the steward? Im leary of that because if I tick that guy off then literally everyone in a powerful position in my center is going to be gunning for me. I think all of them are already lol. Anyways, thanks in advance for your post!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="digital, post: 1042110"] Well, here's an update and things have not changed much. If they have they have gotten worse. After 2 days of light duty I was moved back to the heavy pull. The volume I received seemed to even increase a bit and with the holidays coming I'm not suprised. I took the good with the bad for the first few days shutting the belt down whenever I could. I asked my supervisor flat out why I was being put down there and he informed me that I was not allowed on the other belt in the building due to the threat of a grievance against that belts supervisor for putting their hands on me...twice. This all happend in my 2nd month. I'm in my 6th month now and this is the first I have heard of this policy. A supervisor cant keep their hands to themselves so naturally I'm the one that needs to be "isolated". The lack of logic here boggles the mind. A few days ago I go into an argument with our dispater/supervisor. I got hurt for "doing too much". So whenever 6 pairs of tires came down to my truck I didnt load them. I told the dispatcher as he walked by "Hey man, this will not fit..so just a heads up". Nothing gets done for 2 hours so I decided to get what I could into the truck so the drivers could leave. He then comes to me with 6 pages of add/cuts and tells me to move a bunch of stuff including the tires from that truck into MY OTHER TRUCK. I told him good luck I couldnt get to the tires if I wanted to. He said it was on me, so like a good little employee I went crawling through this truck and got the tires out. Promptly after punching out I went to find him to discuss why this was done then and not earlier when I informed him of the problem. An argument ensued and I got pretty upset. Yesterday I made yet another request to put on any other pull in the building due to the fact that job can not be done safely. I was ignored for the 4th time. The supervisor then flipped due to the use of my language skills. Today I got absolutely obliterated with volume. I was atleast 30 percent heavier than anyone else. A supervisor walked by and asked me "How I was doing" while eying the paramid of stuff in front of all 4 of my trucks. I asked him if he had a camera so that I could show everyone what I have to deal with. He then accused me of being slow. This is the same supervisor who stood in the room with the center manager and me when I was told to "slow down, we dont need a super hero." When the supervisor accused me of being slow I turned around and showed him my shirt and pants. I had ripped my shirt and had god knows what from head to toe. I said "does it look like I'm taking it easy down here?". He responded by saying "I'm not sure how many jobs you've had, but how you deal with this job will follow you for the rest of your life". I didnt appreciate the threat so I immediately sought out my union steward. He was in front of my trucks, saw what I got for volume, told him about everything I've told you folks and I kid you not, the union steward went into the office to "discuss the matter with management" he came out 10 minutes later and I got a verbal warning for misloads!!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME! He said I've got 1 for every 254 loads. The goal is 1 for every 1000. Funny story because no other pull there breaks 1000. My average volume according to their sheet? 1800 packages per day!!! I asked the union steward why this is the FIRST I've heard about the misloads and he had no answers. Can someone explain to me what is going on? The union steward told me to get a handle on the misloads or I would be terminated. That they would not move me from that pull under ANY circumstances and it was the I realized what was going on. The guy who had the pull before me had misloads out the ying yang everyday, He never got hassled about it. I always heard it was the worst pull so they gave him some slack. I've threated a supervisor with a grievance. Gotten into an argument with another and the first impression the new center manager got from me was me getting hurt on his 3rd day on the job. They put me down there to start the process. I'd bet dollars to donuts that Monday I'll get my written warning. They kicked the new girl out of the trailer for being "slow" and gave her the pull Id been doing for a few days and moved me to where I'm at. They couldnt put her down there because if they did theyd have to do to her what theyre doing to me. That was the whole point I think. The union steward was of no help at all. If anyone has any advice please feel free. Critisism is welcomed whether it be constructive or otherwise. Do you think I should call the 800 number and bypass to the steward? Im leary of that because if I tick that guy off then literally everyone in a powerful position in my center is going to be gunning for me. I think all of them are already lol. Anyways, thanks in advance for your post! [/QUOTE]
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