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<blockquote data-quote="Whither" data-source="post: 5415532" data-attributes="member: 76643"><p>[USER=101629]@CLTUPSwifey[/USER] I would advise your husband to call in when he's "forced" to work a 6th punch. I'm in the Central Region. We don't have any rock-solid contract language to prevent the company from forcing 6th punches as long as they follow proper seniority procedures when doing so. </p><p></p><p>Nevertheless I've called in when forced at least 30 times in career so far. I got 1 warning letter to show for it. I knew a driver who got 2 pending terminations for the same reason. Guess what, he's still a UPS driver. </p><p></p><p>I was willing to fight for my job at panel if that's what it took. Yes the money and bennies are good but they're not worth the misery of endless 6 day weeks. That's bad for your health, your family life and a safety hazard. Package car is too demanding; fatigue is real. </p><p></p><p>I have yet to hear of anyone who actually lost their job permanently because 6 day punch call-ins. It may have happened but I've not read anything here, on reddit, or heard of it in my local. Not that UPS can be trusted to do the sensible thing (lmao!), but it really doesn't make sense to fire a reliable employee over not reporting on days scheduled off. Here they've only made idle threats; plenty of us called their bluff. </p><p></p><p>At minimum your husband should investigate whether the company is following proper seniority procedures when forcing. They need to "ask from the top" and where allowed, "force from the bottom up". And if he works in a building w multiple centers, the forcing procedure must be "building-wide" within the classification (RPCD/0300). Here we have caught them several times violating procedure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whither, post: 5415532, member: 76643"] [USER=101629]@CLTUPSwifey[/USER] I would advise your husband to call in when he's "forced" to work a 6th punch. I'm in the Central Region. We don't have any rock-solid contract language to prevent the company from forcing 6th punches as long as they follow proper seniority procedures when doing so. Nevertheless I've called in when forced at least 30 times in career so far. I got 1 warning letter to show for it. I knew a driver who got 2 pending terminations for the same reason. Guess what, he's still a UPS driver. I was willing to fight for my job at panel if that's what it took. Yes the money and bennies are good but they're not worth the misery of endless 6 day weeks. That's bad for your health, your family life and a safety hazard. Package car is too demanding; fatigue is real. I have yet to hear of anyone who actually lost their job permanently because 6 day punch call-ins. It may have happened but I've not read anything here, on reddit, or heard of it in my local. Not that UPS can be trusted to do the sensible thing (lmao!), but it really doesn't make sense to fire a reliable employee over not reporting on days scheduled off. Here they've only made idle threats; plenty of us called their bluff. At minimum your husband should investigate whether the company is following proper seniority procedures when forcing. They need to "ask from the top" and where allowed, "force from the bottom up". And if he works in a building w multiple centers, the forcing procedure must be "building-wide" within the classification (RPCD/0300). Here we have caught them several times violating procedure. [/QUOTE]
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