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UPS MORE THAN DOUBLES 3rd Q PROFIT!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Bubblehead" data-source="post: 1214296" data-attributes="member: 14176"><p>It's sad when people forget where they came from and how they got there.</p><p>When I started part time, it was taking most people between 4-5 years of part time work to get the opportunity to go full time and I was making almost 3x minimum wage to start and benefits after 30 days.</p><p>It wasn't long before I was hired that part timers made a similar scale as full timers, but that scale was conceded in a prior contract and was just the beginning of things to come.</p><p>7 years and 8 months later, when I finally ascended the seniority ladder and earned my position as a driver, I still had two additional years of progression to get to top scale.</p><p>Since then, vacation replacement language coupled with seasonal language, gives the company the availability to use nonunion employees in full time driving positions for more than 6 months of the year.</p><p>Before the vacation replacement language, they could only use seasonals for less than 2 months.</p><p>In my building, 14 year pt employees are just now getting their number called, while staring at a 4 year progression.</p><p>Do the math, if they start at age 20 as I did, they will not hit top scale till age 38 and will not get their 30 full time years in until their 64.</p><p>Look into the future in the Central Region where the company will now use part timers as single day vacation replacement drivers, even when there is nobody on a single day vacation and imagine how few more new permanent drivers will be hired annually.</p><p>So if your looking for where all these record profits are being realized, look no further than the back of your truck at 4am, or in that trailer as you walk out in the evening.</p><p>Our contract has mirrored society in this country, where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.</p><p>I hope while your enjoying your overpriced steak dinner and bottomless Sailor Jerry's on the rock tonight, you take pause and realize that as a whole we have all become selfish Me-sters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bubblehead, post: 1214296, member: 14176"] It's sad when people forget where they came from and how they got there. When I started part time, it was taking most people between 4-5 years of part time work to get the opportunity to go full time and I was making almost 3x minimum wage to start and benefits after 30 days. It wasn't long before I was hired that part timers made a similar scale as full timers, but that scale was conceded in a prior contract and was just the beginning of things to come. 7 years and 8 months later, when I finally ascended the seniority ladder and earned my position as a driver, I still had two additional years of progression to get to top scale. Since then, vacation replacement language coupled with seasonal language, gives the company the availability to use nonunion employees in full time driving positions for more than 6 months of the year. Before the vacation replacement language, they could only use seasonals for less than 2 months. In my building, 14 year pt employees are just now getting their number called, while staring at a 4 year progression. Do the math, if they start at age 20 as I did, they will not hit top scale till age 38 and will not get their 30 full time years in until their 64. Look into the future in the Central Region where the company will now use part timers as single day vacation replacement drivers, even when there is nobody on a single day vacation and imagine how few more new permanent drivers will be hired annually. So if your looking for where all these record profits are being realized, look no further than the back of your truck at 4am, or in that trailer as you walk out in the evening. Our contract has mirrored society in this country, where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I hope while your enjoying your overpriced steak dinner and bottomless Sailor Jerry's on the rock tonight, you take pause and realize that as a whole we have all become selfish Me-sters. [/QUOTE]
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