I Knew This was Coming

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

it's different by 10 hours
hope this helps Dan

Would you rather work an additional 2-4 hours per day during the week or 10 hours on a Saturday?

 

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UPS Proposes 70-Hour Work Week

“Hey, we did pretty well with 70 hour work weeks for Peak we should be able to change the DOT limit anytime we want.”

What do you all think about this?

To even consider it, you guys should be requesting triple time for any hours worked over 60 hours.

 

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That's not what it said-----they simply want to have that option available to them if the need arises.

What if the “NEED” is everyday?

 

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UPS Proposes 70-Hour Work Week

“Hey, we did pretty well with 70 hour work weeks for Peak we should be able to change the DOT limit anytime we want.”

What do you all think about this?

Dearest UPS,
Go get your face friend@[%*£
Yours truly,
Me

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

What if the “NEED” is everyday?

That would be different and would need to be addressed by the Union.

I truly believe that this is something that they want to have in their back pocket "just in case".

 

[HEFFERNAN]

If true, that they even proposed a 70 hour DOT week in package if needed, It shows every UPS employee that the 9.5 language is a joke to them.
It also shows that dispatching over 10 hours a day IS the goal.

 

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That would be different and would need to be addressed by the Union.

I truly believe that this is something that they want to have in their back pocket "just in case".

Then it should read with more specificity. Example
“at the drivers discretion”
“Only in November and December”

 

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If true, that they even proposed a 70 hour DOT week in package if needed, It shows every UPS employee that the 9.5 language is a joke to them.
It also shows that dispatching over 10 hours a day IS the goal.

And when will it be 80 hours?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

And when will it be 80 hours?

Never----HOS requires 10 hour reset.

 

[Bubblehead]

Never----HOS requires 10 hour reset.

Do you even understand how "the 70 hour rule" works.....


....and that it is over an 8 day period, not 7?


The 34 hour weekly reset is the bigger hurdle.

 

[HEFFERNAN]

And when will it be 80 hours?

A non-DOT employee could work 80 hours if he wanted to.
He'd be a zombie, and a possible safety hazard, but UPS would work them.

To be fair, Managers during peak probably work 60-70 hours a week.
To do that AND physical labor, NO WAY.
There's a reason books have been written about labor strife from the 1800's to present.
That's also the reason why unions exist and they need to give UPS a history lesson.

 

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Never----HOS requires 10 hour reset.

Do you even understand how "the 70 hour rule" works.....


....and that it is over an 8 day period, not 7?


The 34 hour weekly reset is the bigger hurdle.

Combine this with the “any 2 days off in the week” language and it’s some horrifying shyt

 

[YUOVER95]

Combine this with the “any 2 days off in the week” language and it’s some horrifying shyt

That any nonconsecutive two days off needs to be axed right away. They already have M-friend and T-S. This job needs 2 days in a row besides Sunday is Church day!!!

 

[Bubblehead]

Combine this with the “any 2 days off in the week” language and it’s some horrifying shyt

....and these sheep like Dan will go in tomorrow morning, walk past the Company dominated Safety Committee props and demomstrations, pretend to stretch at the PCM and listen to the fake news safety rhetoric, chase the honestly unattainable metrics, and still believe this Company gives a GD about our wellness beyond their own liability.

SMH....please wake up people.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Dan has 11 working days left and is simply going through the motions.

 

[old levi's]

Dan has 11 working days left and is simply going through the motions.

Imagine if you hadn't taken those 5 days off.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Imagine if you hadn't taken those 5 days off.

2 of them I really needed as I had bronchitis and we were under a wind chill warning.

 

[rod]

There's never a need great enough to have exhausted workers driving commercial vehicles on public roads. This is a losing issue for the company. Can you imagine the bad publicity around 70 hour work weeks?

Playing devils advocate here and I totally agree that working 70 hours as a delivery driver for UPS is asinine but Schwans Frozen Food - when they are advertising for help- always say "must be willing to work 70 hour weeks". They have 4500 delivery trucks on the road daily nationwide. The foot is already in the door. Its all going to depend on how hard you want to fight for your sanity (strike?)

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I think they are IC’s, not employees, but that does not diminish your point.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Playing devils advocate here and I totally agree that working 70 hours as a delivery driver for UPS is asinine but Schwans Frozen Food - when they are advertising for help- always say "must be willing to work 70 hour weeks". They have 4500 delivery trucks on the road daily nationwide. The foot is already in the door. Its all going to depend on how hard you want to fight for your sanity (strike?)

Holy crap they're still in business? Loved those deliveries when I was a kid.
Thing is, once we give something up there's no getting it back. We have to draw the line somewhere. 60 is enough.