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<blockquote data-quote="Socrates" data-source="post: 3804168" data-attributes="member: 36964"><p>That last post wasn't very constructive, I ignored the first part:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If management cannot find, or is unwilling to hire, train and deploy enough workers to meet service demands <strong>while following the letter of the Contract and all Supplements/Riders (</strong><em>that <u>THEY</u> agreed to!</em><strong>)</strong>, then perhaps they need to stop hoarding billions in profit each year, and do a better job of servicing our Customers.</p><p></p><p>You do not get to send preloaders home early - then have Supervisors finish wrapping up trucks, processing add-cuts, etc. Keep Teamsters around as long as Teamster work is available. Not a hard concept to grasp. I should not see hordes of people walking out of the building, then go to my truck, and see giant piles of <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> waiting to be loaded and Irreg trains driving all around. If "Unload" is done - have them shag Irregs and help with boxlines until all the <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> is done. Stop paying me $50/hour to stand around when you have $10/hour workers walking out the door.</p><p></p><p>You do not get to purposely understaff centers, and refuse to cross-train drivers on multiple routes and areas, and then just send supervisors out to do routes on a heavy day. Hire the drivers, train the drivers, cross-train the drivers - better to be caught with than without. Train Utility drivers if you have to. Give them a big fat weekly bonus like you do preloaders and other new hires.</p><p></p><p>You do not get to refuse to hire more drivers, "schedule" a driver to work Saturday (not telling him/her of this until <strong>Friday night</strong> as they're punching out - and then threaten to suspend/fire them if they don't show up. You know the rules. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />ing follow them. 24 hours notice. If you have any doubt whatsoever in your mind, then schedule them. If they show up Saturday any way, even if you don't need them, ask for volunteer(s) to go home. If not, at least you showed initiative instead of purposely waiting until the last moment to try to <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> them over.</p><p></p><p>Shall I go on? Do I really need to go on? Most of this grievance <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> is not hard to tackle - Management just doesn't want to. They're busy licking ass of the next person in the chain of command. But blaming us Teamsters because Management does a piss-poor job of planning <strong>and honoring their contractual obligations</strong>, that's just bad form.</p><p></p><p>If someone takes a lunch break at 4:30pm, causing a service failure on a closed business, I'm right there with you. But supervisors working, help with over 70, continual harassment/targeting/micromanagement, nah. File file file. If Management doesn't like it they can (you guessed it) QUIT. Or at least, move to some other part of the company where they no longer have to interface with Labor, and can just do their Weasel-Politician thing and get any troublemakers transferred or fired.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Socrates, post: 3804168, member: 36964"] That last post wasn't very constructive, I ignored the first part: If management cannot find, or is unwilling to hire, train and deploy enough workers to meet service demands [B]while following the letter of the Contract and all Supplements/Riders ([/B][I]that [U]THEY[/U] agreed to![/I][B])[/B], then perhaps they need to stop hoarding billions in profit each year, and do a better job of servicing our Customers. You do not get to send preloaders home early - then have Supervisors finish wrapping up trucks, processing add-cuts, etc. Keep Teamsters around as long as Teamster work is available. Not a hard concept to grasp. I should not see hordes of people walking out of the building, then go to my truck, and see giant piles of :censored: waiting to be loaded and Irreg trains driving all around. If "Unload" is done - have them shag Irregs and help with boxlines until all the :censored: is done. Stop paying me $50/hour to stand around when you have $10/hour workers walking out the door. You do not get to purposely understaff centers, and refuse to cross-train drivers on multiple routes and areas, and then just send supervisors out to do routes on a heavy day. Hire the drivers, train the drivers, cross-train the drivers - better to be caught with than without. Train Utility drivers if you have to. Give them a big fat weekly bonus like you do preloaders and other new hires. You do not get to refuse to hire more drivers, "schedule" a driver to work Saturday (not telling him/her of this until [B]Friday night[/B] as they're punching out - and then threaten to suspend/fire them if they don't show up. You know the rules. :censored:ing follow them. 24 hours notice. If you have any doubt whatsoever in your mind, then schedule them. If they show up Saturday any way, even if you don't need them, ask for volunteer(s) to go home. If not, at least you showed initiative instead of purposely waiting until the last moment to try to :censored: them over. Shall I go on? Do I really need to go on? Most of this grievance :censored: is not hard to tackle - Management just doesn't want to. They're busy licking ass of the next person in the chain of command. But blaming us Teamsters because Management does a piss-poor job of planning [B]and honoring their contractual obligations[/B], that's just bad form. If someone takes a lunch break at 4:30pm, causing a service failure on a closed business, I'm right there with you. But supervisors working, help with over 70, continual harassment/targeting/micromanagement, nah. File file file. If Management doesn't like it they can (you guessed it) QUIT. Or at least, move to some other part of the company where they no longer have to interface with Labor, and can just do their Weasel-Politician thing and get any troublemakers transferred or fired. [/QUOTE]
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