greengrenades
To be the man, you gotta beat the man.
Some of you may know this issue and I haven't spoken about it but I will go ahead and see what you guys think about it and what we should or can do. So last year a lot of part time employees went into feeders. We started out making 28 dollars an hour. They said it was a mistake So they bumped the part timers down to 18.75. This includes, part timers who were in package and regular part timers. I believe the argument was that the part time cover drivers were making 28 already and got bumped down to 18.75, but they were basing it off their actual part time rate.
We file on it, time goes by. In January they came up with a solution. They printed off the solution and posted it on board at work. So it clearly states Cover drivers, full time drivers, and part time to feeders, will get 85% of top out. In Feb it was "finalized".
So we waited and waited and nothing happened. Well I hear last week that it was in dead lock. How it is in dead lock after it is finalized is beyond me. So this week everyone got their bump back to 28 dollars an hour except for the part time to feeder group. It was posted up there since Feb that regular part time employees to feeders would get 85%. Even word through the stewards part time employees were going to get it as well as the ex part time cover drivers. Yet they decided to cut us out at the last minute.
I don't see how they can change the rules for one set of part time employees and not for another. 28 dollars was not their part time pay, it was their cover driver pay. This isn't even about them getting the bump, this is about us not getting it. We do the same job, whats right is right. You can't tell us for months that everyone is getting it, post it up, then at the last second take it away. It clearly stated in the contract part time to feeders 18.75. So that included all part time employees. I don't care what anyone says but what's right is right. I shouldn't have someone 30 spots below me making 10 dollars more then me. We should all be on equal ground.
A couple of buddies and myself are going to the Union hall tomorrow to let them know how we feel. Is there anything we can do to really show them we are not playing anymore? Can I go above the local presidents head? The guy has been a disaster, and nothing but a pain in my ass since going into feeders. He acts like he doesn't get voted in or something. After how he handled this fiasco UPS is not going to vote for him again. Don't get me wrong I love the job, but this
has been going on since May of 14 and I've hit my tipping point. I'm also not right off the street who needs to "earn" my stripes. And please serious advice or answers. I really don't want a side tracked thread with smart remarks.
We file on it, time goes by. In January they came up with a solution. They printed off the solution and posted it on board at work. So it clearly states Cover drivers, full time drivers, and part time to feeders, will get 85% of top out. In Feb it was "finalized".
So we waited and waited and nothing happened. Well I hear last week that it was in dead lock. How it is in dead lock after it is finalized is beyond me. So this week everyone got their bump back to 28 dollars an hour except for the part time to feeder group. It was posted up there since Feb that regular part time employees to feeders would get 85%. Even word through the stewards part time employees were going to get it as well as the ex part time cover drivers. Yet they decided to cut us out at the last minute.
I don't see how they can change the rules for one set of part time employees and not for another. 28 dollars was not their part time pay, it was their cover driver pay. This isn't even about them getting the bump, this is about us not getting it. We do the same job, whats right is right. You can't tell us for months that everyone is getting it, post it up, then at the last second take it away. It clearly stated in the contract part time to feeders 18.75. So that included all part time employees. I don't care what anyone says but what's right is right. I shouldn't have someone 30 spots below me making 10 dollars more then me. We should all be on equal ground.
A couple of buddies and myself are going to the Union hall tomorrow to let them know how we feel. Is there anything we can do to really show them we are not playing anymore? Can I go above the local presidents head? The guy has been a disaster, and nothing but a pain in my ass since going into feeders. He acts like he doesn't get voted in or something. After how he handled this fiasco UPS is not going to vote for him again. Don't get me wrong I love the job, but this
has been going on since May of 14 and I've hit my tipping point. I'm also not right off the street who needs to "earn" my stripes. And please serious advice or answers. I really don't want a side tracked thread with smart remarks.
