Silverhawk1 said:
Teamster251 this is a company policy and has been for a very long time. I believe it is a very fair rule. there is "NO" seniority violations going on here.
Linehaul work rule No. 2
"All scheduled runs have priority over extraboard drivers and all attempts will be made to keep the schedules running by substituting loads and running drivers through other locations to keep them on schedule. If a schedule is still cancelled (schedule will in now way be able to run any part of the planned run) the driver will go to the bottom of the extraboard."
Let me preface this statement by saying:
"Before you all start calling my next remarks condesending, brash, harsh, one sided, or otherwise unexceptable to your terms, these are questions I am imposing to you all with the concern that they are unexceptable and a violation of the treatment of the working man. The man that is working to feed his family, has devoted his life to a company, has given up more than should be asked for and is senior and rightfully due what is his."
So you beleive as a man with over twenty years with the company and is on scheduled run that you should be placed at the bottom of an extrabaord list becuase the comapny deemed it so to cancel your scheduled run?
If they are cancelling scheduled runs how many extra runs could they have?
Enough to keep the senior man busy for the night/day?
What stops the company from cancelling a scheduled run just for the sake of cancelling the senior man's run to force him to the bottom of an extra board list?
What kind of protection does a senior man with a scheduled run have against losing a days pay to a junior man?
Why bother scheduling runs?
Are they scheduled to leave at a certain time?
Are they scheduled to leave to a certain destination?
If it is planned scheduled run, it can't be a very good plan.
Seems the company has plenty of flexiblity to do whatever they want but it only hurts the man that given up all this flexibility.
Are the bill collectors flexible?
Job protection is probally the biggest key to any union contract?
Most hear the phrase and automatically think the phrase means the union will protect your job from closing or the company closing.
It doesn't.
It means exactly what I've been trying to lead to. Protecting "your job", the job you do for your company. If the company has that kind of flexibilty what's next, no vactions or sick/personal days if it get too busy, maybe being forced to do a job you haven't done or be forced into a situation you took a certain job to specifically avoid.
Most of what I read from most of you are that you enjoy that the company can do whatever they want with you whenever they want. You all seem to just want to wait and see what they will do to you next, you'll take and wait for some more.
SilverHawk, the only reason I took the time to answer this was you addressed me in your post. If you or any other reader wants to assume I have this Teamster badboy attitude, go right ahead. All I can say it's the way you want to read my posts. You have to be able to find fault with the Teamster some way so you'll blame it on me and my stereotypical Teamster attitude that represent all the other 1.4 million brothers and sisters of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. I want sweet talk any of you for the sake of making you happy, that's a sure sign of weakness.
Anyways, I see it as a vioaltion of seniority. Becuase it a "company policy" and it been a "comapny policy" forever doesn't make it right.
Welcome to UPS. Keep you arms and legs in side the vehicle untill is comes to a complete stop and don't say a word, you have no voice.
Good Day T251