snookbunny420
Well-Known Member
it's easier to kiss the brown monster butt to get fair treatment than to expect the union to back you up and do their job.
Because you are the alpha and the omega. The beginning and the end. The Christos in your own mind. You are the one. The MessiahNice story----why did you feel the need to single me out, especially since it had nothing to do with your little story?
Call (202)624-6800 and talk to your international. This will get the ball rolling quickly.I will begin by saying I have far more likes than meet the eye and my popularity surpasses appearance. With the emergence of the new board software my account was stripped of all accolades which has lowered my desire to harass UpstateNYUPser.
I come to you today in rather dire circumstances as I have exhausted all known avenues.
My sort has gone rogue.
- On our sort, seniority "does not matter" (what?) as our sort is "special" (huh?) and is strictly "work as directed" with no preferred jobs. When asked to see the preferred job list you will be given the run-around if not openly attacked. Our steward and BA have turned a blind eye to all of those who seek to right this wrong, openly mocking our inquiries and concerns.
- On our sort, we have pick-offs and sorters with mere months on the job while 13 year employees are unloading trucks. Again, our steward and BA tell us they are "working on it".
- On our sort, they call supervisors working at least two times a week. The VLO is handed out until we are understaffed at the start of the shift. Mid-way through they call "supervisors working". There is always an "unforeseen unload" that "requires" them to call supervisors working half-way through the shift. This takes a 5+ hour shift and leaves us with barely 3 1/2, taking food off the table in an unacceptable fashion. Essentially, if there is a chance they won't hit their ever-more-efficent "number" they call supervisors working and our grievances become worthless. Once again, our steward and BA provide no answers and our grievances fail to go through.
- On our sort, the manager is verbally abusive to every side, having been escorted out of our hub recently for their unacceptable management "style".
Our steward and BA have been "working" on the above offenses for 2 + years. Their time is expired. There is no choice but to go above their heads as my paychecks are getting smaller while I am still dishing out union dues to a completely ineffective system.
What avenues do I have at this point? I am unafraid of flack from either side. I have no fear. There is right and there is wrong and UPS management as well as union "leadership" is wrong. I will deal with the wrong until it is made right. Take food off my table while pocketing my $ and I will see it through until you are out a job for being a thieving union hack.
Our BA should be in the hub every single day as our sort has gone rogue and this is well known. Instead this individual is in the pocket of UPS and downplaying our serious concerns. Seniority is the most important thing you earn at UPS and I refuse to watch a 2 month employee pick off while those with decades in are told these issues are "being worked on".
There are very serious safety issues with EGRESS as well as LEAKING PACKAGES knowingly being sent down the system by working supervisors as hitting the STOP button in our hub is no longer an option.
If your opinion is of the worthless "vote them out" type, kindly pound sand. Enough people are pacified with the VLO to keep the same individuals in power. The rest of our shift is composed of 18 year old children who can't wait to get off their shift and do drugs with their 19 year old supervisor in the parking lot. There is no union presence, period. There is no desire for union presence by more than 49% of dues-paying members, period. This is not an avenue for fixing the problem and UPS management knows it. They hold the deck and control it with their hiring demographic. We are a money shift. We pick up the slack for other sorts who still have some semblance of a union by using every supervisor as a worker.
Those who do care are not enough to make change. Doesn't this mean the system is broken?
Call (202)624-6800 and talk to your international. This will get the ball rolling quickly.
Hey!!!it's easier to kiss the brown monster butt to get fair treatment than to expect the union to back you up and do their job.
I'm heavily involved in my local. These calls make a big difference and they don't want them. Sometimes in life great men have to take chances. This is what seperates us sometimes but it's necessary....and what's the first thing they are going to tell him? Use the chain of command.
If you call the International they are going to ask if you went through your shop steward and BA first. The International does not have the time nor should they involve themselves with issues at the center level, especially minor ones such as this.
Minor as in no one is being forced to work in an unsafe manner or in unsafe conditions.
Minor as in no way is being physically threatened or verbally abused.
Minor as in you are getting your daily guarantee.
I eat that stuff for dessert since i was saved on The Green Mile!
Bye Bye Mr. Jingles LOL
I have never heard of a "supervisors working" announcement, which exonerates the company from further actions.