9.5 List: Deadline to Sign is January 5
Stronger protection against excessive overtime was a major part of our historic contract fight at UPS this year—and it was a huge part of our victory. UPS Teamster locals have a major role to play in enforcing this new contract language by getting as many drivers as possible to sign up on the 9.5 list by January 5, 2024.
For UPS management, the number of drivers we have on the 9.5 is a measure of how serious we are as a union about enforcing our contract and cracking down on excessive overtime. The following materials from the Teamsters Package Division should be used by locals and your shop stewards to encourage RPCDs to get on this important list.
In this toolkit:
- 9.5 Sign-Up Leaflet
- 9.5 Sign-Up Sheet
- Social Media Graphics
- Talking Points & Best Practice for Stewards
- Sharing 9.5 Sign-Up Activity Photos & Videos
9.5 Sign-Up Leaflet
Click below to download
9.5 Sign Up Sheet
Click HERE to download the digital sign-up document (Excel file)
Social Media Graphics
Sample Social Media Text for Facebook, Instagram, etc.
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM EXCESSIVE OVERTIME: SIGN THE 9.5 LIST! ✍️
Among the many gains we won in our new UPS Teamsters contract was stronger protection against excessive overtime. Drivers have a major role to play in enforcing this new language by TALKING TO YOUR STEWARD and SIGNING UP for the 9.5 list! The 9.5 list is designed to stop UPS from working you over 9.5 hours per day more than twice a week—and to make UPS pay for violations.
Your time—and time with your family—is valuable. When UPS violates your 9.5 rights, the company must adjust your work schedule and pay triple time for hours worked over 9.5 hours in a day.
Under new contract language:
☑️ For the first time, former 22.4 drivers who were denied 9.5 protection will now qualify for those rights!
☑️ If UPS continues to violate your 9.5 rights, you could receive QUADRUPLE time for all hours worked over 9.5 hours!
Signing up for the 9.5 list is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. The clock is ticking. TALK TO YOUR STEWARD AND SIGN UP BY JANUARY 5!
– Click below to download graphics –
Talking Points & Best Practices for Stewards
TALKING POINTS
- As drivers, we need to help enforce our historic contract, starting by exercising our 9.5 rights and new language that forces UPS to hold compliance meetings after repeated 9.5 violations by the company.
- When you are on the 9.5 list, you can file a 9.5 grievance whenever you work more than 9.5 hours on three days in a work week.
- After your fifth 9.5 penalty grievance has been paid out in a calendar year, a driver can request a 9.5 compliance meeting with the company. This meeting must be held within 45 days. After the compliance meeting, all 9.5 payments will be paid out at quadruple time.
- Your time – and time with your family – is valuable. Don’t let the company take that away from you by making you work excessive overtime.
- We don’t live to work. We work to live. Remind the company that they don’t own your personal time by signing up on the 9.5 list.
- [To former 22.4s] One of the biggest things we won in our new contract was eliminating the 22.4 two-tier wage system and making you an RPCD. This means you are now eligible for 9.5 protections, pursuant to Article 37.
BEST PRACTICES
- Obtain a seniority list for your building/center. Consider attaching (copy/paste) the seniority list as a column to the left side of the 9.5 Excel list. This allows you to track down anyone who didn’t sign.
- Organize a 9.5 signing day. Stewards and business agents can stand outside the gates during non-work time and talk to drivers as they come in.
- In addition to stewards, recruit a few activist members or Safety Committee members to stand out front to help talk with drivers and get them signed up.
- Stewards and BAs should be well-versed in the new Article 37 language, including the compliance meeting mandate after five 9.5 violations in a calendar year, per Section 1(c), and the 24-hour notice requirement for OJS rides (Section 3).
- Be on the lookout for a forthcoming tracking tool from the Package Division to assist BAs and stewards on Section 1(c) enforcement and alert them when a compliance meeting needs to be arranged.
Share Photos & Videos from 9.5 Sign-Up Activity
Follow the instructions below for submitting photos and videos from your local union’s 9.5 sign-up efforts. We will feature content from UPS locals on the International’s social media platforms.
To submit image or video files from your phone:
- CLICK HERE to upload files and indicate your local union and location of the action. OR…
- Open the UPS Teamsters app, click on the ≡ menu icon on the top left of the screen, and select “Share Action Photos/Videos.” Upload your files and indicate your local union. OR…
- Email your files to UPSvictory@teamster.org. Remember to include your local union, as well as the UPS center/location where the action took place.
QUICK TIPS
- If you are sending video files, please keep them short — no longer than one minute and no larger than 50 MB.
- For photos, move in close to the action; avoid taking photos from a faraway distance.