Still trying to understand how being deadlocked in local rider negotiations can be failure to represent the membership. Sounds like a TDU shill to me too. Looking forward to supporting my executive board in their reelection campaign as a longtime steward of local 243.
Regional Supplements, Local supplements and local riders serve many purposes. The primary objective of these supplements is to clarify and improve on language that is vague or inadequate language in the national or regional. Other reasons for the need for supplements could be very local; such as the need for paid time for a shuttle into Worldport in Louisville.
243 has failed miserably in this duty to the members.
Simple questions of great importance to members have never been answered. These questions were asked numerous times directly to 243 in person by hundreds of UPS teamsters. The answers we received to numerous questions addressing the proposed language from 243 and UPS management was simply "WE DON'T KNOW"
243 has a duty; as do all locals; to read thru other local supplements and decide if any of that language could be beneficial to the members of that local. 243 obviously did not read the NorCal supplement. Otherwise that protective language would have been included in the 243 rider.
"WE DON'T KNOW" does not fulfill a unions duty of fair representation DURING contract negotiations.
The negligence of 243 has lead to contention in many areas that were essential to the benefit of all 243 members. There are numerous PT and FT issues but for this post I will address some of the FT issues. 243 has not addressed the issues of guaranteeing current full time drivers the right to 40 hours per week. Nor have they addressed the right of Full time drivers who have not reached 40 hours the right to bump Saturday/Sunday 22.4s so the RPCD could reach 40 hours. Or even 4 days at 10 hours to guarantee RPCDs 40 hours. OR ...BETTER YET...FULFILL YOUR DUTY OF REPSENTATION DURING CONTRACT NEGOTIAITONS AS NOR-CAL DID.
New language was created that guarantees a not-yet existing job classification (22.4s) the absolute right to a 5 day consecutive work week with 8 hour day guarantees. Yet, no such language or adaptation of language was created for the current full time package car drivers.
So...when UPS goes to a 22.4 Wednesday thru Sunday week; RCPDs will be laid off on Mondays and Tuesdays. These drivers will have no contractual right to make up these hours.....even though their actual work exists on Sat and Sun. (UPS easily manipulates the resi volume)
Compounding this issue is the concrete fact that we need 1801 hours for a full year of pension credit. (4
) Full-time employees will receive one (1) year of Credited Service for each 1801 paid hours in Covered Employment in a calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2008.
So RCPDs are laid off Mondays and Tuesdays. Lets just say they average 28 hours per week. 28 hours times 52 weeks equals 1456 hours which does not equate to a full year of Credited service.
NorCal has obvious protections in place for its' RPCDs.
243's lack of representation rises to a level beyond incompetence. 243 did not provide adequate language to protect the already sufficient FT work force.
It is patently unacceptable that 243 refuses to tell the members one way or the other. 243 is not being forthright with the members. We deserve to know what we are voting on.
243; Just tell us;
NO; you can not bump a 22.4 on a Saturday or Sunday. Tell us...
NO; RPCDs are not guaranteed 40 hours while 22.4s ARE absolutely guaranteed 40 hours. Transparency.
Maybe's or
we don't knows does not suffice. Especially when there is actual concrete, not open to interpretation language regarding 22.4s 40 hour guarantees.
Hopefully we are not forced to file charges with the NLRB.
Local 243's Union Representatives' incompetence has led to them not being guaranteed 40 hours per week. In the next local election; We will guarantee they receive 0 hours of pay per year.
Start looking for a new job 243 reps; because you will be out on the street; just like the incompetent 804 and Dallas Teamster Reps.
You are supposed to work for
US; not
UPS.
The 243 leadership will be voted out.