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AGREEMENT between Teamsters Local 710 and
United Parcel Service (UPS)
ARTICLE 4
WORKWEEK AND DAYS
Full-Time Employees
1. Workweek
In order to meet the needs of expanded business, the Employer shall be permitted to create
schedules that differ from those that exist today. Future schedules may be expanded to provide
that all employees, excluding package drivers, may be scheduled five (5) consecutive days on an
alternate schedule of either Sunday through Thursday or Tuesday through Saturday. Feeder
drivers may bid on runs consisting of any four (4) consecutive days of ten (10) hours each day.
Any new 4/10 runs will be reviewed with Local 710 prior to its implementation. Existing bids
shall not be converted into 4/10’s without review with and approval by Local 710. Approval will
not be unreasonably denied. Seniority employees on the payroll in each classification as of the
ratification date of this Agreement, shall not be assigned to such alternate schedules, except at the
request of the employee or, if as a result of the employee following their work to a new Center,
there are no available Monday through Friday schedules, employees will be afforded the
opportunity, in seniority order, to select their preferred work schedule.
Effective August 1, 2003 package car drivers may also be scheduled on the alternate schedule of
either Sunday through Thursday or Tuesday through Saturday. For those employees scheduled on
the above alternate workweeks, All work performed on the employee’s sixth (6th) day shall be
paid at time and one-half (11/2). All work performed on the employee’s seventh (7th) day shall
be paid at double time. Feeder drivers on a four (4) ten (10) hour day workweek, will be paid
time and one-half (1 1/2) for their fifth (5th) and sixth (6th) day, and seventh (7th) day shall be
paid at double time.
This language applies to both part-time and full-time employees.
