Forced Saturday.

[Up In Smoke]

Some contracts allow 24 hour notice for 6th day. Doesn't seem right and should be addressed.

 

[zubenelgenubi]

I'm in the Central and our transfers get slotted by company seniority. It's defined further in our local rider. I stated that I had no working knowledge how things work out west.

I'm in the west, and I was explaining how it works here.

 

[Up In Smoke]

I'm in the west, and I was explaining how it works here.

Does a RPCD transfer get slotted behind a 22.4 driver??

 

[zubenelgenubi]

Does a RPCD get slotted behind a 22-4 driver?

Different job classifications. If the next RPCD opening was slotted for a transfer, they would get the job, but once the 22.4 became an RPCD I imagine they would have seniority over the transfer, but I have not known this to happen yet, so it hasn't been challenged, and no panel clarfication, so it's my best guess.

 

[Thebrownblob]

If he’s scheduled Mon-Fri how they gonna discipline him for calling in on his day off

Good question although central region language does say…..

If an employee is required to work a sixth (6th) and seventh (7th) consecutive day at the Employer’s request, they shall be paid the appropriate premium regardless of the established work week.

As of yet I don’t know of any panel decision that has been upheld for Attendance solely because of missing Saturdays.

 

[Shift Inhibit]

Does a RPCD get slotted behind a 22-4 driver?

@MECH-lift

 

[Fido]

If he’s scheduled Mon-Fri how they gonna discipline him for calling in on his day off

I’ve never been disciplined for calling out on Saturdays and I’ve done it easily 40+ times by now.

 

[Fido]

Some contracts allow 24 hour notice for 6th day. Doesn't seem right and should be addressed.

Our supplement is 48 hour notice.

 

[BrownStains]

If you do not have a route on Monday then you may have to work Saturday .

 

[Tanktoptony]

If you look in the western region supplement our workweek is 5 consecutive days does not specify requirements to work more than a m-friend or t-s schedule. I dealt with this same issue until our ba stepped up and told us not show outside of our regular schedule workweek. Dozens of people were getting working termination letters but not a single thing happened. All the drivers still have jobs. You do need to call in and let them know you will be unavailable to work that day. No details just that you are unavailable end of story.

 

[542thruNthru]

I’m an RPCD in Las Vegas, local 631. They have been forcing me in on Saturdays, can I be disciplined if I call out every single Saturday. I do not want to work SAT I transferred out here from another place that I never had to work SAT besides maybe peak once or twice, I have 3 kids and want to spend time with them. I called in one Saturday and they gave me a talk with. They repost the schedule every week with 25 names on it that are being forced in, I lost all my seniority in the transfer. Anything I can do to secure my weekend or am I screwed?

Per Teamsters United...

You can be forced.

 

[Ogamus]

You should be placed on the seniority list by classification and company seniority. Your building seniority should only come into play when bidding areas or routes.

Is this true?

 

[Ogamus]

Are you working 6 days a week?

Yes

 

[zubenelgenubi]

Is this true?

No. He's talking about the central. That's not how it works in the western.

 

[Pullman Brown]

It’s so bad in our building the whole list, over a 100 drivers, goes up for forced Saturday, hoping enough come in to cover the routes! It’s a joke now! There obviously is a breaking point and for many they have reached it! I respect the time that veterans have put in and the unique challenges that they faced that newer drivers didn’t face but you always knew you had two days off not with this new generation!

 

[RealPerson]

Central -- Yes they can force you from the bottom up. Transfer seniority is only good for amount of vacations and retirement..
We get forced every Saturday in December.

 

[Thebrownblob]

It’s so bad in our building the whole list, over a 100 drivers, goes up for forced Saturday, hoping enough come in to cover the routes! It’s a joke now! There obviously is a breaking point and for many they have reached it! I respect the time that veterans have put in and the unique challenges that they faced that newer drivers didn’t face but you always knew you had two days off not with this new generation!

Same here over 200 drivers in three centers all get forced because no one will come to work Saturday.

 

[MECH-lift]

I’m an RPCD in Las Vegas, local 631. They have been forcing me in on Saturdays,

YOU’RE A 22.4

 

[AKCoverMan]

It’s so bad in our building the whole list, over a 100 drivers, goes up for forced Saturday, hoping enough come in to cover the routes! It’s a joke now! There obviously is a breaking point and for many they have reached it! I respect the time that veterans have put in and the unique challenges that they faced that newer drivers didn’t face but you always knew you had two days off not with this new generation!

Whole building should show up one Saturday and demand 8 OT

 

[Brownsocks]

Whole building should show up one Saturday and demand 8 OT

I made just over $500 for exactly 8 hours today. I don't always show up on Saturday, but when I do I demand my 8.