What does the UPS contract say about supervisors working?

Article 3.7 generally prohibits supervisors from performing bargaining-unit work, with narrow exceptions and a grievable remedy.

Article 3.7 of the UPS National Master Agreement prohibits supervisors from performing bargaining-unit work — loading, unloading, sorting, driving, delivering — except in narrowly defined situations like genuine emergencies or training. When a supervisor works in violation of 3.7, the contract provides a financial remedy (typically the displaced employee is made whole for hours worked at the appropriate rate, often double time).

Documenting the violation with time, location, and witnesses, then filing a 3.7 grievance through your steward, is the standard remedy. Ask TeamstersGPT for the exact 3.7 language and the penalty rate that applies in your supplement.

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