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Showing posts with label Lisa Bradshaw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lisa Bradshaw. Show all posts

Monday, 12 August 2024

Just for the record

 I have now asked the following if they care to comment on "Locking the Time Stamp"

Louis-Hubert Pacco, Attorney, obviously knows nothing about operations or he would know fraud, as fraud

Rick Fletcher

Chris Marchant

Craig McIntosh

Howard Stone

Lorraine Burke

Lisa Bradshaw

Nigel Marsh

Richard Watts, he who confirmed that I had raised issues about integrity.

Sharon Hampson

Steve O'Donnell

P. Theunissen


At least one of these has an active UPS email as I've had an out of office reply already as I type this.

I'll make a comment here. None of these will confirm anything about "Locking the Time Stamp" because it is fraud.

In the same way there was an orchestrated and organised denial by management about any issue that I raised.

The inplication by UPS being that I am a compulsive liar, which has worked, because currently no-one believes me.

That's how powerful UPS are, they can lie to and deceive anyone that they want to and get away with it.

I could create a long list of authorities who have been deceived but I'll name just one for now.

West Yorkshire Police





Saturday, 22 February 2014

A recent read

Interesting that someone has been reading a post about Lisa Bradshaw and some e-mails that I sent to her regarding my training records. Details Here

Having denied that any records existed, other than the paltry few that were stashed at UPS House, wouldn't it be strange if they miraculously appeared as evidence in court.

A little reminder that the only records that UPS could find were those relating to Compliance training. The only thing that UPS can show, is the one thing that they will be trying to hide.

Fraud, lack of Compliance, bullying etc.


Saturday, 11 January 2014

Andrew Mitchell MP

Scotland Yard sources say it appears that Wallis had acted on his own in a misguided attempt to support his colleague’s story.

A total of seven other police officers are facing disciplinary action over the Plebgate affair.

2 consecutive statements from a report that I read.

Own v. 7

Hint of a contradiction there. I heard 10 on the radio yesterday.

Where does an orchestrated response ring a bell?

Davis
Miller
McIntosh
Mays
Bradshaw
O'Toole
O'Donnell

That's 7 to match Andrew Mitchell's case, but there's more, a lot more, as there probably are above.



Saturday, 28 December 2013

Grievance

7th December 2010
Lisa Bradshaw

Hello Mike,

As per my earlier emails, if you would like to raise an official grievance, please could you provide specifics in writing with evidence to back up your new concerns through the formal grievance procedure and address either to your Manager or Division Manager, Rob Burrows.  If you decide to formalise this matter please copy your correspondence to either myself or Barbara Garrett, HR Specialist.

Regards,
Lisa

Lisa Bradshaw
Workforce Planning Supervisor (North East)
Salters Lane Industrial Estate, Sedgefield
Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 3EE
United Kingdom


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From: Bradshaw Lisa (LMM6LXB)  
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 9:49 AM
To: Whitehead Mike (UKG2MXW)
Subject: Integrity

Hello Mike,

As discussed previously, I recall that we discussed some history regarding integrity issues which occurred several years ago at the Dewsbury centre .......................

......................It is correct that at UPS we believe integrity is fundamental and I would like to reassure you that every formal integrity issue is investigated thoroughly, unfortunately it is not possible for me to investigate the specifics regarding your previous concerns again but I can advise you that if any new grievance is raised formally which concerns integrity issues it will be investigated and the appropriate action taken.  



Do I hear someone shouting bullshit?

Obviously 3 grievances were insufficient

Sunday, 16 June 2013

Post of the week

Lots of interest in my "somebody is getting twitchy" post.

Nothing strange there I hear you say, except there's no content to that post, just a reference to a post about Steve O'Donnell, which is almost a year old.

Maybe the content of that post is stirring some interest.

Copy of an e-mail sent to Lisa Bradshaw in HR, detailing the actions of Steve O'Donnell.

Post of the month as well, and 7th most read post ever.

Cue an anonymous comment from UPS management, referring to gentleman's sausages or anal problems, because that's their mentality.

Friday, 31 May 2013

Bucket List

All will become clear, very soon peeps.
Maybe you cane work it out.
Answers on a postcard, or a comment


Chairman/CEO;
            D. Scott Davis

District Managers;
            Cindy Miller

Country Manager:
            Tony Colaizzo

Division Managers;
            Richard Watts
            Ian Wilson
            Howard Stone
            Rob Burrows
            Nigel Marsh
            John Johnson
            Craig McIntosh

Centre Managers;
            Geoff Platt
            Mo Akhtar
            Carl McGuinness
            Duncan Coates
            Scott Fowler
            Steve O’Donnell
    Phil Dearlove
    Alec Simmons
    Paul Clarke

Compliance & Ethics
            Randy Grimes
            Christopher Robbins

H.R;
            Tomas Kosir
            Roger Mays
            Emma O’Toole
            Sharon Hampson
            Lisa Bradshaw
            Barbara Garrett

Automotive
            Shaun Phillips
            Roger Birchenough
            Chris Gent

Safety;
            Paul Bowskill
            Barbara Gregory
            Matt Gale

Security;
            Chris Marchant
            Duncan Adair
            Mike Denyer
            Mark Salt
            Tony Nedergaard
            Sharon Summers
            Lorraine Burke
            Simon Eyers

Supervisors;
            Dan Walton
            Dean Weir
            Mark Whitehouse
            Tin Jenkins
            Craig Scott
            Andy Campion
            Paul Wilson

Team Leaders;
            Sharon Wilkinson
            Shayne Williams
            Gavin Muldoon
            Chris Kent
            Rob Mullett

Other UPS employees;
            Albert Graham – Union Convenor
            Michael Randell – IE ?
            Yamin Hwe – IE ?
           
            Drivers @ Dewsbury
            Centre Managers on Centreboard list








Friday, 15 February 2013

At last......some sense from CIPD


Today's post from the CIPD could have been written by me. In fact, I think most of it has been. There won't be many UPS Managers that answers NO to any of the twelve questions. Here's the link if you want to check my source.

How to spot the psychopaths, Machiavels and narcissists at work…

…And why your boss may be one of them

TV has got a lot to answer for. Larger than life characters like mafia boss Tony Soprano (The Sopranos) and Wall Street’s Gordon Gekko convince us that it’s easy to spot the cold, unempathetic psychopaths, machiavals (compulsive game players) and the me, me, me narcissists among us.

But in the modern workplace, says Oliver James, author of Office Politics, people who display this triad of characteristics (if they have one they are likely to possess the others) are often adept at concealing the darker side of their nature. And when they do they are prone to doing well in the business world.

“1 per cent of the population are psychopathic, 4 per cent of American senior managers are. Likewise a study of English senior managers showed they are more much likely to be narcissists than the occupants of Broadmoor hospital,” says James.

So how do you spot them? In his book James suggest you score people on the following characteristics using a rating scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). The higher the score, the more likely they are to possess the “dark triad” of personality traits.

1. They tend to exploit and trick others for self-advancement.

2. They have used lies and deception to get their way.

3. They have used ingratiation to get their way.

4. They tend to manipulate others for selfish reasons.

5. They tend not to feel regretful and apologetic after having done wrong.

6. They tend not to worry about whether their behaviour is ethical.

7. They tend to be lacking in empathy and crassly unaware of the distress they can cause others.

8. They tend to take a pretty dim view of humanity, attributing nasty motives and selfishness.

9. They tend to be hungry for admiration.

10. They tend to want to be the centre of attention.

11. They tend to aim for higher status and signs of their importance.

12. They tend to take it for granted that other people will make extra efforts to help them.

Let us know how many of them you spot in your workplace.

Look out for our article on how to survive – and even thrive – when office politics are rife in March’s edition of People Management.

"Let us know how many of them you spot"...........OK, then, just to name a few.

Geoff Platt
Mo Akhtar
Carl McGuinness
Richard Watts
Howard Stone
Duncan Coates
Nigel Marsh
Scott Fowler
Steve O'Donnell
Rob Burrows
Craig McIntosh
Roger Mays
Lisa Bradshaw
Emma O'Toole
Tony Collaizo
Cindy Miller
D. Scott Davis

To name just a few, like what I said


Saturday, 12 January 2013

Yesterdays CIPD missive


Of course UPS HR Dept haven't the balls to stand up to their own business leaders

11 January 2013
Business leaders want HR Business Partners who are not afraid to challenge them
CIPD HR Business Partner Conference, 13-14 February 2013, London
HR needs to increase its visibility and have the courage to effectively challenge business decisions, according to a survey of business leaders due to be released by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) later this month*. Given their unique position within organisations, HR Business Partners may provide a pivotal role in meeting these objectives, a theme that will be discussed at the CIPD HR Business Partner Conference.
During the conference Mike Cooke, Chief Executive of the London Borough of Camden and former HR professional, will explore how HR can be seen as 'mission critical' and the central role of HR Business Partners in achieving this.
HR Business Partners provide a crucial link between an organisation's overall goals and its people practice. For this relationship to be successful, HR Business Partners need to understand the strategic focus of their business, stay aware of external factors, and be able to build strong links between departments.
Throughout the HR Business Partner Conference and Workshop, other senior business leaders will provide best practice examples of how HR can enhance its strategic insight and keep abreast of industry changes. Highlight sessions include:
  • Results Driven HR: adding business value with HR - Martin Kirke, HR Delivery Director at Transport for London will explore how HR business partners can be successful drivers for change.
  • Creating an impact: repositioning HR for maximum strategic impact - Simon Lanham, HR Transformational Director, and Rachel Bennett, HR Business Partner from Grant Thornton will look at how HR can maximise its impact as a strategically-aligned business function.
  • Moving from Transactional to Transformational HR - Tanya Sinclair, HR Transformation Project Lead, Balfour Beatty, will be delivering a case study on how to build a HR team focused on strategy development rather than just service delivery.
*The next CIPD HR Outlook report, based on a survey of more than 400 business leaders and senior HR professionals, is due to be published later this month.

Saturday, 6 October 2012

Mo Akhtar-A bit of previous

 Of course there's an allegedly in there, but isn't there something about smoke and fire?


I never found out what the follow up was...........................carpet, under and swept spring to mind. It wouldn't be the only time that it had happened.

Note that there are 4 HR employees who failed to follow up on this

I still haven't got my rewards

Come on Roger. You've not paid up yet.

I think the reward was £5,000

That's
£5,000 for Roger Mays
£5,000 for Lisa Bradshaw
£5,000 for D. Scott Davis
£5,000 for 50 x bent* Centre Managers
£5,000 for 475 x centre boards on road
£5,000 for 38 old centreboards
£5,000 for each of the other Managers named

Lets call it 600 occurrences

So just on Integrity issues you owe me £3,000,094 #


* that's as in 9 bob note, dishonest.
Not gay or distorted. Just to be clear

# £94 - stolen expenses

CIPD - A Challenge

As predicted previously the CIPD are falling to investigate UPS's 3 members of the CIPD. That is the 3 members that were confirmed as per 3 letters from the CIPD.

  • My initial paperwork was lost
  • 2 of the members became non-members
  • The complaint procedure changed
  • But after my initial complaint
  • It has taken 5 months to reach this stage
  • 316268-1333394592
  • 318858-1334610392
  • 332411-1339504441
  • 337662-1340774142
  • 347116-1342801535
  • 347117-1342801655
Why all the reference numbers? Every time I had to follow up a dead end I received a new reference number


A reminder of the Ethical Standards and Integrity

Members of the CIPD shall:

1.5 apply professional high standards of relevance, accuracy and timeliness in the information and advice they provide to stakeholders.
2.1 establish, maintain and develop business relationships based on confidence, trust and respect

2.2 exhibit and defend professional and personal integrity and honesty at all times

4.2 challenge others if they suspect unlawful or unethical conduct or behaviour

4.3 ensure that their professional judgement is not compromised nor could be perceived as being compromised because of bias, or the undue influence of others

I have appealed against the decision not to investigate, but I'm guessing the outcome.

Mr Mike Kelly, the challenge is for you to follow your own code of professional conduct.

Dear Marianne

A number of items for Mr Mike Kelly to look at before he decides not to investigate Lisa Bradshaw.
  • My first grievance was outside your 12 month time period
  • If you had wished to see a copy, as per my e-mail, I could have sent it.
  • You state hearsay, for my evidence. I sent you copies of e-mails, that is not hearsay.
  • If there was insufficient information, as per my e-mail, I could have sent more information.
  • You have not mentioned my second grievance.
  • Lisa Bradshaw failed to take any action in relation to this.
  • I sent you an e-mail stating that I wished Lisa to investigate, again, not hearsay.
  • There is more background information here for you http://mikeyvtheworld.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/CIPD

Again, my money is on no investigation, for whatever reason.

Regards
Mike

Sunday, 30 September 2012

More from the UPS Policy Book

The great majority of our people are of high moral character. However, when we do discover a dishonest person in our organization, we deal with that individual quickly and firmly. For our company to be known for its integrity, each one of us must meet high standards.

Scott, define "the great majority."

It is n't you, or T Kosir, or Roger Mays, Lisa Bradshaw, Emma O'Toole, Geoff Platt, Mo Akhtar, Richard Watts, Carl McGuinness, Duncan Coates, Chris Marchant, Nigel Marsh, Howard Stone, Steve O'Donnell, Rob Burrows, Craig McIntosh, 50 Centreboard Managers or any of the others I really can't be bothered looking up just now.

The great majority of our Management are not of high moral character. The honest employees are the hard working ones on the coal face. Usually the first to be victimised.
It is not the drivers cheating with centreboards.
It is not the drivers cheating with time deliveries.
It is not the drivers cheating with Non deliveries.

The Management give the instructions.
The Management are dishonest with their employees.

Clyde & Co, are UPS still happy with all this?

Liars, prevaricators, beguilers, cheaters, deceivers, tricksters, slickers, false witnesses, perjurers, fabricators, fibbers, storytellers, dishonorable, dishonourable, insincere
corrupt, crooked, not straight, dishonest, immoral, evasive, false - not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality, untrustworthy, untrusty


and all these descriptions?

Of course they are.


Wednesday, 12 September 2012

UPS & CIPD

Following on from my denial and loss post, I have an update from the CIPD.

You may appeal my decision that your complaint against Lisa Bradshaw cannot be validated by the 20th September 2012.  At the moment there is insufficient information to establish that your complaint against her is admissible or within time.  Without further evidence of the misconduct you are alleging (including dates)  I cannot take your complaint against her further.

Roger Mays and Emma Toole have not resigned from the CIPD.  They have a non member record with us which means that they are on our database as having used our services but they are not CIPD Members.  I regret that it was a mistake by Ms Hackney in advising you that they were members of the CIPD and I apologise for this.

Regards
Marianne

It's starting to get tedious

Dear Marianne

Matters occurring within the previous 12 months of my initial contact regarding Lisa Bradshaw.

Contrary to UPS policy I was advised by Lisa not to report integrity issues.

I was asked by Lisa if I was doing the right job and working for the right Company if I was raising these integrity issues.

As my initial contact with UPS for my 3rd grievance (January 2012), Lisa failed to ensure that the grievance was;

  • Investigated in a timely fashion
  • Investigated thoroughly
  • Investigated with integrity
  • Procedures were followed

As Lisa investigated my first grievance, (over 12 months ago) she would have known the accuracy of the information that was contained within it. It is my opinion that an orchestrated response was arranged in response to my first grievance, In which every Manager named, failed to recall any issues that I had raised. Lisa later said, within the 12 month period, that the managers had ‘chosen’ not to remember.

With regard to the 2nd grievance that I raised (July 2011, within 12 months). Lisa has failed to investigate this grievance. There was no response at all, despite e-mails to chase up a response.


Re Roger Mays & Emma O’Toole, at what point did they cease to become members? & why?  (unless they are in membership when the complaint is raised and they resign). I have letters from yourselves stating that at the point of my initial enquiries they were members.

Will you advise me if they re-apply for membership? Although I’m guessing that once a year has passed you will not investigate either of these individuals, despite their incompetence and dishonesty. You can pass on my comments to Roger if you want, as he has not responded to any of my e-mails since he became my sole contact. As Roger Mays has stated that he conducted a thorough investigation, is a liar.

Regards
Mike

Yawwwwwwnnnnnn

Dear Mike,  I checked the Membership status of these individuals on receipt of the complaint form.  Roger Mays and Emma O Toole are on our database but they have a non member record so I regret that if you have been advised that they are in membership - this was incorrect.  Please accept my apologies.

We cannot investigate the conduct of non or former members (unless they are in membership when the complaint is raised and they resign – which is not the case here)  

I rang you at 11.30, 12 and 12.30 last Thursday 30th and left messages for you each time – I wanted to speak to you in person to talk to you about your complaint and let you know which of the three people you complained about was a Member. (Why would she phone me at home, & phone call, no proof which is why I asked for e-mails)

Thank you for confirming that the Employment tribunal is not now going ahead.  What I now need from you in order to validate the complaint about Lisa Bradshaw is to know the date of the alleged misconduct. We do not usually consider complaints on matters that occurred more than 12 months ago (from the date you first got in touch with us).  This is to ensure accurate recall of facts and evidence by both complainant and member.  We do make exceptions to this however so if you could let me know then I can review ?

I was not aware that you had asked if Paul Mooney was a Member – we have a few Paul Mooneys on our system so I need a bit more information to confirm whether he is in Membership? Do you have his address or employer?  I did a check on UPS and we have no one of that name working for them in Membership?

I do appreciate this has been a difficult experience for you and assure you of the CIPD’s commitment to conduct its complaints and disciplinary procedures fairly and in a timely manner.

Regards
Marianne


Which followed;

Dear Marianne

The holiday was very pleasant thank you.

I can only see your e-mail as further delaying tactics. I’m guessing that you don’t want these (past) members to embarrass you with their lack of professional competence, should you subject them to a thorough investigation.

Re. Your first point. Roger Mays and Emma O’Toole have already been confirmed as your members. When did they resign?
I wish you to investigate these as former members. I’m sure that they will shortly re-apply for membership, once “I’ve gone away”.
Have they been advised to resign and re-apply later? It seems rather convenient that 2 of the main protagonists have suddenly stopped being members of your organisation.

I would like you to investigate Lisa Bradshaw as she is a current member. What documentation do you need me to resend?
What are your time constraints? And will this time factor be taken from my original complaints?

My Employment Tribunal claim has been rejected due to a time limit, so you are clear to investigate on that point (Letter dated 31st August 2012)

You have my complaints already, all 3 have now been submitted twice, I can see no need to resubmit these again.

You have mentioned a past president about investigating complaints, who outside your Company regulates you? Who regulates the regulator?

We were supposed to have a telephone conversation at 11.30 on Thursday, why was the information only sent at 12.57? You had plenty of time to submit the e-mail, was that while Roger & Emma ‘resigned’?

As you can probably tell, I am exceeding disappointed and frustrated by your stonewalling tactics, either you are going to investigate or not.

I’m guessing that it will end up being……not.

If you need an official appeal to your decision, then I officially appeal.

I wish you to investigate your (ex) members and stop them defrauding the customers of UPS.

We are now almost 5 months on from my e-mail to Gary, Reference 316268-1333394592, and the CIPD has still failed to start an investigation.

I also asked if Paul Mooney was a member. This question has also not been answered.

I will again remind you of your code

To this end members:

[4.2.1] are required to exercise integrity, honesty, diligence and appropriate behaviour in all their business, professional and related personal activities.

[4.2.2] must act within the law and must not encourage, assist or act in collusion with employers, employees or others who may be engaged in unlawful conduct

Regards

Mike Whitehead

The mysterious disappearance of Roger & Emma, perhaps they've eloped 


From: CodeOfConduct [mailto:CodeOfConduct@cipd.co.uk]
Sent: 30 August 2012 12:57
To: 'Mike Whitehead'
Subject: RE: CIPD Code of Professional Conduct
Sensitivity: Confidential

Dear Mr Whitehead.  I hope you had a pleasant holiday.

I have checked the Membership status of the three individuals you have complained about.  Emma O’Toole and Roger Mays are not in membership of the CIPD so I am unable to take your enquiry further with regard to these two individuals.

Lisa Bradshaw is a CIPD Member,  however I note that you are currently going through an Employment Tribunal process which started on the 17th May 2012.  This means that if validated – although the member would be advised of your complaint, it would stay on hold while we awaited completion of these parallel proceedings (refer to 2.1 of our complaints procedures)

However I regret that I am currently unable to validate the complaint as insufficient information has been presented to establish whether it is admissible.   For example no dates have been included (apart from the date you submitted your grievance in December 2010) and therefore I cannot determine whether it is in time and there is also no supporting evidence with your complaint.

If you wish to resubmit your complaint with supporting documents following the conclusion of the tribunal please send it in to this email address.

You may however appeal now against my decision that the complaint cannot be currently validated.  Please let me know within 21 days (ie by the 20th September 2012)  and I will refer it to the Immediate Past President of Membership and Professional Development who will make a decision about whether to refer the complaint on existing evidence and report back to you and myself.

Regards
Marianne Wyles

From: Mike Whitehead [mailto:mikewhitehead1@aol.com]
Sent: 24 August 2012 11:16
To: CodeOfConduct
Subject: RE: CIPD Code of Professional Conduct
Sensitivity: Confidential

Hi Marianne
I am currently on holiday in Spain.

If you could send me a list of questions that you want to ask, then I can have answers prepared for you.
It is difficult to spare a great deal of time on the phone during the week, especially next week having a Bank Holiday in it.

Thurs @ 11.30 should be OK, but I don’t yet know my actual plans for next week (Holiday or sickness cover)

Regds
Mike

Monday, 10 September 2012

Lisa Bradshaw (CIPD Member)


Hi Lisa
 
I have today received my training records in an envelope dated 9th January 2012. It is of little surprise to find that the sum total of my 20 years training is 7 pieces of paper. What is a surprise, is the content of those 7 pieces of paper that have been sent out to me.
 
2009 - Focus on Compliance Training
2007 - Focus on Compliance
2007 - Corporate Compliance Anti-Corruption Program Certification Questions
2005 - Anti-Corruption Compliance
Undated - Anti-Trust Compliance
Undated - Insider Trading

Five out of these six records include the word Compliance. This would imply, although I know that this isn't true, that virtually the only subject that I have received any training for is Compliance. Bearing in mind the content of my three grievances, I would not have expected to have received this level of confirmation of my Compliance training. Presumably there is this level of paperwork for every Management person in the Company, although I note that there are several years paperwork that are missing.
 
Where are my other training records?
You have confirmed that I do not have a file at Dewsbury. Is this what Scott Fowler is implying that I stole from the Personnel Records? (As per the notes & appendices, undated, given to me at the start of my grievance meeting - MW had asked to see the file held at Dewsbury and that subsequently it either went missing or items previously contained in it went missing - Appendix 8, which was not attached to the paperwork) What did go missing? Was it all or was it part? It's not clear.
 
Even if I had stolen my own Personnel file when Scott Fowler was at Dewsbury, (Why? Still springs to mind) where are all the other records from after that date? Have I stolen those as well? It would be impossible for me to steal these, as the Personnel Files have been locked whilst Steve O'Donnell has been Manager.
 
Where are my Aviation Security training records? I am currently trained to level G and have in the past been a level 3 trainer. My Aviation Security training has, to the best of my knowledge, never expired, so where are all the other Aviation Security records? The most recent course that I went on was at Gatwick in April 2010 (Craig McIntosh can verify that)
 
Other training records that come to mind;
 
Updated DfT training 15th April 2011
ISAT
Safe Work Methods
Space & Visibility (Annual & as a trainer)
340 Methods (Annual & as a trainer)
Tachograph (Annual & as a trainer)
DIAD training
Computer Training
Counselling & Discipline
ROAD
DOF/LEAD
Dangerous Goods
QIP
SEAS
GTS
PCR
BEQ
Locked Car
Anti Harassment
Equal Opportunities
& I'm sure that there will be a host of other records that I haven't thought of.
 
Something else that was in my file, and the files were unlocked, so I wouldn't have had to ask to see what was in there, was a letter to Karl McGuinness, which whilst not an official grievance, per se, did detail some of the integrity issues that were happening at Dewsbury. Bearing in mind I have a copy of that, why would I need to steal the Company's copy? Isn't it more likely that it has 'disappeared' to cover the integrity issues that I raised?
 
With regard to Integrity. Did I fabricate all the e-mails that were attached to my first grievance? The proof that I had reported issues in the past.
 
Two and two says that the missing training records are all the records that I might require for a potential employer, as proof of the work that I have done over the last 20 years.
 
Integrity training within UPS is meaningless, given this issues that I have highlighted.

Is Cindy denying that she accused me of threatening the Company at the meeting on 20th October 2011 and that I was questioning her intelligence if I expected her to believe otherwise? My initial contact with VOSA was prior to 20th October 2011, as per an attachment to one of the e-mails, so it cannot have been a threat that I was going to do something.
 
What is the definition of formal? It was a meeting at a pre-arranged time and date, so not ad hoc. I was assigned a Tachograph project. How was that an informal meeting? It certainly wasn't a cozy chat over a cup of coffee. It was, in my opinion, designed to be a very intimidatory meeting with one Supervisor up against his Centre Manager, Division Manager, UK & Ireland Operations Manager & District Manager. How ethical was that?
 
Regds
Mike
 
-----Original Message-----
From: lxbradshaw <lxbradshaw@ups.com>
To: mikewhitehead1 <mikewhitehead1@aol.com>
Sent: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 16:53
Subject: RE: Loose Ends

Hello Mike,
 
I can advise that the training records held centrally in your HR file at UPS House will be posted to you today 1st class.  There are no local training records held in Dewsbury. I have also contacted the safety department and if further documentation is received from them I shall forward in due course.
 
In relation to minutes of the meeting of 20th October 2011 I can advise that as this was not a formal meeting, which only lasted approx. 5-10 minutes, no official notes were taken.  I can however advise that I understand the key points discussed were as follows:
 
·         It was clarified to you that the company was working proactively to improve tachograph controls and was in contact with the DFT to move this forward.
·         You were assigned a tachograph project to work on during your notice period and would report the results directly to Craig McIntosh, Division Manager.
 
Kind regards,
Lisa
Lisa Bradshaw
Workforce Planning Supervisor
Eastern Avenue, Team Valley Trading Estate
Gateshead, NE11 0UX
United Kingdom
Mobile: +44-(0)777-5705709 Decision GreenSM Consider the environment before printing this e-mail. UPS. WE ♥ LOGISTICS UPS Ltd. Registered Office: UPS House, Forest Road, Feltham, Middlesex TW13 7DY. Registered No. in England 1933173 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in and accompanying this communication maybe privileged or confidential and is intended solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication please delete and destroy all copies immediately.
 
From: Mike Whitehead [mailto:mikewhitehead1@aol.com]
Sent: 03 January 2012 18:17
To: Bradshaw Lisa (LMM6LXB)
Subject: Loose Ends
 
Lisa
 
One or two things that need tying up.
 
It was disappointing to have received no response from the Company in relation to the following;
  1. To cover the shortfall in driver numbers at Dewsbury
  2. Take the Tachograph project to the MHN Centres
To date there has been no written response to my second grievance
To date there has been no written response to the BQA questionaire
To date I have not received the notes from the intimidatory meeting on 20th October 2011 with Cindy Miller, Tony Colaizzo, Craig McIntosh & Steve O'Donnell, as requested.
To date there has been no exit interview conducted, nor was there any effort to keep me at the Company after 20 years service.
To date I have not received any copies of my training records that I requested.
 
 
Further to my letter of resignation. I will be submitting a further grievance with more details of bullying and compliance issues.
 
Regds
Mike
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Saturday, 8 September 2012

Health Review

Documented information from my 3 grievances, merely copied and pasted. With a bit of red crayon

From Grievance 1

Steve/Rob/Lisa

I wish to raise a grievance concerning the lack of integrity throughout UPS. This is to try and show the effects of the last 10 years on me and explain why I have problems with my memory recall. It is not meant to be a witch hunt against individuals within the Company.

Background
For many years I discussed with a succession of Managers and Division Managers a lack of integrity shown by Dean Weir in his work at Dewsbury. This originally came to light when Dean first came to work at Dewsbury in 2000. As these issues continued to occur, it would appear that little, or no action, was being taken to resolve this lack of integrity. It would appear that Managers generally turned a blind eye to these actions, as I believe that results, however gained, are the real measure within UPS.

As I have said this is background information. It is to try and show the cause of my memory and recall issues. The lack of any noticeable action in the past has caused thoughts that go around and around in my head, questioning what is right and wrong and whether I should have rocked the boat by raising these issues. This, according to my doctor, is the cause of the stress, anxiety and depression that I am suffering. As I understand it from my doctor, the thoughts subconsciously going around and around in my head create a distraction that then has a knock on effect with my concentration and therefore an effect on my memory recall. It is this point that I firmly believe is misunderstood within Company, and is taken as a reluctance to learn the space and visibility card and safe work methods card.
It was interesting to have the Company’s letter read to me at the Occupational Health referral. It was stated that I was unable to learn, if I remember correctly, 8 points. This is far from accurate, and it will be interesting to see what Dr Butler puts in his report. As a supervisor I am currently expected to be able to recite parrot fashion the following;

5 space and visibility habits
5 key phrases – that’s more than 8 already
5 how’s
5 what it does for you 
10 point commentary checklist
I do not have a SWM card to hand but there are 8 keys to lifting and lowering and numerous other points to learn from the card.

That is 38 points already and there are many more.

I addition to this I was expected to learn, word for word;
10 sentences/paragraphs for the 340 methods course.
Additionally a number of cards, every night, for tests the following day
All 17 cards to be memorized word for word, in addition to the original material, for ‘the big test’ at the end of the course.

I passed the test on the Monday, (an e-mail was sent saying that I had recall problems, I know that I was nowhere near word for word) but failed at the 1st fence on the big test at the end of the course. Similarly I passed the test on Aviation Security, but we answered questions as we went along, with our notes and coursework on the desk, no memory was required.

I find it quite funny, and hypocritical, that until fairly recently, my Division Manager has been unable to be certified on the SWM/S & V test in which you must obtain 100%. Similarly that he is unable to put into practice his S & V methods when parking his car, to the point of an argument with Matt Gale on why he is exempt from following Company policy/procedure. (As at 7th January 2011, per Matt Gale, Rob Burrows is still not certified on SWM)*

Since a meeting on 5th Feb 2010 with Steve O’Donnell and Rob Burrows, when Rob demanded that I submit a letter of resignation from my position as Supervisor (since denied), there has been no follow-up meeting, conversation, e-mail or text to establish whether or not there was any change in my position, until the appointment with Occupational Health. This came about from what appeared to be a ‘chance’ meeting with Barbara Garrett, as it was a rare occasion for me to have been in the Centre on the day that Barbara was in Dewsbury. Steve may recall that I gave my doctor the information from the meeting (on 5th February 2010) with himself and Rob, and also the report from my Company Medical. The advice that I was given from my G.P., Dr. Hussain, was that “I should not rush into anything at work”, which I reported back to Steve.

Current medical information, further to 5th February 2010 - Dr. Hussain followed the recommendations of Dr. Lipman (Company Medical) that there may be a slight possibility that the Simvastatin that I was taking for Cholesterol may be having an effect on my memory, also that the Mirtazapin, for depression, could also have a similar effect on my memory. Dr. Hussain stopped my prescription of Simvastatin. As discussed with Dr. Goodwin (19th May) the lack of Simvastatin appeared to have no effect whatsoever on my memory. At this appointment with Dr. Goodwin I said that I did not feel that I could come off the Mirtazapin at that time. Dr. Hussain suggested later that it would not be a good idea to currently reduce the dosage of Mirtazapin****. I also followed up with Dr. Goodwin the lack of a referral to the memory clinic which had been recommended by Dr Hussain. Dr. Goodwin confirmed that the referral had been requested, but would ask the secretary to follow this up. Dr. Goodwin also recommended referral to another clinic. This turned out to be for the same clinic, Dr. Brodie’s Older Persons Outpatient Clinic. No action was suggested at Dr Brodie’s clinic, just a follow-up appointment to monitor any changes. This follow-up appointment has just been changed in a letter dated 2nd December 2010. The appointment is now on 1st March 2011.
As previously discussed, my memory problem is not an ‘aging’ memory problem such as Alzheimer’s, but a recall problem. In addition to Dr. Hussain’s diagnosis last year, this has also been confirmed by Dr. Lipman, Dr. Brodie and also the Psychiatrist that I saw at the end of last year. I don’t have his name to hand.

There may be a similar example, which I will discuss with my G.P. at my next appointment. Below is my transcript of a recent transmission of Q.I. A program, which although a comedy panel game, is based on facts.

Q.I.

Friday 17th December 2010, 20.30

Rob Brydon     For a long time doctors and surgeons didn’t realise that it was actually very important to wash your hands before you operate, because they weren’t aware of the transference of germs and it was Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian, and he came up with this theory because he was at the Vienna Infirmary. He started this whole idea of the importance of cleanliness and hygiene.
Steven Fry        You’re absolutely right, there’s a museum in Budapest, to which I’ve been, called the Semmelweis Museum, which is where he lived. He died in poverty and insanity. In fact he died in an insane asylum because no-one recognised the absolute truth of what he said.
Alan Davies      So obsessively clean hands actually drive you mad
Steven Fry        No, what drives you mad is telling the truth and having no-one believe you. You see Doctors couldn’t face the fact that he was basically saying that thousands and thousands of deaths that took place in Hospitals were ultimately the fault of Doctors.

If being ignored can drive you mad, then I am fairly sure that it is quite possible that it can also affect your memory. Here are a few examples of previous e-mails, unfortunately, being moved around from centre to centre and PC to PC I don’t have a vast amount;

The main problem now is that for me to address the issue correctly, I should raise a grievance against 2 Centre Managers and a Division Manager. Where do you think that I should go with this? If you remember correctly one of the first emails that I sent you related to Integrity. You can now guess the reason why. Something that we also discussed on your first visit was confidence. It has been this continual under-mining that has eroded my confidence. My impression is that the Company think that I made things up, despite the fact that I was willing to speak to Sharon Hampson & Simon Eyers about this at the time. The outcome of tonight's appointment is that I am having anxiety attacks, one manifestation of this, and the stress effect, is memory recall problems. One incidence of this is the reason that I was only rated as a trainer on the S & V course. Because I was unable to do a PCM without notes, I was more or less ridiculed and was not rated as a train the trainer. How do you think that I would cope with a room full of strangers in Germany? You may want to speak to Richard Watts, Geoff Platt & Mo Akhtar for some further background information on this, in addition to Sharon Hampson & Simon Eyers.

Howard, as a reminder. If you cast your mind back to the March Business Review meeting, you might remember that Duncan asked me to see you after the meeting regarding the annual pay review. (Confirmation of which you have still not sent, despite reminders (un-answered)). Following the announcement of my pay increase you may remember that I expressed my disappointment at the increase compared to other members of staff. I have still not had any follow up to this meeting. We discussed the amount of work that I had done last year, bearing in mind that Duncan, Carl & Dean were absent from the centre for long periods of time. We discussed the Balanced  Scorecard results and the QPR results. We also discussed some integrity issues in relation to Dean Weir. I informed you that these had been raised over the years with different managers and were still occurring. I gave you a specific example of an instance which occurred while Carl was Centre Manager, according to Carl you never followed this up with him. Your only response to the pay issue was that I earned more than Dean. Your answer to the integrity issues was, get over it.
This is not an issue about money, per se, it’s about principles, and being sent to Coventry for speaking out about Dean.

As I stated at the beginning of my grievance I feel that I need to try and show the effects that the last 10 years has had on me. It has caused me to doubt my ability, my actions and has had a negative affect on my health. At my most recent appointment with the nurse at Undercliffe Surgery (26th January 2011) my blood pressure was, if I remember correctly, I meant to write it down at the time, 170/100, this is despite already being on medication for my high blood pressure. (Ramipril 10mg Capsules & Amlodipine 10mg tablets). This is in addition to the anti-depressant that I am taking, Mirtazapine. I have been on various medications for insomnia and depression;
1st February 2005 - Zopiclone
23rd January 2006 – Dosulepin
27th September 2007 – Fluoxetine
8th May 2008 – Dosulepin
21st July 2008 – Mirtazapine currently 45mg tablets (Pharmacokinetics - Mirtazapine is typically prescribed in doses ranging from 15 mg to 45 mg.)


From grievance 2

Dear Emma

I am not sure what right of reply I have to the allegations made against me during the grievance hearing. You may treat this as merely my response or a new grievance.  As I don’t know Chris Marchant’s Manager I cannot raise my response to the next level of management.

At the end of the discussions you asked if I felt better as a result of this. At the time, I did. To say that I had been rattled by the pages of notes that you gave me at 11.00, is somewhat of an understatement, and I assume that this was the desired effect. You had been in the centre for some time, you could have given the notes to me earlier.

If you actually read all those pages you will see that there is a theme. Denial, denial, denial. Does this not ring any alarm bells with you? If all these Managers are making all these denials, then what am I to conclude?
I must be a compulsive liar

The grievance that I raised must be a complete pack of lies. How do you think that makes me feel? Don’t you think that this is exactly what has gone on for the last 10 years? There should be enough evidence at the end of my grievance to prove that I was correct. That all the statements I made were true. So, what effect do you think that this has had? It has compounded my original feelings, I feel I have regressed 5 or 6 years, even on a change of medication and then and a doubling of the dosage (Citalopram 40 mgs) I still have sleepless nights. I said to my Doctor that I was beaten and that I hadn’t any fight left.

If my grievance was a pack of lies, why did Chris Marchant say that they were all valid points? If they were all valid they can’t have been lies. There was sufficient UPS data evidence to show that I was telling the truth, why would my statements about my Managers be anything but the truth? Do they think that I would be stupid enough to raise a grievance based on lies?

I will answer some of the comments given to me. I assume this was compiled by Lisa Bradshaw, It doesn’t say. My apologies if my assumption is incorrect.

Point 5 – As above. I agree there was never a formal grievance. I trusted my managers to sort out the situation. What exactly is Scott Fowler’s point? To me the implication is that I stole the file.

Now I’m a compulsive liar and I stole a file

It is strange that Scott can remember this ‘incident’, yet he can’t remember anything about any integrity issues at Dewsbury. It is also strange that if I stole something, nothing has ever been said to me. Which makes it even stranger that Scott is able to remember this. This is the first time that this has been said to me. If I stole it and it’s clear in Scott’s mind, where is the documented evidence? Surely theft is a serious integrity issue. Is Scott saying that he turned a blind eye to this? If he did this, why did he do it?
It is odd then, given the fact that I stole this file, that in my 2007 Quality Performance Review approved by Scott Fowler, signed by me on 30th January 2008 that Scott gives 5 out of 5 for the question ‘Is honest in interactions with others’
I have my 2005 critical skills assessment chart. There are no details on it relating to my manager, (probably Karl McGuinness) but he scores me 5 on integrity. These contradict everything that is being said about me.

Point 19 – I only have A & O level education so can be said to be fairly stupid, but Dr. Butler, a man of many letters and therefore I assume University educated, read out a statement to me. You quote “he has been asked to memorise six safety elements”. So which are the 6 Safety elements that I need to memorise “word for word”
Is it the 5 safety habits?
Is it the 5 key phrases?
Is it the 5 how’s?
Is it the 5 what it does for you's?
Is it the 8 keys to lifting and lowering?
Is it the 5 keys to trips and falls?
Is it the 10 point commentary?
Is it something completely different that I don’t even know about?
I could go on with the 340 methods course and other things that we have to remember “Word for word”

So which are these 6 points that Dr. Butler asked me about? He believed there were 6 from your referral, I believed he was asking about 6 from his question. Is he as stupid as I am? I don’t have appendix 22 but I do have my copy of the letter from Dr. Butler.

Aviv Health UK Limited
P O Box 540
Eastleigh
SO50 0ET

CN/UPS
SR 1-1043719937
UID 1-1043719834
ICD Code – VA – WR
Doctor/Typist/Company – CRB/KW/UPS

From Page 1

……Although in your referral letter you state that he is required to memorize 6 safety elements………

Signed
Dr Christopher R Butler
MBBS BSc PhD DipSportsMed DOccMed MSc
Occupational Physician

Now I’m a compulsive liar, I stole a file and both Dr Butler and I are stupid

On the Space and Visibility course in 2006, I was only passed as a trainer, not as a master trainer. Why? I had to use notes.

I go to Church most Sundays, but I can’t remember the sermons, nor can I remember the 10 commandments, even though I know them.

If I have poor memory recall, how do I remember all these FACTS?
I don’t, I have notes, and I have, as you have seen, e-mails and letters. I learnt fairly quickly that I couldn’t trust my Managers and Division Managers. I learnt that they weren’t interested in Integrity issues. We had such a turnaround of Managers it is easy to see why. They were only short term and could therefore avoid anything that may turn out to be a longer term issue. Chris Marchant asked why I didn’t follow this up elsewhere. Where could I have gone if my Division Managers weren’t interested?

How can I pass AVSEC and Dangerous Goods training? The training is taken so seriously that we can write down the answers as we go along, are more or less told which parts of the training is a question, then the trainer goes out for a few minutes near the end so that we can confer if necessary. It's not exactly difficult to fail.*

*Might be a reason why the DfT are all over us.

Point 22 – Where are Rob Burrows/Steve O’Donnell’s notes from the meeting? Where is the Pittsburgh entry about the meeting? I have notes in my diary about that meeting, I have a letter that I asked my Doctor to verify for medical accuracy, mentioning Rob’s comments. If this didn’t happen how could I have reviewed it with Steve O’Donnell? If it wasn’t discussed, why was there a mention of a “lesser position” in point 22? Why was there no follow-up to this meeting?

“KM states both were absent” not true. To the best of my knowledge in 20 years I have been off work 3 times.
1 – I was sent home by Howard James when I had flu
2 – Vasectomy
3 – Stress
There was an occasion when my wife went into hospital in Acapulco, I was working in Manchester at the time and it was taken as holiday.
None of these occurred while Karl was Manager.

Duncan Coates & Carl McGuinness recalls I had no confidence.
Now why would that be? What could possibly have happen at Dewsbury to erode my confidence? Is it the fact that I was being continually ignored when raising integrity issues? Thus causing me to start questioning myself and starting the circling thoughts in my head. My doctors think so.

I must have been confident enough when I was promoted to Supervisor.
I was confident enough to captain Crossbank Methodist cricket Club for many years.
I was confident enough to be chairman of CBMCC for several years.
I was confident enough to captain Batley Cricket Club’s 2nd XI.
I was confident enough to perform in Batley Gilbert and Sullivan society.
I was confident enough to perform in Dewsbury Collegians Amateur operatic Society.
I was confident enough to be secretary of DCAOS.
I was confident enough to perform in Pontefract Amateur Operatic Society.
I was confident enough to perform on stage in Rome.
I was confident enough to be a leader at Christian Endeavour holiday homes.

Craig McIntosh at the Supervisor meeting said that if you stop someone making decisions you undermine their confidence


In all my years at UPS my work ethics have not been questioned, even when I think that I’m not performing. I reviewed this with Steve O’Donnell on the morning of my grievance. Steve said that he was happy with my work, other than some negativity. (Hardly surprising when you read my grievance) I asked because I had no motivation with 340 methods paperwork. The paperwork was done but I had no interest in filing it. There was some in the office, some in my car, some at home. I still have little motivation towards some aspects of the job. When it comes to delivering and collecting I can match virtually every driver at Dewsbury, most of the runs that I do I can scratch, or at least compete with the regular driver.

On 1st March 2011, Dr Brodie said that stress was the most likely cause of my memory problems. Alzheimer’s or similar conditions have been ruled out by Dr Brodie, (Dr. Brodie’s Older Persons Outpatient Clinic) Dr. Lipman (Co. Medical) and Dr. Hussain (My GP)
On 17th March 2011 there was a piece on the local news about Stress causing depression.
Common signs and symptoms of depression
Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. A bleak outlook—nothing will ever get better and there’s nothing you can do to improve your situation.
Loss of interest in daily activities.  No interest in former hobbies, pastimes, social activities, or sex. You’ve lost your ability to feel joy and pleasure.
Appetite or weight changes. Significant weight loss or weight gain—a change of more than 5% of body weight in a month.
Sleep changes. Either insomnia, especially waking in the early hours of the morning, or oversleeping (also known as hypersomnia).
Irritability or restlessness. Feeling agitated, restless, or on edge. Your tolerance level is low; everything and everyone gets on your nerves.
Loss of energy. Feeling fatigued, sluggish, and physically drained. Your whole body may feel heavy, and even small tasks are exhausting or take longer to complete.
Self-loathing. Strong feelings of worthlessness or guilt. You harshly criticize yourself for perceived faults and mistakes.
Concentration problems. Trouble focusing, making decisions, or remembering things.
Unexplained aches and pains. An increase in physical complaints such as headaches, back pain, aching muscles, and stomach pain.
That’s a yes to all those points, even tired and restless at the same time.

Has all this stress had an effect on my blood pressure?


Yes. Additional tablets had to be prescribed recently in addition to the 2 blood pressure tablets that I was already taking.
Ramipril 10 mgs
Amlodipine 10mgs
Bendroflumethiazide 2.5 mgs
I will check with my GP when my blood pressure originally became an issue.

Notes made by Steve @ Drivers meeting Sept 2010


Bullying, Harrassment & Pressure


As discussed at the start of the grievance hearing, it was Chris’s first question I believe. The reason I had raised a grievance was to show the effects of the last 10 years. I wanted UPS to understand the stress and pressures that were on me. I wanted UPS to understand the effect that these pressures were having on me, the memory and recall issues that were stopping me from being able to repeat word for word the S & V card and the SWM card. What has my grievance created? It is an even worse situation for me.

Richard Watts said that I should draw a line under it and move on. (He doesn’t know the content of this document) It isn’t as easy as that. As I said to Richard, I would love to be able to take this out of my head, put it in a box and put it in the attic. It doesn’t work like that. I am on anti-depressants, I have been on an anxiety management course, I have seen memory specialists, but my situation hasn’t changed. The issues are imbedded in my head and I don’t want them there. I don’t want sleepless nights thinking about this. If I could throw all this away, I would have done so. I don’t want these issues to beat me again and break up my marriage again. The grievance notes and appendices have merely compounded everything that I was trying to sort out. By raising a grievance I was hoping to clear the air and start afresh. It hasn’t worked.

12th July 2011

A month down the line and I need to come up with a conclusion. Despite the importance of this, I am struggling to summon up some enthusiasm, motivation, will & drive to complete this, as with many things in my life.. To quote Dr. Lipman, “you can’t be bothered”. It is a symptom of depression.

What have I done over the last 10 years? I have acted in good faith, following the Company line, yet I have been made to feel like the guilty party. I have, as instructed reported integrity issues. I was ignored, I went up a level to Division Managers and again was ignored. I have regularly reported to the BEQ, again no action appears to have been taken. Maybe I didn’t report enough instances or report frequently enough, but I trusted my Managers & Division managers to sort these issues out. As they should have done. It is my Managers & Division Managers who have failed to live up to the Company expectations.
Employees may not feel comfortable in doing the right thing if they feel management will not support them. How true. Would it have been right to bury my head in the sand? No.
In following the Company policies I have had to work in a hostile environment. As a member of the management team, I should know that retaliation or retribution of any kind, against any employee, who in good faith asks any questions, raises any concerns, or who provides information in connection with an investigation, is prohibited and is grounds for discipline. Why has this been allowed for so many years? Our policy states, our commitment to integrity includes a responsibility to foster an environment that allows our people to report violations without the fear of retaliation or retribution.

What are the consequences of the last 10 years?
Depression to the point of suicide.
A grim outlook on life
Years of anti-depressants
Years of blood pressure tablets
Main factor in my marriage break-up
Lack of confidence

What is the Company’s current response? Denial and therefore further ignorance. Slanderous & libellous comments generating further depression. Victimisation for speaking out and bullying.

I thought I had a pretty cast iron grievance originally until the Company came back with a pack of lies.
Maybe there is enough in this response to prove that I was being 100 % honest in my original grievance.

From Grievance 3

From my own point of view, supported by grievance 2, there was a significant amount of information with regard to bullying. To date there has been no response to grievance 2. From my own personal experiences, it is my opinion that the bullying starts at the top of tree within UPS in the UK. Whilst it may be an acceptable practice in the USA, it is not acceptable within the UK. The definition of the word threat obviously has a different meaning in the USA to the definition in the UK (an expression of intention to do something), so bullying may also have a different meaning in the USA.
I’m sure that sitting in a room with a District/Operations/Division & Centre Manager will not be described as intimidation by the Company or maybe my stupidity caused me to make the wrong interpretation of the meeting. I have a number of questions in relation to the meeting.

  • Why was I given the wrong impression of the meeting by Lisa Bradshaw?
  • Why was I given less than 24 hours notice?
  • Why was I not given the opportunity to arrange representation?
  • Why have I not, as yet, received a copy of the notes of the meeting as I requested?
  • Why wasn’t one of the four seen to be making any notes in the meeting? Would that explain the failure to respond to my request?
  • Why was there a need for a 4 versus 1 scenario? (23rd December 2011 Craig McIntosh claims that 4 onto one wasn’t intimidation)

With regard to the above mentioned threat, (Not noted, so it didn’t happen?) You CANNOT, by definition, threaten to do something that you have already done. I gave you the solicitor’s information. I forwarded the contact with VOSA. So where exactly was the threat that I was going to do something?

Bullying was raised at a driver meeting over a year ago. 30th September 2010. Has there been any change to the bullying culture at the Dewsbury Centre in that period of time? It would appear not as bullying still goes on.

These notes were made between 3 & 6 O’clock on Wednesday morning. At that point 20 employees expressed an opinion that bullying occurred at the Dewsbury Centre.
I had chance to try and complete my survey this morning.
32 said yes, bullying happens.
3 said no, it doesn’t occur.
10 preferred not to make a comment. At least 4 of these 10 said that they were worried about possible retribution against them for speaking out. What does that say about the Company?
By my calculations, 91% of drivers expressing an opinion said that bullying takes place. 90% of the drivers were surveyed, so it wasn’t a selective number of drivers that I thought might say yes. Only 3 drivers available weren’t questioned, one of which starts after I’ve gone on road, and the survey doesn’t include Nigel who I know would agree with the survey. All of these Yes’s are signed and dated.

On my return to the Centre tonight I have been told that two Centre managers are leaving the Company with me tomorrow. Again, here-say evidence but it is alleged that they will be suing for constructive dismissal on the grounds of bullying. Maybe we should join forces, If only I had the names of Steve Dickson and Andy Smith.

How much more evidence do I need to add to grievance 2 to prove that bullying goes on in UPS and is acceptable? Once more the word here-say pops up, but Tony Colaizzo’s name seems to be associated with these bullying claims. Again, this adds credence to my earlier statement that bullying starts at the top.

As Cindy Miller and Tony Colaizzo are both involved in ignoring these issues of integrity and bullying, where should I go next? Who does Cindy report to?

There is further evidence of bullying on the web-site Trucker-net.com. If this website is full of lies, why hasn’t it been closed down?

“There are too many incidents of bad practice and bullying by management to include in this email, but it culminated in the company going into administration in January 2011. This was as a result of us issuing legal proceedings against UPS for material breach of the contract. They manoeuvred us into a position whereby we could not function and indeed Steven Lake of UPS contacted our funding lines which resulted in us having great difficulty in releasing funds. It was at this point we called time.

During my time there I heard many tales of bad management and bullying of their own staff, again far too many to list, but as you say management have their pets and all cover each other arses by lying through their teath. There is also issues with drivers working too many hours whilst being on tacoghraps, although they would deny this, no surprises there.

People within this organisation to look out for are Craig Mcintosh, Rob Burrows, Steven Lake all Walter Mitty characters.

“WALTER MITTY, An ordinary, often ineffectual person who indulges in fantastic daydreams of personal triumphs.”

Do not trust these people at all they are all liars”

If bullying isn’t acceptable, then why has Rob Burrows been promoted?

If drivers at Dewsbury aren’t bullied why was John Dunning told by Shayne Williams “if you don’t like it, find another job” witnessed by Simon White.

Sharon Wilkinson is being forced to move to Leeds. This move is so much against her will that she is now working her notice. Another waste of 20+ year’s service.

Vindictive
I have shown above the vindictive nature of UPS towards Nigel Harnell. I will add to this my own experience. There is no doubt in my mind that in raising integrity issues within UPS I have created enemies. Steve O’Donnell admitted there was a vendetta against me. Steve said that it was HR. But UPS aren’t allowed to be vindictive and exact retribution. It says so in the worthless policy book.
In that case, as at 22.09, 22nd December 2011,
  • Why has there been no response at all to my offer to take the new, proven, tachograph procedures to the most help needed centres?
  • Why has there been no response at all to my offer to cover the driver shortfall at Dewsbury?
  • Why has no exit interview been arranged?
  • Why has no-one spoken to me about leaving?
  • Why would a 20 year veteran be treated like this?

I have mentioned being stupid a number of times above.
  • Both Dr. Butler & I can’t interpret numbers correctly, see previous grievance
  • I obviously don’t know the meaning of the word threat
  • I can’t find any reference in Emma O’Toole’s letter dated 9th February 2011, reference UKHR/LB which instructs me in how to respond to the results of my first grievance. This was supposed to negate grievance 2.
  • I obviously don’t understand the meaning of the words to bully
  • I obviously don’t understand the meaning of the word integrity