Thanks for the posts backing up what I have been trying to say about the management bonuses. They can be performance based - I have heard of sups losing them due to problems with their work.
There have been some excellent points made about management pay per hour vs drivers pay per hour. Maybe sitting in an office for those extra hours isn't as hard as delivering, but they do that after getting off the car on a day long OJS while we go home to our families. That is why I'm not in management.
If any of my posts have seemd to be anti-union, I'm not. I'm just tired of the Teamsters making every contract negotiation a media circus while UPS remains silent, which is what they "agree" with the Teamsters to do every contract year. Now I hear Teamster reps will be at our centers trying to get us to sign petitions next week...calling it a "Day of Action." Petitions for what? Another fine example of the Teamsters trying to get media attention, which will scare more customers away.
We don't need a "Day of Action", we need a handshake agreement with UPS that we can vote on.
(Message edited by proups on June 01, 2002)