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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 396631" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>I agree. I'm not saying the hour must be taken between the 3rd and 5th, but MUST be taken 1 hour before you start pick-ups. If you work through lunch and take it at the end you're only hurting yourself because your route will never change.</p><p> </p><p>One hour before PU's you call the center and say you have so many stops left that are going to be missed. The worst that can happen to you is a 3-day happy ride which will probably benefit you if you're half decent.</p><p> </p><p>I'm not talking 5, 10 or even 15 minutes to be taken later, this is a reasonable amount of time to be aske to be taken after commitments are finished. If your business deliveries force you to take 25-60 minutes of your lunch at 1800, its simply not fair. That's not a lunch. That's the company trying to obtain free labor from certain (or many) people that might say "screw it, its 6PM and I have to sit here in my cold truck until 7PM before I even begin driving back?"</p><p> </p><p>Many drivers will sit there for 20-30 minutes and say the heck with it, I'm going back because they believe their free time is worth more than the $20 they're giving to Uncle Parcel (problem is that $20 equal thousands to you and billion to UPS over time).</p><p> </p><p>I think If the route is heavy business it should be the drivers discretion on how much he needs to take for lunch to get the job done. Pay the guy to get his businesses off instead of forcing the hour on him (Unless of course you are going to send him the help he needs to take his uniterrupted hour<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/sick.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sick:" title="Sick :sick:" data-shortname=":sick:" />).</p><p> </p><p>If the driver's route is mainly house-calls, then shame on the driver if he doesn't take his lunch at LUNCH TIME.</p><p> </p><p>I've said this before on this forum that I don't care for the 1 hour lunch period but do take it 49 out of 50 working days because it is just too much money to give up. If I gave my 1 hour lunch everyday it would be worth more than minimum wage workers would make that day!</p><p> </p><p>UPS has the technology to see who's cheating them so I think they should let us take as much or as little time as we want for lunch. Somedays I only need my two ten minute breaks to eat lunch and sometimes I need 30-40 minutes. There has never been, however, a time when I need 1 hour lunch and two ten-minute breaks.</p><p> </p><p>To me, its just more time away from home that I wish I had more time at!</p><p>My one wish for the 2013 contract is for a reduced lunch period. For example, to get what is owed to us we must sit somewhere for up to 80 minutes doing nothing at the end of our day. Why can't UPS just let us go home and pay us what is owed to us?</p><p> </p><p>I'm dying to hear a legitmate reason to the contrary.</p><p> </p><p>Brownie<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy2:" title="Happy2 :happy2:" data-shortname=":happy2:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 396631, member: 4653"] I agree. I'm not saying the hour must be taken between the 3rd and 5th, but MUST be taken 1 hour before you start pick-ups. If you work through lunch and take it at the end you're only hurting yourself because your route will never change. One hour before PU's you call the center and say you have so many stops left that are going to be missed. The worst that can happen to you is a 3-day happy ride which will probably benefit you if you're half decent. I'm not talking 5, 10 or even 15 minutes to be taken later, this is a reasonable amount of time to be aske to be taken after commitments are finished. If your business deliveries force you to take 25-60 minutes of your lunch at 1800, its simply not fair. That's not a lunch. That's the company trying to obtain free labor from certain (or many) people that might say "screw it, its 6PM and I have to sit here in my cold truck until 7PM before I even begin driving back?" Many drivers will sit there for 20-30 minutes and say the heck with it, I'm going back because they believe their free time is worth more than the $20 they're giving to Uncle Parcel (problem is that $20 equal thousands to you and billion to UPS over time). I think If the route is heavy business it should be the drivers discretion on how much he needs to take for lunch to get the job done. Pay the guy to get his businesses off instead of forcing the hour on him (Unless of course you are going to send him the help he needs to take his uniterrupted hour:sick:). If the driver's route is mainly house-calls, then shame on the driver if he doesn't take his lunch at LUNCH TIME. I've said this before on this forum that I don't care for the 1 hour lunch period but do take it 49 out of 50 working days because it is just too much money to give up. If I gave my 1 hour lunch everyday it would be worth more than minimum wage workers would make that day! UPS has the technology to see who's cheating them so I think they should let us take as much or as little time as we want for lunch. Somedays I only need my two ten minute breaks to eat lunch and sometimes I need 30-40 minutes. There has never been, however, a time when I need 1 hour lunch and two ten-minute breaks. To me, its just more time away from home that I wish I had more time at! My one wish for the 2013 contract is for a reduced lunch period. For example, to get what is owed to us we must sit somewhere for up to 80 minutes doing nothing at the end of our day. Why can't UPS just let us go home and pay us what is owed to us? I'm dying to hear a legitmate reason to the contrary. Brownie:happy2: [/QUOTE]
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