My UPS hub is going on strike.

[DELACROIX]

Hey- what about Feeder Drivers? Lol.

“Free Donuts “...

 

[PreTrippin’]

We're so divided in what we want that I'm starting to have no hope for negotiations.

Longer term employees want H&W and Pension

RPCDs want more money and no 6 day work weeks/PVDs

22.4s want no more 22.4s and same protection as RPCDs

Long term Part timers wants more full time inside jobs and a catch up raise

Regular part timers want a huge pay increase.

Neither one really cares about the others wants except for a minority in each group when it comes to push and shove so we'll see what happens.

Your list looks good to me let’s just do those things real quick.

 

[textat3]

bs…and just wait til this company releases q4 earnings…that will make you feel even better.

Go easy on the company, they on made 4B last quarter.

 

[burrheadd]

Sean will get us $20/hr for part timers and act like it’s some kind of victory

$20 an hour part time job seems like a good deal
You want more money get a fulltime job

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

$20 an hour part time job seems like a good deal
You want more money get a fulltime job

Everyone forgets the benefits

Not too many part-time jobs have the benefits that our place has

 

[bottomups]

Surprised since I live in a red state where minimum wage is $7.25/hr.

How much you want for detasseling corn?

 

[UnionStrong]

How much you want for detasseling corn?

That’s a good one, I have to admit it.

 

[PT Car Washer]

How much you want for detasseling corn?

I think detasseling is more like $15.

 

[PT Car Washer]

$20 an hour part time job seems like a good deal
You want more money get a fulltime job

And jump right up to $21/hr for the next 4 years.

 

[Red Devil]

And jump right up to $21/hr for the next 4 years.

 

[Coldworld]

No offense but have any of these petitions ever worked? I think we see a AC petition every year and never hear anything else about it other than that.

The AC petition must have worked..I see an AC button in this tractor as we speak.

 

[Yolo]

RPCD here. I don't give a rats ass about PVDs. They are seasonal employees that work for 5-6 weeks a year. I want to maintain our benefits and strengthen our pension.

 

[DSM515]

Don't blame the company. The union negotiates wages.

Wrong…the Company and the Union negotiate wages, they come to a agreement. That’s why it’s called negotiating.

 

[textat3]

PVDS suck so do 22.3 jobs….thanks be to God we got the Beantown Brawler on our side now…

 

[542thruNthru]

PVDS suck so do 22.3 jobs….thanks be to God we got the Beantown Brawler on our side now…

22.3 jobs or do you mean 22.4s?

 

[SunshineMaura]

I’m a part time package handler at my local hub. I was signed on for $21/hr and my 9 month waiting period for benefits will be up in march. Last Wednesday my supervisor told us that a higher up wanted to talk to us (not sure if from union or corporate honestly) and to shut off the belt and meet by trailer 106. When we’re all gathered there the guy tells us that the week PRIOR our wages were lowered from $21/hr to $16.10/hr. Not only did UPS not contact anyone in any way to notify us of the change, but the cities minimum wage raised to $16.20 the first of this month and they’re paying us $16.10. The guy said that they had organized a protest the next day from 7am-10am. He also said that they filed a grievance, and if they don’t restore the wages then we will “consider it a strikeable offense.” I wasn’t able to go to the protest but I know that by the end of the day no progress was made and about 100 people were there. Me and one other loader checked upsers.com and it said our rates were $17.50, but two other coworkers’ paystubs did indeed say $16.10. Has this happened to anyone else before? Are we gonna go on strike now? What’s gonna happen? Am I gonna have to find another job?

Call your union hall about the strike... your local business agent would not have been INSIDE your building telling you to go on strike (they need mngmt present to be in building) so they need to be made aware. Ask your steward for a contract and to show you the pay. Grieve all pay discrepancies. The only time they would decrease your pay is possibly if you were hired on as seasonal But then got made permanent. After 9 months they are not allowed to change your pay. Again call the union hall have your business agent contact ups labor. We just got a center manager suspended then fired for doing that.

 

[Karma...]

They both made a local agreement (deal) ...Not a big deal at that.

 

[msbusterbrown]

It's not a strikable offense

Why not?

 

[msbusterbrown]

The contract I signed onto says I’ll be making $21 an hour

Your hiring letter you mean? That’s not a ‘contract’ but you can possibly use that as evidence in a grievance. They can’t pay you less than the contract allows and then there are additional provisions for when the employer increases wages above contractual minimums written (whether they are allowed to ‘take that away or not). Law prevails over contract so if your minimum wage reduced under local minimum wage or if they decreased it without notifying you and made it retroactive, that is against the law. Article 8 section 2, If your union has deemed this a strikeable offense and you are on strike legitimately you should be getting paid as usual on strike, look up and read your labor laws, federal and state.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Why not?

Because it's not
It's not a violation of the contract.