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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whither" data-source="post: 4861307" data-attributes="member: 76643">Not entirely. The company cynically exploits our 9.5 language, and pays out the grieves while making record profits, so we have little control over excessive OT. And of course the 22.4s can't even file. The major impulse behind the fight for a 40 hr work week wasn't to 'make em pay' (doesn't work in our case anyway: we all know it's cheaper for the company to work us into the ground than hire more drivers and buy more pkg cars, expand buildings, etc). It was to ensure that one could work for a living, rather than live for a working.I've noticed it's not just UPS mgmt or Teamsters officials, but also plenty of drivers who rationalize long hours. "You know what you signed up for," "That's just how it is."</blockquote>