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mikerlz
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I was hired about a month after the new contract started. Three years later, p/t package handler, I've gone from 8.50 to 10.50. What a joke! I break my back week after week, use the weekend to (barely) recuperate, then do it all over again. Yes, I understand it's hard work, but ten bucks for this kind of work is an insult. I worked a second job for a small, regional organics company, and after starting out for ten bucks, a matter of months later, I was up to 11.75 to put PRODUCE IN A BOX. You're telling me a global company can't afford to give their part timers little more than peanuts for pay for back breaking work!? Where the was the union when the vote for the contract was going on to tell them to shove it? All the people I've worked with who are under the old contact seem to have it so much better than me. I'd sure like to know what kind of concessions the full timers (like drivers) had to give up compared to us little guys. This is ridiculous. I scanned 2,500 packages into trucks yesterday for MAYBE $45, a broken back, and a shirt completely soaked with sweat. You're telling me that's worth the pay? Over three days at my second job I would make the same amount over five days at UPS with half the physical effort. What a joke.
/rant
/rant