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<blockquote data-quote="Whither" data-source="post: 5104501" data-attributes="member: 76643">As others have said, lunch not only gives us a needed rest period but, taken per contractual language, it grants us some leverage over dispatch. They can&#039;t plan an additional 30 min to 1 hour of business deliveries and pickups. If they do, you put the ball in their court early. &quot;Overdispatched and will need business or pickup help to prevent service failures.&quot; It was a more powerful tool when we had 1500 commits. Several of us in my center have had showdowns with mgmt when they&#039;ve effectively instructed us to take lunch after pickups. And guess what? They always backed down and sent help.That said: it is a shame that lunch is unpaid, and for those who are required to take 1 hour it would be nice to have the option of taking 30 minutes. However, here in the Central we have 30 min unpaid + 10 paid, and on long days it would also be nice to have the contractual option to take another break.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whither, post: 5104501, member: 76643"] As others have said, lunch not only gives us a needed rest period but, taken per contractual language, it grants us some leverage over dispatch. They can't plan an additional 30 min to 1 hour of business deliveries and pickups. If they do, you put the ball in their court early. "Overdispatched and will need business or pickup help to prevent service failures." It was a more powerful tool when we had 1500 commits. Several of us in my center have had showdowns with mgmt when they've effectively instructed us to take lunch after pickups. And guess what? They always backed down and sent help. That said: it is a shame that lunch is unpaid, and for those who are required to take 1 hour it would be nice to have the option of taking 30 minutes. However, here in the Central we have 30 min unpaid + 10 paid, and on long days it would also be nice to have the contractual option to take another break. [/QUOTE]

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