August 2008

Welcome to          DenverBrown.com         This website is for UPS drivers in the Denver, Colorado area. It will provide useful information about our jobs at United Parcel Service and our Union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and our local, Teamsters Local 455.         Some of the subjects talked about here are unique to UPS. The DIAD, feeders, preload, DPS, PAS, EDD, DOL, PDA, PCM, package car, pretrip, hub, 9.5 day, 8 hour request, warning letter, paid for time, option days, option week, on car supervisor, loss or damage, over 70, the methods, panels, WOR, JAC, TAW, OJS, bid sheets, missed scans, driver release,

driver followup, bump, Article 5, Article 40 and 22.3 jobs are all terms used within the company. Others issues are universal to the labor movement like FMLA, OSHA, IBT, Joint Council, James Hoffa, Union hall, business agent, steward, solidarity, lunch breaks, part time work, grievances, work to rules, strike, picket line, Central States Pension Fund and Western States Pension Fund, seniority, discipline and termination.         As UPS drivers, it is nearly impossible for us to swap information about our work because we spend so little time together at the building. The company has the advantage when getting their message out; they simply assemble us in the morning and pay us to listen.         This site is for drivers who want a little more news about what’s going on at work and at the Union hall. With the arrival of the Internet and the World Wide Web, we can now communicate and trade information from the comfort of our homes. Hopefully, this will link us all a little closer together. The opinions expressed here are my own, unless otherwise noted. These are my views. This is the view from the driver’s side. Updated on the 1st of Every Month           WORK             Paper OJS Ride........Sparky gone mad             The Road to Retirement........Sending in the forms             Car Strikes UPS Driver........Running from dog             Time for a Raise !........35 cents             My UPS Driver is Cool........He knows my name             COD Problem?........Get creative             Sexual Discrimination Suit........Shoddy treatment             UPS: Please, Please........Stop forging my signature             Things to Say to Your Boss........Without swearing             UPS in the News........Some good, some not so good             10 Stupidist Mistakes Managers Make........So true             Fear and Non-disclosure........Write a book             UPS Lobbyist........Behind probe of rival FedEx             Stupid Questions........ at the UPS Store           PAS             Supervisor Weighs In........Management perspective                Learning from your Peers........Look Around             Thank God........Somebody Got Hurt             EDD/PAS is a Tool........Re-inventing the wheel             Think Like an Engineer........Life is beautiful             Add/Cuts........Let the drivers do it             Progressive Discipline........It's for your own good             Making Lemonade........Can you do it?             Top 10 Reasons........to hate PAS             Notes from the Field........Living the dream             Take a Deep Breath........Here comes PAS             Why is My Load Jacked?........Is it the supes?           UNION             Ballot Plans Target Unions........Get in on the fight             A Steward's Tools.......Remember TLA             Insubordination........A lesson for Stewards             Southern Exposure........Life down South             Best Union Member Website........Cybersteward.net             Half Of Employers........Have Frozen Pension Plans             Hoffa Rejects Drilling.......A change for the IBT             News from Across the Pond........Fighting UPS in England             McCain Proposes Tax Holiday........for Beer Heiresses             Best Union Blog........CtW Connect             A Call to Arms........Battle lines being drawn             Contract Cheat Sheet........Where to Find What You Need           ARCHIVE             Past issuses of Denverbrown....Print old issues and read them at lunch           CONTACT             Contact Us....We don't bite             Something About Me....Why am I doing this??             A Few Pictures of Me....Honing my skills             More Pictures of Me....On vacation Return to top

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