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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1134828" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p><strong>Re: contract approval</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's absolutely no excuse for a union shop to negotiate significant compensation hikes for its FT employees, while bumping up stating pay for PT employees by (ultimately) 50c to a whopping $10/hour. No wonder PTers here have no interest in joining the union. In 5 years, $10/hour will likely be minimum wage in much of the country.</p><p></p><p>hall said PTers should be an emphasis, and he failed to deliver. What I perceive as "fair" would be $10.50-hr to start, with full benefits after 90-days, progressing to $13.50 after 30-36 months; persons working jobs with more accountability (e.g. loading package cars & trailers, scanning & bagging smalls / SurePost) would receive a $1-hr to $2-hr premium, depending on the job, as they have significant more accountability (nobody gets fired for unloading too slowly but they do for misloads). This isn't too far off from what was negotiated but... right now the life blood of UPS PTers is persons who work for $9.50/hour, no benefits and quit after several months... it enables UPS to whore out the workforce, keeping higher wage earners at 3-hours per day... I would propose this gets paid for with more moderate inflation-paced raises for FTers, since they've raped the money pool for years -- including this one! -- anyway. </p><p></p><p>Absolutely pathetic that in 2018, a FT driver will be pulling in $100K (!) a year while a newly hired PTer will be barely earning minimum wage. Saying "well, it's just a PT job" doesn't justify this. Many argue that <u>all </u>menial jobs are just stepping stones into a skill driven career, and shouldn't pay much more than minimum wage. Guess what? This includes package car driving.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1134828, member: 43436"] [b]Re: contract approval[/b] That's absolutely no excuse for a union shop to negotiate significant compensation hikes for its FT employees, while bumping up stating pay for PT employees by (ultimately) 50c to a whopping $10/hour. No wonder PTers here have no interest in joining the union. In 5 years, $10/hour will likely be minimum wage in much of the country. hall said PTers should be an emphasis, and he failed to deliver. What I perceive as "fair" would be $10.50-hr to start, with full benefits after 90-days, progressing to $13.50 after 30-36 months; persons working jobs with more accountability (e.g. loading package cars & trailers, scanning & bagging smalls / SurePost) would receive a $1-hr to $2-hr premium, depending on the job, as they have significant more accountability (nobody gets fired for unloading too slowly but they do for misloads). This isn't too far off from what was negotiated but... right now the life blood of UPS PTers is persons who work for $9.50/hour, no benefits and quit after several months... it enables UPS to whore out the workforce, keeping higher wage earners at 3-hours per day... I would propose this gets paid for with more moderate inflation-paced raises for FTers, since they've raped the money pool for years -- including this one! -- anyway. Absolutely pathetic that in 2018, a FT driver will be pulling in $100K (!) a year while a newly hired PTer will be barely earning minimum wage. Saying "well, it's just a PT job" doesn't justify this. Many argue that [U]all [/U]menial jobs are just stepping stones into a skill driven career, and shouldn't pay much more than minimum wage. Guess what? This includes package car driving. [/QUOTE]
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