22.3 This new sorting machine was put into use around July of last year. They moved all of the old small sort people to the new without any bidding. All these jobs in the new automated small sort are in existence for the first time at our hub(we were the second hub in the country to get one with many more coming)and we were all assigned to different places. Again without any bidding involved. I’ve been in my position since the first day the new machine was used. The steward trying to bump me was used as a back-up during peak and now ,7 months later, has decided he likes my spot better than his. That’s the rundown.
File harassment against your own teamster brother... ummm no, I do t care how scumbag they are I would get the BA involved off the record with myself and the scumbag...
The way I see it is if the job changed in anyway, it has to go up for bid. It sucks for you but that’s what seniority is.
The job should have been bid a long time ago.
I agree. Never was though. They went back and forth for months before the start of the new system. Bid or no bid. My understanding is that UPS and the union mutually agreed on not having a bid. Because of this, I don’t think there is a way for me to be bumped. I was assigned this job by the night manager. I never requested it. I was told this is where I was to go. At the time, I didn’t even know what it was. As I’ve said before, if a grievance was filed at the start of this, I would easily comply and understand. That’s usually the way things work around here and I get it. This situation is unprecedented. It’s a situation that I think will come up again and again with this new system being implemented across the country.
I get it. But there’s no bid. He was happy where he was until recently.
That’s funny from a “staff member”. I thought “on topic” meant only useful info. Maybe I’m wrong because I’m kind of new. The dude you’re defending clearly had other intentions. Basically said,”If you’ve been in the company for so long,how don’t you know what do do?” His intent was to belittle me instead of helping me which,I thought, was the whole purpose of this website. Maybe he had nothing to offer and that’s fine but next time I think it would be best just to not respond. That would seems like a “staff member’s” job to interpret. Keep fighting the good fight “staff member’. LOLThat's not how things work here....
Then if they post the job for bid any other job like that one should be bid too.
I’m still amazed that he has been full time for damn near 20 years and he hasn’t been to one union meeting... smfh, that’s pathetic!!
I doubt this situation is “unprecedented”....I’m sure it’s come up many times before in regards to getting bumped off of a job that you never bid on but should have been bid and now a senior employee (shop steward or not) wants to bump you ( a jr. Employee)....sounds like you don’t want to loose your “cake” small sort gig.... people have already said that you could very possibly loose your spot so now you need to think about what job you have enough seniority to bump into and move on....and maybe go to a union meeting or two....???
So why isnt the other hourly employee telling the supe (to his face) that he's bumping you? The statement that he is bumping you and going to do that by telling you to your face is why he's "bullying" you?
It was supposed to be funny (see the cute little smiley face?).
I believe he posted he had done that job for 7 months. After 30 days it should've been bid if he worked it 30 straight (which he alluded to) and it could've still been bid in October if it took 90 days.
if the guy was trained to do the same job then yes he can bump you. Normally the guy with the most seniority gets the postion but that's after they put a bid up for it.
