8 hour requests are a joke here.

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I will continue to use my 8 hour request when I see fit. In fact I have one in for this coming Friday. It is not to screw with management or my fellow workers. It is so I can have a decent day for a change.
I welcome my fellow drivers to do the same and I do not complain when I get extra work so they can have their 8 hr request.

I take my two,8 hour days....because I can (be a dick)

 

[BrownTexas]

I take my two,8 hour days....because I can (be a dick)

You son of a beach. Now when they put your work on me I'm going to have to leave it at the building for some other sucker to run when I clock out before 9.5, after I get a diad message telling me to be in and off by 9.4.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

You son of a beach. Now when they put your work on me I'm going to have to leave it at the building for some other sucker to run when I clock out before 9.5, after I get a diad message telling me to be in and off by 9.4.

Told you I was a dick!...lol

 

[oldngray]

Told you I was a dick!...lol

hi Richard!

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

hi Richard!

Lol

 

[aiian]

article 37, Section 1, b.

http://teamster.org/sites/teamster.org/files/6161478090_master_final.pdf

I found it the other night.

While I don't have it in front me right this second I believe you can only file if your load isn't adjusted after the approval of an 8 hr. request.

What's to stop them from denying the request every time?

Like say... my center manager.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I found it the other night.

While I don't have it in front me right this second I believe you can only file if your load isn't adjusted after the approval of an 8 hr. request.

What's to stop them from denying the request every time?

Like say... my center manager.

They have to give a certain percantage od 8 hour requests per day. It goes by seniority.

 

[aiian]

And who polices that? No one.

I'm probably 0-10 on 8 hr. requests in my tenure at UPS.

Each time I either hear nothing or am denied with the same 'manning' excuse.

Even my steward says there isn't much that can be done about it.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

And who polices that? No one.

I'm probably 0-10 on 8 hr. requests in my tenure at UPS.

Each time I either hear nothing or am denied with the same 'manning' excuse.

Even my steward says there isn't much that can be done about it.

My local supplement says 10% per day but only one per loop.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

My local supplement says 10% per day but only one per loop.

To bad you're not in the Central.

We wrote the book.... on 8-hr requests.



-Bug-

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

To bad you're not in the Central.

We wrote the book.... on 8-hr requests.



-Bug-

I always get mine.
Usually 7 hour days and get paid for 8.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

I always get mine.
Usually 7 hour days and get paid for 8.

Atta boy.


It never ceases to amaze me....

That the company, is able to BS drivers in to thinking....

An 8-hour day, is based on what they think is a 8-hour dispatch.



-Bug-

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Atta boy.


It never ceases to amaze me....

That the company, is able to BS drivers in to thinking....

An 8-hour day, is based on what they think is a 8-hour dispatch.



-Bug-

Mine usually says about 6 hours,on paper.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

Mine usually says about 6 hours,on paper.

And yet....

No management person, can hit that mark.


"Over-allowed" is meaningless. It is not contractual.


Hand the "keys" (or fob) to a supervisor and ask for a "complete" demonstration.



-Bug-

 

[By The Book]

My local supplement says 10% per day but only one per loop.

The new language here is 10% off per day and it goes by seniority. Have to give notice before start of the shift 5 days in advance but the loop language is gone. Also not allowed in peak season which was extended. An example of this would be if there were 3 drivers in a loop they could all put in for 8 hour requests, and get them. This would take a miracle but the language supports this as long as they were within the percentage requirements of amount of requests on that day.

 

[BrownTexas]

And who polices that? No one.

I'm probably 0-10 on 8 hr. requests in my tenure at UPS.

Each time I either hear nothing or am denied with the same 'manning' excuse.

Even my steward says there isn't much that can be done about it.

The real question is... Have you filed the 10 times you weren't given it? You get a 2 hour penalty pay. But if you didn't file on any of them and I was your sup... I would deny you every time. Gotta file to make them know your serious about it. Otherwise they just laugh at you behind your back as soon as you turn in your request.

 

[Bubblehead]

To bad you're not in the Central.

We wrote the book.... on 8-hr requests.



-Bug-

I'm in the Central and have brought back stops at least 5 times in the last 12 years, never on the same Center Manager twice.
The first key is being able to prove you communicated with your management team that they need to take work to facilitate your 8 hour request.
The second key is finding the fortitude to take them to task and call their bluff.

The second key seems to be the hardest.

 

[Bubblehead]

I seldom dispatch.
F80, any body familiar with this code?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I seldom dispatch.
F80, any body familiar with this code?

No

 

[728ups]

And who polices that? No one.

I'm probably 0-10 on 8 hr. requests in my tenure at UPS.

Each time I either hear nothing or am denied with the same 'manning' excuse.

Even my steward says there isn't much that can be done about it.

If you DONT file there certainly isnt anything that can be done . jeez,my management team would LOVE to have some of you people in my building lol