Well I heard people say u need to " work as directed" so I figured he had to pick off. Plus he gets a dollar raise to pick off but refuses to do it. Doesn't make sense to me.
When I'm asked for advice regarding similar problems, it's always the same: "work now, grieve later".
Your pickoff
can state he doesn't want to pickoff. And his supervisor
can insist he work as directed. If this co-worker doesn't want to pickoff (that's his right, as he has seniority), he should absolutely inform his supervisor that his seniority is being violated, and if the supervisor insists that he pickoff, he would like to speak to a shop steward and take the necessary steps towards filing a grievance.
But the pickoff should
always work as directed (unless there's safety concern) until the shop steward arrives and deals with the problem, to protect himself from a charge of "refusing to work as directed".
It leaves the supervisor no outs for complaint, and he has to answer for the violation without defense.
It's rare for guys to decline the option of picking off even when there's an extra dollar to be had, and the work is much easier, but it does happen.
Some guys don't like the fast paced nature of the position. Others get bored because they've been doing it for so long, and some are just
that lazy. I know people that complain about being in small sort <slaps forehead>.
Show me an easy job at UPS, and I'll show you someone that hates doing it.