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<blockquote data-quote="UPS Lifer" data-source="post: 272507" data-attributes="member: 9789"><p>The biggest problem I see is the management vs Teamster philosophy that every one of your posts have. You come to work every day to battle management. What a shame! You must have been a warrior in another life (lol)! Nothing will EVER get fixed with that attitude LOL!!! Anyway....</p><p></p><p>Believe it or not there are some management that do their best to honor the contract! I know this sounds hard to believe!</p><p></p><p>In our district, supervisor working grievances were out of control. Top management and union officials met to figure out how to stop this problem.</p><p></p><p>You got one chance to fix the problem if your operation got a grievance for supervisors working than the manager had to explain to the district manager why it happened and what was going to be done to fix it. I actually had to discipline supervisors. As you know ...some have very thick skulls!!! </p><p></p><p>Part time and full time supervisors understand the numbers game and in their short sighted vision, they thought they were helping to improve their numbers. But at what cost?</p><p></p><p>Supervisors who are working, are not supervising...DUH! They can't train, or monitor safety or monitor any condition in their area of responsibility. I really believe that the hidden costs of working far out way any "number" you get. During peak - nobody went home until the work was completed and the supervisors monitored the work. If a skilled job such as haz-mat responder was not available because that person was on another spill than an unskilled employee or two (by seniority) was right there with a supervisor doing the job necessary. </p><p></p><p>There is always a way to honor the contract. </p><p></p><p>This same tactic can be done in the driver ranks as well. I started this back in the 1980's. Using designated meet points for late air. I used the same approach for peak season. The drivers in certain loops would meed at a predetermined time and help each other so that they would all get in at roughly the same time. It is called TEAMWORK! It does work and it works well!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UPS Lifer, post: 272507, member: 9789"] The biggest problem I see is the management vs Teamster philosophy that every one of your posts have. You come to work every day to battle management. What a shame! You must have been a warrior in another life (lol)! Nothing will EVER get fixed with that attitude LOL!!! Anyway.... Believe it or not there are some management that do their best to honor the contract! I know this sounds hard to believe! In our district, supervisor working grievances were out of control. Top management and union officials met to figure out how to stop this problem. You got one chance to fix the problem if your operation got a grievance for supervisors working than the manager had to explain to the district manager why it happened and what was going to be done to fix it. I actually had to discipline supervisors. As you know ...some have very thick skulls!!! Part time and full time supervisors understand the numbers game and in their short sighted vision, they thought they were helping to improve their numbers. But at what cost? Supervisors who are working, are not supervising...DUH! They can't train, or monitor safety or monitor any condition in their area of responsibility. I really believe that the hidden costs of working far out way any "number" you get. During peak - nobody went home until the work was completed and the supervisors monitored the work. If a skilled job such as haz-mat responder was not available because that person was on another spill than an unskilled employee or two (by seniority) was right there with a supervisor doing the job necessary. There is always a way to honor the contract. This same tactic can be done in the driver ranks as well. I started this back in the 1980's. Using designated meet points for late air. I used the same approach for peak season. The drivers in certain loops would meed at a predetermined time and help each other so that they would all get in at roughly the same time. It is called TEAMWORK! It does work and it works well! [/QUOTE]
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