Stockton got word today that it will be closed and work moved to Lathrop. Not sure details yet. May 28 is the target date given by the company. Galt and outliying Galt area routes will be sent to Cordova. Stockton, Lodi and outlying areas of those two will move to Lathrop.
Saw this on Facebook today, going around only posted about 12 hours ago.
What are your thoughts on this driver/owners actions?
Been here since 2:30 🫠 almost done, I won’t complain anymore since Saturday will be all OT
at fedex they wanted us to have our phones in order to set up the scheduling app and have our bank info for direct deposit. and i dont believe they addressed this in any of the emails. also is orientation just sitting in a room for the first day?
I got followed by my center manager doing an observation. Been a driver for 6 years and never been followed by the center manager other than the on roads. Been followed multiple times within the last two weeks as well. What does this mean?
According to our building manager UPS has authorized our building to hire 8 FT RPCDs. We've been running extremely lean for two years now and 30 to 40 9.5s have been filed weekly. Last year there were some drivers in the building grossing $140k plus (at least 15k in grievance payouts). Im not sure how long this process will play out, but there are seasonal drivers and SVD drivers that are frothing at the mouth to get a seniority date. Anyone else's building hiring FT RPCDs?
Im a FT driver and have contemplated quitting numerous times because of the workload and hours away from wife, kids, and home. This news feels like relief, but I am weary of the promises made by the company and how little the company cares about the driver group.
So yesterday was my second day and i did better then the first day and i wanna know will i get fired. Im overweight but im able to complete the job until the last truck where im weared out and my back starts hurting and need a break. I just need a few more days until i get used to it frfr. I think im doing good but idk man i need help. I’m a college student and make it to work a hour and some time early. Also I’m working overnight not as a b**ch in there, can I get some advice pls? I also didn’t take a water break until the first trailer was complete and also I’m unloading it’s not hard at all mentally I’m there but physically can’t last the whole 4 hours. So will I be fired ?
15 Cargo Container from malaysia on the way to Central Hub Shenzen,China.
So me and multiple high seniority workers were lied to verbally that there will be no more easy hard inside bids for full time at our warehouse. When i receive that news from steward and all around the hub i took the next full time bid which is load load (horrible ik). So i go into this bid and load and behold not 1 not 2 but 45 easy hard bid positions go up and i cant take a single one since im in a 6 month lock out since I accepted the shitty hard hard bid! To top it off you know who took one of the easy hard? My own business agent from my union who's telling me he didn't say that and that he doesn't make the bids the company does?!?! So now i have 45 people with lower seniority with great full time jobs ik they will NEVER give up while i stuck loading trailers for 8 hours! My whole union won't help me and now im stuck. low-key makes me wanna just quit (i wont) but I feel like there something or someone I can talk to to get out this situation im already passed my 30 day so im locked in but I want my easy hard that I deserve that should been posted up first.
P.s im already top rate and do NOT want to go full time driver i have another business i run only here for insurance I just dont wanna die trying to earn it
Im local 439 if any of you have a idea who i can talk to or fight this id appreciate it
I have finally figured out all of the tea in regards to the rumors about me and where they have stemmed from. I’m looking for help on who to report this to and how to go about it in a smart way. One of the PT sups is about 11 years older than I am but for the past two years he has continuously tried to send me money and flirt with me, try to make passes and message me all of the time. I’ve never engaged with him in any sexual manner inside or outside of work but he has painted a narrative to everyone that we are sleeping together and it has led to full time sups making a bet on how long it would take before I had sex with him. (I just found out this was a year ago), mind you, the men at my job are disgusting and I am in a healthy relationship. I’m not crossing those lines. I feel as if this is extremely distasteful, disrespectful, sexist and unprofessional given I am a young female. The struggle comes in when the people who have been co-signing this information does not want to come forward with the truth and some of the other supervisors involved are higher-up than just full time supervisors unfortunately . Also, there have been other women telling me that the same PT Sup I referenced earlier has been messaging them for a while and making passes + trying to grab and grope them as well. What can I do about this if it’s his word vs mine and no one else wants to come forward? I’m so tired of this shit
I’m not mad but slightly annoyed… idk who does this if it’s preload or someone else but can someone please explain to me the science behind putting PAL labels ON TOP of the barcodes???
(Bloomberg Law) -- A Black UPS driver won a $237.6 million jury verdict in a case in which he alleged he’d been discriminated against and subject to a hostile work environment before being fired.
The verdict, rendered Thursday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Washington at Yakima, may be both the biggest of its kind and the biggest ever in the state, said attorney Dustin Collier, one of the lawyers who represented plaintiff Tahvio Gratton.
Gratton was awarded $39.6 million for emotional distress along with $198 million in punitive damages, according to a transcript provided by Collier. The verdict sheet is not yet publicly available.
“We thank the jury for seeing the truth, vindicating our client’s rights, and sending a powerful message to UPS that our communities will not tolerate racial discrimination, harassment, or retaliation against the victims of discrimination and harassment,” the attorney said.
The parcel delivery service, in a statement to Bloomberg Law, said it would appeal.
The trial started Sept. 9.
Summary Judgement
Gratton filed the lawsuit in October 2022 and amended his complaint six months later. Earlier this year, US District Judge Thomas O. Rice denied a United Parcel Service Inc. bid for summary judgment.
Gratton had claimed he was frequently laid off in favor of white drivers with less seniority than him; repeatedly called “boy” by a supervisor; and given a less desirable route and a worse truck.
After filing grievances in 2018, 2020, and 2021alleging racial discrimination and other workplace mistreatment, he was fired in 202 following a sexual harassment investigation into whether he touched a female employee’s back.
A reasonable jury could find Gratton was fired for speaking out and UPS’ stated reason for his firing — alleging he assaulted an employee — was pretextual, Rice said in his April ruling, sending the case on for trial.
“We are disappointed with the jury’s decision but respect the process and the deliberations of the jury,” UPS spokesman Glenn Zaccara said in the email. “We intend to appeal the verdict based on a number of evidentiary and legal errors.”
Zaccara said the company takes retaliation seriously, has prevention policies in place, and maintains its former driver was fired for an unprovoked assault on a female coworker.
The case is Gratton v. United Parcel Service Inc., E.D. Wash., 22-cv-3149, 9/12/24
Read the full complaint here:
Some excerpts:
Mr. O’Rourke is white and younger than Mr. Gratton. Rather than referring to Mr. Gratton by name, he referred to him as “Boy” throughout the day. For example, he said to Mr. Gratton, “Is this the hardest you’ve ever worked, Boy?” “Move faster, Boy, let’s go!” “Boy, I told you to hurry!”
A Footlocker employee witnessed some of Mr. O’Rourke’s conduct towards Tahvio Gratton that day, which she described as “shocking”:
When Tahvio greeted me and asked how I was doing, the other man said, “Let’s get going, boy, let’s move.” “I didn’t tell you to talk, boy.” He went on to call Tahvio “Boy” over and over again, while barking orders at him. Every time this man talked to Tavhio while in the Foot Locker store that day, he call him “boy.” I was absolutely shocked.
At the end of Tahvio’s delivery that day, I was double-counting all of the boxes as I always did before singing off. During that moment of downtime, Tahvio and I again exchanged a few words. His supervisor barked, “I told you, boy, you’re not supposed to talk!"
These events caused Plaintiff Tahvio Gratton severe humiliation and distress. He broke down crying in his car before driving home that day.
UPS subjected Mr. Gratton to ongoing retaliation, including open displays of hostility.
On or about May 25, 2018, Mr. Gratton came to the UPS Center on a day off in order to pick up a personal package. On-Road Supervisor Fromherz stopped Mr. Gratton and asked, “Are you working today?” When Mr. Gratton said “No,” Fromherz yelled, “Then get the fuck off the property!” Mr. Gratton was shocked and asked, “What did you just say?” Fromherz repeated, “Get the fuck off the property."
UPS must be so amazing that they’re never hiring. But when I checked FedEx Ground, they’re always hiring everyday! Recently left FedEx ground and I’m trying to get into UPS. Gonna try to speak with a management team member at my local facility and see if I can slide my way in!
The questions I’m getting. The way I got my job at FedEx as a part time package handler was speaking directly to the facility manager. Yes you’re supposed to apply online. I got lucky. Always told to go in and ask if they’re hiring rather than checking online.
Work load is fine to me despite the volume. Work is work, a job is a job. It’s one of the 2, it’ll fit my schedule.
FT came around with a clipboard, making everyone who is tue-sat sign it saying they will work monday and saying it is MANDATORY. This is the first time in a while that tue-sat employees get a 3 day weekend and they are making us work monday 😂. I RTS it and recommend you guys do the same.
Ive been a driver for 3 years and am still a Tuesday-Saturday driver. This year the 4th is going to be on a Saturday and as far as I can remember this is the first time in my 3 years that us Tuesday-Saturday drivers get a natural 3 day weekend due to the holidays always being a Monday.
So I get back to the building today and my supervisor comes up to me and says “the company is trying to get every Tuesday-Saturday driver to come in on Monday to help with the extra volume that wont get delivered Saturday”
Like I’m sorry? How dumb do you think I am?
Idk why but it felt like every other stop was Cologuard