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<blockquote data-quote="Bubblehead" data-source="post: 352279" data-attributes="member: 14176"><p>That's just it. If it is just me, a select few, if this premise is the exception rather than the rule, then it will be a viscous circle. Our strength has to come from unity. The belief that things can't change at UPS is indicative to the absence of the spirit that made this country great and conceived the principles of organized labor. There was a great parable that I think proves that change can happen at UPS. The trick is convincing management that changes are necessary. Here it is. Maybe this happened at your building.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For my first 20 yrs. at UPS when entering or exiting the building I simply walked in or out of the 4 huge overhead doors. I'd walk across the parking lot from whatever point to the guard shack and out to the parking lot. This was what everybody did.</p><p>Due to what I am sure was a tragic accident somewhere, management mandated that nobody was to exit through overhead doors. We were to only exit through the pedestrian doors. Nobody was to be in the yard without the safety vest and other safety related items. This was viewed with scepticism and contempt by most and treated as the usual "flavor of the week". It wasn't long before my co-workers and myself found out that this was real and was here to stay. Constant reminders and several warning letters to a select few later have the present day to the point that you do not see anybody crossing under those overhead doors anymore. It is no longer questioned. This policy is the way it is.</p><p> </p><p>The moral to the story is that when properly motivated, whether it be safety or contractual obligations, change is possible. If we all act in concert to enforce the contract, things can change. For management the bottom line is dictated by the bottom line. Make them pay and things will change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bubblehead, post: 352279, member: 14176"] That's just it. If it is just me, a select few, if this premise is the exception rather than the rule, then it will be a viscous circle. Our strength has to come from unity. The belief that things can't change at UPS is indicative to the absence of the spirit that made this country great and conceived the principles of organized labor. There was a great parable that I think proves that change can happen at UPS. The trick is convincing management that changes are necessary. Here it is. Maybe this happened at your building. For my first 20 yrs. at UPS when entering or exiting the building I simply walked in or out of the 4 huge overhead doors. I'd walk across the parking lot from whatever point to the guard shack and out to the parking lot. This was what everybody did. Due to what I am sure was a tragic accident somewhere, management mandated that nobody was to exit through overhead doors. We were to only exit through the pedestrian doors. Nobody was to be in the yard without the safety vest and other safety related items. This was viewed with scepticism and contempt by most and treated as the usual "flavor of the week". It wasn't long before my co-workers and myself found out that this was real and was here to stay. Constant reminders and several warning letters to a select few later have the present day to the point that you do not see anybody crossing under those overhead doors anymore. It is no longer questioned. This policy is the way it is. The moral to the story is that when properly motivated, whether it be safety or contractual obligations, change is possible. If we all act in concert to enforce the contract, things can change. For management the bottom line is dictated by the bottom line. Make them pay and things will change. [/QUOTE]
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