UPS Contract. They're Going Forward, and We're Going Backwards

[bbsam]

We're not telling you anything unless you can pull yourself away from your smartphone and pass out union cards.

Your buddy Northbound will help you.

Oh, I don't really care about that. I'm just jabbing a finger in your eye this time.

 

[Cactus]

Oh, I don't really care about that. I'm just jabbing a finger in your eye this time.

You missed.

 

[hypo hanna]

go work somewhere else then. If you don't like it then just get out, that is what I am doing with my contracts. I am getting out because I see the writing on the wall and rather than just hope they get renewed I am proactive, but then again I am very risk adverse. Why are people staying at regular employees if they can get paid more elsewhere with better benefits. Don't say unemployment is high and the economy is bad. Both have improved significantly in the past year.

Yes nick, the job market for 53 year olds has never been better. Companies are tripping all over themselves to hire us!

 

[RTURNSONLY]

I thought that FedEx express employees pay $17.00 a month or paycheck.

$17 bucks per paycheck? HA! Think again. Mine is just short of $100 a month, this premium for just one person. With a $500 deductible, $25 per PCP visit , $45 for Specialist, and 15% co-pay for everything else under the sun (tests, procedures, surgeries, etc), sorry, but I fail to see a bargain here.

 

[MrFedEx]

$17 bucks per paycheck? HA! Think again. Mine is just short of $100 a month, this premium for just one person. With a $500 deductible, $25 per PCP visit , $45 for Specialist, and 15% co-pay for everything else under the sun (tests, procedures, surgeries, etc), sorry, but I fail to see a bargain here.

Hey, what about our great Vision Plan?

 

[bbsam]

You missed.

at least you have a great vision plan for the next time I don't miss.

 

[Cactus]

You missed.

at least you have a great vision plan for the next time I don't miss.

Fat chance.

 

[DOWNTRODDEN IN TEXAS]

Hey bbsam, just curious about something and I think you can help me out. I noticed that the Ground trucks have asset numbers, who chooses them? The contractor or fedex?

 

[MrFedEx]

Hey bbsam, just curious about something and I think you can help me out. I noticed that the Ground trucks have asset numbers, who chooses them? The contractor or fedex?

Excellent question.

 

[bbsam]

FedEx since they are leased to Fedex I believe.

 

[MrFedEx]

FedEx since they are leased to Fedex I believe.

That makes sense. Fred wants to know where his trucks are at.

 

[bbsam]

Well you can't very well have 10 contractors with truck numbers 1 through 20 and have a customer be able to track the package can you?
On a side note, can I go and put the number "54" on a 2013 Mustang and call it "mine"?

 

[MrFedEx]

Well you can't very well have 10 contractors with truck numbers 1 through 20 and have a customer be able to track the package can you?
On a side note, can I go and put the number "54" on a 2013 Mustang and call it "mine"?

Packages are tracked by route number, not truck number. I think you should put a big #3 on the side of your personal vehicle, and maybe a few on the windows too.

 

[bbsam]

Packages are tracked by route number, not truck number. I think you should put a big #3 on the side of your personal vehicle, and maybe a few on the windows too.

Incorrect. Packages are tracked to the vehicle number.

 

[Operational needs]

Incorrect. Packages are tracked to the vehicle number.

How do they track them to the truck number? Do you all enter the truck number when you scan the packages in the morning? It's different at Express. They go by the route number.

 

[bbsam]

How do they track them to the truck number? Do you all enter the truck number when you scan the packages in the morning? It's different at Express. They go by the route number.

correct. The preloaders scan each package to the appropriate van number. It is even as exact as having a transfer scan from one vehicle to another should a break down occur on route.

 

[SmithBarney]

I suggest hitting up the teamsters facebook page https://www.facebook.com/teamsters perhaps we can get more input

 

[Grounded]

each "van number" is assigned to a "work area" by a pre-loader first thing, then each package is scanned to the "work area". After the sort is over and packages have been all sorted out, you can ask for a manifest that will show you every package that is scanned to your truck(catching a package handler to print it before they leave is the best way as managers are usually busy at wrap up time). Always go through your truck however, some pre-loaders scan it to the correct van and place it on a different one(It beeps loudly if scan it to the wrong "work area".

 

[MrFedEx]

Well you can't very well have 10 contractors with truck numbers 1 through 20 and have a customer be able to track the package can you?
On a side note, can I go and put the number "54" on a 2013 Mustang and call it "mine"?

Paint it orange and call it General Lee ( even though it isn't a Dodge).

 

[DOWNTRODDEN IN TEXAS]

Paint it orange and call it General Lee ( even though it isn't a Dodge).

Oddly enough, near me there are several iterations of the General...a Hemi orange Challenger, a whatever the orange is on a new Charger, a Smart car and my personal favorite, a Geo Metro.