That's not the point, my point is that a driver already in a three year progression who got his 2 year increase BEFORE the contract will get paid more than those who get their progression raises after August 1st. It doesn't seem fair to me.
I agree with you on that!..But would you rather your husband make an exta dollar now? or make 10 bucks an hour, a year earlier?
In order to get a 24 month progression bump prior to August 2013, that employee would have had full time seniority prior to August 2011. Your husband didn’t start until Feb 2012. That’s why the other guy makes more.
Where I'm at, a center manager can't make that decision. Labor manger makes the call. Know of a case right now that center manager agrees with us, but labor is dragging their feet.
I have a feeling this issue will be decided a bit above your center manager’s level. It’s not a matter of whether one wants to be paid less, it’ll be how the language is interpreted. UPS has a creative way of operating and chisels at every opportunity. I hope your interpretation stands but I believe referencing the last paragraph of NM Art 41, Sec 2, gives UPS the right to continue the old progression rates for those entering FT prior to Aug 1, 2013. But as others have correctly pointed out, the GWI’s also apply. If that does not occur, grievances will follow.
When your husband comes home from work, you should give him anything he wants. ANYTHING. He puts up with a ton of BS for your family's happiness. Show him some extra special love.
The IBT sent out a full time progression chart today. Anyone in progression as of 8/1/13 gets the GWI's plus the three year progression chart from the '08-'13 CBA but will not receive the higher rate of the four year progression, so yes some higher seniority employees will make less new employees for periods of their progression (as I suspected). I was hoping your scenario would play out but that's not the case. The 3 year folks still make out better as they'll get to top rate faster and with the GWI's will exceed 4 year progression wages for several months per progression year.
Well if thats true then there will a lot of grievences filed. Will just have to wait and see what happens.
The language allowing GWI’s for existing progression employees, survived from the ’08-’13 CBA, so if anything, it’s old bullpoop. The first sentence in Art 41 Sec 2 (c) states, “The progression for employees entering a pkg, feeder, or other FT job after August 1, 2013 shall be as follows…”and the new rates are listed. Existing progression employees are not entering the FT job after Aug 1, as they’re already there. The last sentence in Art 41 sec 2 sub (c) (also survived from the last CBA) states the prior progression rates apply for those already in progression.Here it is. This is some bullif you ask me!!
. What Union negotiator in their right mind would allow someone that's been working for more than a year as a driver(and possibly several years part time waiting to get there) to make less money than someone that just walked in off the street. If the Hoffa/Hall folks thought they were disliked by a small majority of members just wait and see what this does for them!!
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Very nice! Me like.
