Over disciplined0123
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• Possible and probable issues and scenarios if this latest UPS proposal is accepted. As we typically see on a daily basis for the last 5 years the preload shifts can not wrap up before start times mostly due to the fact of employee turnover from the low starting pay and current part time wages . When drivers get out of the building late means they return to building later at night with all their pickup pieces at end of day (A chain reaction begins) It's obvious the company realizes this ongoing situation can not be fixed and is accepting situation with the new 22.4 lower paid hybrid drivers who will then never have the chance of the regular friend/T driver position which pays approximately 40 grand a year more ....!!!!Here is what is possible and probable..Let's say we have 845 start time any work not loaded on truck at starting time will be left in cages till the regular fulltime drivers leave the building then a few new empty trucks will be brought in and loaded and staffed with the lower paid 22.4 hybrid drivers .... The regular full time drivers are only guaranteed 8 hrs a day ,with that being said let's say only 7hrs of work was all that made it on your truck that day you would have to call in to center which then will send you to another driver for work or add some pick up stops so you get 8hrs of pay .. so every day these hybrid drivers ( who make significantly less money ) will deliver the packages that preload could not process before start time . Ups would save billions in operating costs and you will never see any more overtime again or a regular full time driver position filled again.This two tier wage scale is a union's worst enemy ,it was started by corporate America in the auto industry and look what happened to steel and auto workers which was once a most sought after career ....One that you could raise a family and live the American dream ..........I know ups will say that they are creating full time jobs which is a fact BUT. THEY ARE CREATING significantly Lower paying fulltime jobs.......instead of hiring a regular full time driver position who will be making 45 dollars an hour in 2022 . It amazes me that people do not know that UPS and/or investors will pay millions of dollars and hire these union busting money saving capitalists that shares ideas and tactics to increase divededs even if and when they take it from the rank and file hard working employees who made many sacrifices for this company a 6billion dollar profit making huge corporation .... we all need to open our eyes and look at the big picture of how UPS can and will abuse contract language .. as a 28 year teamster and ups employee I believe the simplistic way to help the situation of the Preloads not being wrapped up on time is to raise the part time starting wage to 15$ a hour and possibly 20 $ with a opt out no benefits ..Then you won't have so much employee turnover and have to keep retraining new part time employees also 50 percent of new partime hires never use their benefits for that matter so start them at $20 a hour with a opt out of no benefits ..I would just like to add that I learned a lot from this company as this being my first and only job in my lifetime. When I was 18 I was told by a manager we are all just numbers here at ups and easily replaced . That was almost 30 years ago I was told that and now see the meaning of his statement ....i. WE ALL NEED TO COME TOGETHER FOR GODS SAKES AND COMMUNICATE WITH FACTS WHY WOULD WE WANT LOWER PAYING FULL TIME JOBS CREATED WHY NOT JUST HIRE MORE FULLTIME DRIVERS WITJ NO TWO TIER WAGE SCALE.
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