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What does local 89 want to pass the central region supplement??
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<blockquote data-quote="govtmule" data-source="post: 1161323" data-attributes="member: 45888"><p>I am with local 89 and I have16 years part-time. From my understanding, local 89 asked for the creation of 250 combo jobs over the life of the contract. UPS offered 50 jobs over five years. You got to keep in mind that Worldport has expanded its workforce to nearly 8000 part-timers. As of now, there are only 700+ full-timers. If you ask if 250 jobs could be created, the answer is yes. There are many 6 hour jobs that get over-time on a regular basis. For those that are not going to have any opportunity for a full-time job in the next 10 years, they ask to keep healthcare the same and to fix the tram situation. UPS forces worldport workers to stay on a tram for 20 mins each way. Many of these trams are broke down, cold, wet, and they smell. Some of them have duck tape holding windows up. Since UPS is not paying for the ride to our work areas, they don't no need to fix the trams. Is this a big deal to vote no on a contract. Well, if you make $8.50 an hour for 3 hours and be forced to ride a broke down tram for 40 mins unpaid, you have an issue. Keep in mind that many part-timers are older people. Local 89 workers do not want our older people riding wet and cold trams to receive their health care and wages. Many of you that have good paying jobs might never see the problems at Worldport. No one that I know or have spoken to are not suggesting unreasonable request that could cripple the company. Most of the requests are those that give workers a dignified work place and rewards those workers with enough to take care of their families. I wish more of the country's drivers could experience a few years at worldport. They world have a different perspective of the part-timer package handlers. There are a few other issues also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="govtmule, post: 1161323, member: 45888"] I am with local 89 and I have16 years part-time. From my understanding, local 89 asked for the creation of 250 combo jobs over the life of the contract. UPS offered 50 jobs over five years. You got to keep in mind that Worldport has expanded its workforce to nearly 8000 part-timers. As of now, there are only 700+ full-timers. If you ask if 250 jobs could be created, the answer is yes. There are many 6 hour jobs that get over-time on a regular basis. For those that are not going to have any opportunity for a full-time job in the next 10 years, they ask to keep healthcare the same and to fix the tram situation. UPS forces worldport workers to stay on a tram for 20 mins each way. Many of these trams are broke down, cold, wet, and they smell. Some of them have duck tape holding windows up. Since UPS is not paying for the ride to our work areas, they don't no need to fix the trams. Is this a big deal to vote no on a contract. Well, if you make $8.50 an hour for 3 hours and be forced to ride a broke down tram for 40 mins unpaid, you have an issue. Keep in mind that many part-timers are older people. Local 89 workers do not want our older people riding wet and cold trams to receive their health care and wages. Many of you that have good paying jobs might never see the problems at Worldport. No one that I know or have spoken to are not suggesting unreasonable request that could cripple the company. Most of the requests are those that give workers a dignified work place and rewards those workers with enough to take care of their families. I wish more of the country's drivers could experience a few years at worldport. They world have a different perspective of the part-timer package handlers. There are a few other issues also. [/QUOTE]
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