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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 1022892" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>Boy... what a lot of denial going on around here. </p><p></p><p>1. Sorts.... There can't be any sending out of an entire station's routes with just P1. </p><p></p><p>First off, no trucks (other than FO - which have their volume segregated for a REASON...) can leave the buildings till EVERYTHING has been sorted. The reason for this is due to the ramps placing intra-market P1 into their cans during the evening sorts. This means that there are pieces of P1 intermixed with 2nd day volume that the inbound ramps sort out in the evenings. This requires that the stations sort EVERYTHING in the AM, in order to make sure all overnight volume is into the trucks and out for delivery on time. </p><p></p><p>Secondly, there isn't enough part-time Couriers (currently...) to run a full AM sort. This means that a full AM crew is required to get everything sorted (all full-timers currently along with some part-timers), into the trucks and Couriers onto the road to get P1 to make commitment. </p><p></p><p>A bunch of wishful thinking and denial going on out there - "Oh, we won't get shafted with split shifts, they'll just put the part-timers running P1 and have the full-timers run P2 and pick-ups routes".... Get real.</p><p></p><p> Having part-timers run pickup routes gives the stations the FLEXIBILITY to have full-timers stay out delivering P2 if it is heavy, then switch to get overflow pickups... If the part-timers were all in the AM, they'd be off the clock and home if the sheet hit the fan in the PM - and stations would have trucks departing even LATER, along with freight that was taken out for delivery not attempted (SERVICE FAILURES galore). </p><p></p><p>The way the system is set up, full-timers finishing their routes can be assigned pickups to ensure that trucks leaving for the ramps do so on time. If full-timers don't come in to work till 10:30 (supposedly when the P1 routes are returning...) if P2 is heavy and then there are a boat load of oncall pickups that day - the station is SCREWED. They won't be able to get off all deliveries in time to ensure that all pickups will be completed and returned to the stations on time. </p><p></p><p>By having full-timers do split shifts, Express gets the flexibility to get all freight delivered, Couriers on unpaid break when they're done, then have Couriers available to start pickups early if the need arises. The whole game is to give Express MAXIMUM flexibility while giving the Couriers the shaft (on unpaid breaks waiting to start working again). </p><p></p><p>If you are going to see anything change (along with all the prevously mentioned upcoming changes), I'd anticipate a change in how the Powerpads lock out when a break is entered... I'd imagine that they'd enable a method of having dispatch being able to get a message though to the Powerpad, telling the Courier to terminate their break and get back "on-road", if things got a bit tight in the pickup realm. Maximum flexibility for Express, maximum shaft for the Couriers...</p><p></p><p>If you are all going to speculate, at least have the foresight to think through the flow of operations that would occur as a result of your speculation - then stop speculating about stuff which you have no real knowledge about. </p><p></p><p><em>What is going on, is Senior managers are running their mouths off regarding the issues engineering are having with getting DRA perfected (wrote before on this). In order to simplify DRA, they want to have separate route numbers do P1 and everything else. They are fixing the issues with DRA (I've seen some of the corrections, they are making REAL progress). They will get DRA perfected, it is coming and there is no stopping it. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p>2. Split shifts causing "PR nightmare for Express". </p><p></p><p>Oh get real. Who in the hell is going to care that Couriers are going to be forced to take 2-3 hour split shifts. Oh yes, there will be a public outcry, "The Couriers of Express are getting screwed, Congress.... do SOMETHING!!!". Here's a reality check for you - the public doesn't give a damn about your work hours. Congress doesn't give a damn, no one gives a damn. As long as DOT requirements are meet, NO ONE CARES about your work hours.</p><p></p><p>Fred is standing by the door, "If you don't like it, you can quit."</p><p></p><p>3. Scaring people into signing union cards....</p><p></p><p>My Gawd, signing a union card is a VERY SCARY thing.... No, what is scary is working for Express without union representation. </p><p></p><p>The delusional thinking going on (all in an effort to convince oneself to NOT sign union cards) is past ridiculous at this point. </p><p></p><p>4. BBsam's "panicking Express employees..."</p><p></p><p>I would have to guess that for those who are in amongst the forest (still working as Couriers), BBsam's comments may be interpreted as being "panic inducing". <em>I view them as being both a bit funny and a veiled kick in the butt to the Express Couriers. </em></p><p></p><p>BBsam is a Ground mercenary, he'd like to eat your lunch and makes no bones about it. However, Express isn't going to a contractor model, for the simple reason that contractors CANNOT be forced to work flexible hours like Express employees are and will be expected to. </p><p></p><p>5. Need a union but "that ship has sailed"...</p><p></p><p>Grab your ankles firmly....</p><p></p><p>More excuse making - since signing union cards is so damn SCARY!! </p><p></p><p>Not signing a union card is IDIOTIC if one is stuck in Express. </p><p></p><p>People, here is some informed speculation on my part. The IBT has given up on Express (no speculation there). However, if, if the IBT were to receive a few thousand signed union representation cards in a relatively short period of time, they MIGHT reconsider their position on Express and they might just get some IBT reps to stand outside of Express stations (they know were the stations are, trust me), and start handing out cards and literature. </p><p></p><p>But with Express Couriers engaging in making excuses, wishful thinking and doing everything BUT signing union cards, do you blame them one bit for not wasting their resources on having people standing outside Express stations handing out literature? </p><p></p><p>If sticking your head in the sand and coming up with fanciful visions regarding what is going on above ground helps you out, then do so. </p><p></p><p>If for whatever reason you are stuck in Express and choose not to live with your head stuck in the sand, then you'd better start dealing with the impending reality and do something about it. </p><p></p><p>Denying that DRA will work, that you won't be forced into taking splits after Express is transformed, that you'll get pay progression in the coming years.... if this all reduces your stress level now - then have at it. But don't go crying a couple of years from now when you are running a DRA route, forced to take a split to maintain full-time status, and stuck with no pay progression and health insurance that keeps on getting more and more expensive while offering less and less coverage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 1022892, member: 22880"] Boy... what a lot of denial going on around here. 1. Sorts.... There can't be any sending out of an entire station's routes with just P1. First off, no trucks (other than FO - which have their volume segregated for a REASON...) can leave the buildings till EVERYTHING has been sorted. The reason for this is due to the ramps placing intra-market P1 into their cans during the evening sorts. This means that there are pieces of P1 intermixed with 2nd day volume that the inbound ramps sort out in the evenings. This requires that the stations sort EVERYTHING in the AM, in order to make sure all overnight volume is into the trucks and out for delivery on time. Secondly, there isn't enough part-time Couriers (currently...) to run a full AM sort. This means that a full AM crew is required to get everything sorted (all full-timers currently along with some part-timers), into the trucks and Couriers onto the road to get P1 to make commitment. A bunch of wishful thinking and denial going on out there - "Oh, we won't get shafted with split shifts, they'll just put the part-timers running P1 and have the full-timers run P2 and pick-ups routes".... Get real. Having part-timers run pickup routes gives the stations the FLEXIBILITY to have full-timers stay out delivering P2 if it is heavy, then switch to get overflow pickups... If the part-timers were all in the AM, they'd be off the clock and home if the sheet hit the fan in the PM - and stations would have trucks departing even LATER, along with freight that was taken out for delivery not attempted (SERVICE FAILURES galore). The way the system is set up, full-timers finishing their routes can be assigned pickups to ensure that trucks leaving for the ramps do so on time. If full-timers don't come in to work till 10:30 (supposedly when the P1 routes are returning...) if P2 is heavy and then there are a boat load of oncall pickups that day - the station is SCREWED. They won't be able to get off all deliveries in time to ensure that all pickups will be completed and returned to the stations on time. By having full-timers do split shifts, Express gets the flexibility to get all freight delivered, Couriers on unpaid break when they're done, then have Couriers available to start pickups early if the need arises. The whole game is to give Express MAXIMUM flexibility while giving the Couriers the shaft (on unpaid breaks waiting to start working again). If you are going to see anything change (along with all the prevously mentioned upcoming changes), I'd anticipate a change in how the Powerpads lock out when a break is entered... I'd imagine that they'd enable a method of having dispatch being able to get a message though to the Powerpad, telling the Courier to terminate their break and get back "on-road", if things got a bit tight in the pickup realm. Maximum flexibility for Express, maximum shaft for the Couriers... If you are all going to speculate, at least have the foresight to think through the flow of operations that would occur as a result of your speculation - then stop speculating about stuff which you have no real knowledge about. [I]What is going on, is Senior managers are running their mouths off regarding the issues engineering are having with getting DRA perfected (wrote before on this). In order to simplify DRA, they want to have separate route numbers do P1 and everything else. They are fixing the issues with DRA (I've seen some of the corrections, they are making REAL progress). They will get DRA perfected, it is coming and there is no stopping it. [/I] 2. Split shifts causing "PR nightmare for Express". Oh get real. Who in the hell is going to care that Couriers are going to be forced to take 2-3 hour split shifts. Oh yes, there will be a public outcry, "The Couriers of Express are getting screwed, Congress.... do SOMETHING!!!". Here's a reality check for you - the public doesn't give a damn about your work hours. Congress doesn't give a damn, no one gives a damn. As long as DOT requirements are meet, NO ONE CARES about your work hours. Fred is standing by the door, "If you don't like it, you can quit." 3. Scaring people into signing union cards.... My Gawd, signing a union card is a VERY SCARY thing.... No, what is scary is working for Express without union representation. The delusional thinking going on (all in an effort to convince oneself to NOT sign union cards) is past ridiculous at this point. 4. BBsam's "panicking Express employees..." I would have to guess that for those who are in amongst the forest (still working as Couriers), BBsam's comments may be interpreted as being "panic inducing". [I]I view them as being both a bit funny and a veiled kick in the butt to the Express Couriers. [/I] BBsam is a Ground mercenary, he'd like to eat your lunch and makes no bones about it. However, Express isn't going to a contractor model, for the simple reason that contractors CANNOT be forced to work flexible hours like Express employees are and will be expected to. 5. Need a union but "that ship has sailed"... Grab your ankles firmly.... More excuse making - since signing union cards is so damn SCARY!! Not signing a union card is IDIOTIC if one is stuck in Express. People, here is some informed speculation on my part. The IBT has given up on Express (no speculation there). However, if, if the IBT were to receive a few thousand signed union representation cards in a relatively short period of time, they MIGHT reconsider their position on Express and they might just get some IBT reps to stand outside of Express stations (they know were the stations are, trust me), and start handing out cards and literature. But with Express Couriers engaging in making excuses, wishful thinking and doing everything BUT signing union cards, do you blame them one bit for not wasting their resources on having people standing outside Express stations handing out literature? If sticking your head in the sand and coming up with fanciful visions regarding what is going on above ground helps you out, then do so. If for whatever reason you are stuck in Express and choose not to live with your head stuck in the sand, then you'd better start dealing with the impending reality and do something about it. Denying that DRA will work, that you won't be forced into taking splits after Express is transformed, that you'll get pay progression in the coming years.... if this all reduces your stress level now - then have at it. But don't go crying a couple of years from now when you are running a DRA route, forced to take a split to maintain full-time status, and stuck with no pay progression and health insurance that keeps on getting more and more expensive while offering less and less coverage. [/QUOTE]
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