Production Harassment News
Our Rights on the Line in Contract Talks
Working conditions at UPS are at an all-time low.
Will the new contract address the problems—or will they get swept under the rug?
UPS wants early contract negotiations.Volume Up, Time to Demand More Driving Jobs
UPS predicts package volume in the U.S. will grow two to three percent in 2012.
Will growing volume mean more jobs—or just more production harassment? Read the rest …
Make UPS Deliver in 2012
Hoffa and Hall have promised UPS will curb production harassment, hire more package drivers and respect members’ 9.5 rights.
It’s up to Teamster members to hold Hoffa and Hall to their pledge and to Make UPS Deliver on these commitments.
Empty Promises at UPS
Under fire for weak contract enforcement at UPS, Hoffa and Ken Hall convened a national conference call last summer to brief shop stewards and promise International Union action.
But more than six months later, Hoffa and Hall remain out of touch and missing in action. Read the rest …
No Protection from New Technology and Production Harassment
Drivers are paying the cost for another Hoffa-Hall surrender in bargaining—this time over the language on technology and discipline.
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Protect Yourself from Production Harassment
Daily Log Books Can Help Counter Harassment, Discipline
Keeping track of your day can give you back up if you’re facing production harassment or accused of stealing time—and it can help back off management too.
The UPS Committee of Teamsters for a Democratic Union has produced a Daily Log Book used by many UPS drivers.
“Management is less likely to pick on the drivers who pay attention and keep track of their days,” says Mark Day, a package car steward in Chicago Local 705. “When they know you’re prepared for them, they tend to leave you alone.” Read the rest …
Protect Yourself with The OJS Tracking Sheet
TDU has produced a new tool to help package car drivers protect themselves.
Use the OJS Tracking Sheet to stop UPS from using your OJS to hold you to an inflated SPORH.
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Protect Yourself When UPS Comes After You for Production
With profits down, management is turning up the pressure on package drivers.
What to do if management comes after you for production. Read the rest …
Teamster Local Gives Management an OJS
New York Local 804 is giving on-car supervisors a taste of their own medicine.
Local 804 union reps tailed supervisors and videotaped them on OJS days. If UPS is really interested in “Failure to follow proper methods,” then they need to take a look at Local 804′s footage. Read the rest …
Protecting Yourself from UPS Technology
Sensors and spyware are either on your package car or coming soon.
How do you protect yourself? Read the rest …
Package Driver Survival Tips
Download the Bulletin
Following the methods is the best way to protect yourself from unfair discipline and production harassment.
Click here to download our bulletin Package Driver Survival Tips.
You have the legal right to distribute copies of this bulletin at UPS, as long as you do so in nonwork areas (parking lot, locker room, break room) and at nonwork times (before or after work, break times). Read the rest …
Five Changes to Strengthen UPS Contract Enforcement
IBT Vice President and Package Division Director Ken Hall says local officers and members are to blame for weak contract enforcement because they bring cases “with no facts.”
Here are five changes the International Union could adopt today to increase contract enforcement. Read the rest …
When You Gotta Go
UPS management has been hassling drivers in some areas about going off their route to use bathroom facilities and even for going to the bathroom when they’re not on their break. Is this happening in your area? Let us know and find out your rights under federal law.
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