UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
E-commerce has changed the way that we do business.
When you stop and think about it for a second, we were among the minority of businesses who were closed on Black Friday; in fact, many of these were closed because we were closed. Several businesses on my route that were always closed on Black Friday will now be open because we are working. Walmart never accepted deliveries on Black Friday but now that we are working and they are changing the way that they do Black Friday the dock will be open for deliveries. Our local college had the option of being open or closed and has decided to open just long enough to accept deliveries. I'll bet we can all cite examples of businesses that will now be open because we will be working.
We will receive holiday pay for Black Friday for the duration of the contract but will no longer have that day off. It would be incredibly inappropriate for the Union to unilaterally agree to amend the contract by foregoing holiday pay for that day.
There has been talk on this forum of UPS agreeing to give us another day off (Veteran's Day?) but it has been my experience that once you lose a perk you never get it back.
The company will monitor the impact that working Black Friday has on the operation before deciding whether or not to close out that week for vacations and/or do the same with New Year's Eve. Both of those changes would be part of the negotiations for 2018.
When you stop and think about it for a second, we were among the minority of businesses who were closed on Black Friday; in fact, many of these were closed because we were closed. Several businesses on my route that were always closed on Black Friday will now be open because we are working. Walmart never accepted deliveries on Black Friday but now that we are working and they are changing the way that they do Black Friday the dock will be open for deliveries. Our local college had the option of being open or closed and has decided to open just long enough to accept deliveries. I'll bet we can all cite examples of businesses that will now be open because we will be working.
We will receive holiday pay for Black Friday for the duration of the contract but will no longer have that day off. It would be incredibly inappropriate for the Union to unilaterally agree to amend the contract by foregoing holiday pay for that day.
There has been talk on this forum of UPS agreeing to give us another day off (Veteran's Day?) but it has been my experience that once you lose a perk you never get it back.
The company will monitor the impact that working Black Friday has on the operation before deciding whether or not to close out that week for vacations and/or do the same with New Year's Eve. Both of those changes would be part of the negotiations for 2018.
k with all the places that are closed.
