UPS & Liverpool

Both living in the past.

How long since Jim Casey died? (& currently probably spinning in his grave)

How long since Liverpool won a title?

Both give the impression that they are above everything

Corporate responsibility: turning rhetoric into reality

CIPD press release

Globalisation, demographic changes in the workforce, environmental and social issues all form part of the challenging context organisations are forced to operate in today. Navigating a way through can prove difficult. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has produced a collection of thought pieces: Responsibility and Sustainable Business: HR leading the way, which explore the business case for adopting a responsible and sustainable approach to business. The thought pieces expose five key themes through a mix of viewpoints from a variety of experts at leading organisations such as Unipart Group, NYSE Euronext, Plymouth University, and Toyota (GB) Plc, among others. The themes look at the role of HR in driving and embedding corporate responsibility (CR) values and behaviours throughout the organisation, including: • The global business case for responsible and sustainable business • Employer brand and changing values • Tailoring a responsible organisational strategy • HR's role in embedding a responsible and sustainable culture • Sustainability: a challenge or an opportunity? Catrin Ballinger, Research Associate, CIPD, says: "We believe HR has a pivotal role to play in embedding a responsible and sustainable mindset within the organisation, engaging employees at all levels so they understand the shift in thinking and how it affects what they do in their day-to-day jobs. HR's skill set and overarching view of the organisation means they are well placed to identify and challenge any business decisions that go against the organisation's values or will have a negative impact on its stakeholders, as well as the future health of the business."

Corporate responsibility ! Roger you might want to read this, you're in HR

New trucks and trailers have been purchased a year early by London 2012 logistics company UPS to cope with additional workload for the Olympic Games.

Speaking to SM, Alan Williams, UPS director of 2012 operations, said while some of the required vehicles could be taken from the main fleet, they needed to increase the number of new vehicles purchased ahead of schedule. “Each year we buy a lot of new equipment, trucks and trailers and other vehicles, so we brought forward our 2013 requirements so that I can use them for the games and then return them [to other parts of UPS] post games for day-to-day operations.” The new vehicles will be used by Williams to carry out “the biggest logistics event in the world”, transporting 30 million items, including one million pieces of sports equipment between warehouses and host venues. “If you get a venue or a stadium and turn it upside down everything that falls out of it – apart from the people and horses – is what we manage and store. It could be boxing rings, table tennis balls, bicycles or computers.” In order to plan and manage the project, Williams and his team have worked closely with the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG), working from LOCOG offices. Among the many areas where they have teamed up is the transportation of medals. “When we transport medals about, it’s done in a fashion LOCOG is happy with. Prestige-wise they’re huge and very symbolic. So we work very closely with our own internal security but also with LOCOG security.” In order to prepare for the event, they have been running hypothetical situations, such as how to cope if volcanic ash were to hit during the games. And during the London riots last summer UPS was busy supplying materials for a number of test events, so it has built up strong continuity plans. “It’s vital to brace for any potential things that could go wrong. You’ve got to look at it street by street, postcode by postcode, and plan sooner rather than later,” said Williams.

Shiny new vans for the Olympics, what a sham. Maybe they should send some of Dewsbury's M,N & P reg vans down to the Olympics. Show off the true state of the fleet.

N299 PNR

Resplendent in its new boots

Olympic Partners

Still work in progress on last night post.

While I'm working on that, here's a quote from Juan Antonio Samaranch

Olympism also seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles After a century of existence and influence on the world, the IOC is still acting in accordance with these

principles. However. the priority now is to lay stress on Olympic ethics, the basic elements of which are tolerance, generosity, solidarity, friendship, non-discrimination and respect for others. The principles which inspire the Olympic Movement are based on justice, democracy, equality and tolerance.

Currently in the editing suite

You might want a cuppa & the obligatory packet of biscuits

Roger

It comes as no surprise to me, to be hit by another wall of silence by UPS.

Is it any wonder that (ex)-employees become frustrated with the Company?

It is just another level of unnecessary stress that is being inflicted upon us.

From the Policy book, page 20;

We Give Each Employee Complaint Prompt, Sincere Attention.

If overlooked or neglected, even minor misunderstandings can escalate into major dissatisfactions. We try to anticipate and eliminate causes of complaints. When a question exists, we give the employee the benefit of the doubt. The immediate supervisor has the initial responsibility for resolving a complaint. When necessary, we involve the next level of management and, if appropriate, the Human Resources manager. We keep the employee informed about the status of his or her complaint. In the process of making a decision, we do our best to take action that is fair to both the employee and the company.

From the Policy book, page 23;

We Try to Retain the Goodwill of Former Employees.

We are considerate of employees who are leaving us for whatever reason. We know that the goodwill and respect of former employees can be beneficial in future relationships. At the time of an employee's separation from the company, we seek an opportunity to conduct a friendly discussion regarding both the individual’s and the company's views. Such discussions may point out ways in which we could improve our working environment or the company in general.

From the Policy Book, page 32;

We Give Immediate Attention to Complaints.

Complaints present opportunities to correct problems. They often show us how we can improve our service. Customers should never be reluctant to bring a complaint to us. We investigate complaints promptly and from the viewpoint of our customers. We assume at the outset that the complaints or suggestions are justified and make this clear to our customers. If investigation shows that the person complaining was in error, we tactfully report our findings. It is important to correct errors quickly so as to remove the source of irritation. To the extent possible, we should avoid the question of who is at fault. We review actions taken on complaints at appropriate levels of our organization.

From the Policy Book, page 51;

IN CLOSING

Nearly everything in this Policy Book concerns people. Nothing we do or hope to do can be accomplished without the wholehearted support of our people. Only with this support can our management team – working within the framework of our strong culture – carry out their responsibilities in ways that will ensure meeting the objectives of our Charter. Our Policy Book can be an effective tool in mentoring employees and passing on our legacy. It is important for each manager and supervisor to periodically review our policies, share them with other UPS people, and live up to their intent every day.

It is very disappointing not to have merited any response whatsoever to the e-mail that I sent 23^rd January 2012. You may be investigating, but at least I could have merited some response.

In addition to no response there has been no sign of my expenses, or any explanation of why they have been delayed. They were given to Steve O’Donnell on 23^rd December 2011 & the details confirmed in an e-mail to Steve on 3^rd January 2012. The lack of payment was mentioned in my e-mail to you on 23^rd January 2012.

In addition to no response and no expenses, there has been no sign of any more training records. Again, nor has there been any explanation for their lack of an appearance.

In addition to the lack of response from yourself, there has been a lack of response from the UPS helpline. Not even an acknowledgement.

An interesting comment on the webpage, “responsibility to voice concerns”. Why has no-one been interested? Big talk, little (non-existent) action. Is the Policy Book just a token gesture?

From my original grievance meeting, 2^nd February 2011, I would like copies of the appendices that I wasn’t given. I think that was 8 to 23, as I don’t have the paperwork for every Manager. While I receive those copies, here are a few suggestions for you to follow up. This will enable you to look at the slander & libel from my first grievance.

·        Why was Mo Akhtar not questioned, or prompted, by a copy of my e-mail dated 7^th January 2005, included in my grievance, when he ‘chose’ not to remember any integrity issues that I had raised in the Dewsbury Centre. Bearing in mind the proof that I supplied, why did the Company not query the honesty of Mo Akhtar? Why was his verbal statement then presented to me in written form?

·        Why was Richard Watts not questioned, or prompted by a copy of my e-mails dated 9^th October 2003 & 6^th April 2005, when he ‘chose’ not to remember any integrity issues that I had raised in the Dewsbury Centre. Has anyone followed up my conversation with Richard, when face-to-face he conveniently ‘chose’ to remember the issues that I had raised? Again, with proof supplied, why was Richard Watts backed up by the Company? Again a verbal statement presented in written form.

·        Why was Karl McGuinness not questioned, or prompted by a copy of my e-mails dated 25^th January 2006, 22^nd February 2006, 2^nd March 2006 & 29^th June 2005, when he ‘chose’ not to remember any integrity issues that I had raised in the Dewsbury Centre. Again, with proof supplied, why was Karl McGuinness backed up by the Company? Again a verbal statement presented in written form. Further to those e-mails, has anyone spoken to Craig Scott regarding Karl’s denial of a Centre Board shown on a SEAS presentation?

·        Why was Howard Stone not questioned, or prompted by a copy of my e-mail dated 17^th May 2007, when he ‘chose’ not to remember any integrity issues that I had raised in the Dewsbury Centre. Again, with proof supplied, why was Howard Stone backed up by the Company? Again a verbal statement presented in written form.

·        Why was Duncan Coates not questioned, or prompted by a copy of my e-mail dated 10^th August 2007, when he ‘chose’ not to remember any integrity issues that I had raised in the Dewsbury Centre. Again, with proof supplied, why was Duncan Coates backed up by the Company? Again a verbal statement presented in written form.

·        Why was Nigel Marsh not questioned further, or prompted by a copy of my e-mail dated 21^st September 2007, when he ‘chose’ not to remember any integrity issues that I had raised in the Dewsbury Centre. He said there was a meeting that was cancelled, why no further questioning by the Company. Again, with proof supplied, why was Nigel Marsh backed up by the Company? Again a verbal statement presented in written form. At least Nigel had the balls to admit that I’d done something.

·        Has Randy Grimes been contacted re e-mails that I have sent to him in Compliance & Ethics? E-mails were sent 6^th June 2008, 23^rd July 2008, 30^th August 2008 & 15^th September 2008

·        With regard to Emma O’Toole’s follow-up letter to my grievance letter, why was there no details of any right to reply or appeal? Was Emma hoping I’d go away and not follow it up? It nearly worked.

·        Why were there not alarm bells ringing in the Company’s ears at all these denials backed up by proof? Every Manager denied my claims. If this was true, then shouldn’t I have been disciplined for wasting people’s time and being a compulsive liar? Isn’t it rather strange that no disciplinary action was taken against me for these wild and dishonest statements that I must have made? This is a contradiction and backs up everything that I have said.

·        I went through these points with Lisa Bradshaw. Why was I allowed to call these employees liars, without any disciplinary action being taken against me? Lisa stated that the Managers had ‘chosen’ not to remember, I asked if she wanted me to call them liars.

·        Why have the Company representatives been allowed to say that they don’t question my integrity, honesty & trust yet continue to ignore the statements that I have made, officially, for over a year.

Does the Company still think that these comments were not slanderous and libellous, as per the statement made by Lisa Bradshaw? I had at this point already spoken to a solicitor. Why did Lisa deny me the opportunity of speaking to someone within the Company about this? Lisa stated that the Company doesn’t have a legal department. It doesn’t take much googling to find one.

My second grievance was mainly a follow-up/response to my original grievance. There are a few things that should have been followed up in the 6 months since it was submitted.

·        Has any follow up been made regarding the 475 Centre Boards that I showed had been on road? As per points 1, 6 & 8. Was my information bogus, or did Chris Marchant dismiss it because of the level of dishonesty and the fact that his Centre were named on the report?

·        As above, has Craig Scott been contacted regarding point 13 which will back up my claims of Karl McGuinness’s lack of integrity.

·        Point 15 - Chris Marchant said that he had no recollection of the e-mail that he had sent. How did he present it to me at the start of the meeting & how did I copy something that didn’t exist.

·        Point 16 - Can Emma Stott now remember the e-mail that she sent, now that I’ve supplied a copy of the ‘missing’ e-mail? Strange how things keep turning up.

·        Point 19 - Has the Company now re-defined the number six? It clearly states six in the letter sent to Dr. Butler yet this was denied. Why has this been allowed by the Company?

·        Point 21 – As at 24^th January 2011 Matt Gale said that Rob Burrows wasn’t DOK certified. Has this been checked out and if so, who was the liar? As at 3^rd June 2011, Matt Gale was still saying that Rob Burrows wasn’t DOK certified. This would imply the liar was Rob Burrows. Maybe he chose to forget that he wasn’t certified. Who had said that Rob Burrows had passed his test? Was it Rob? (if so, see comments on Rob Burrows being unprofessional)

·         Point 22 – Are my photographs of Rob Burrows’ car bogus? This shows a willful disregard of UPS’s Space and Visibility policies, which was the point of the argument with Matt Gale.

·        Point 24 – Has my statement regarding 340 methods training been verified by Craig Scott? This will show a lack of integrity in Steve O’Donnell.

·        Page 37 – Is my photograph of the whiteboard in Steve O’Donnell’s office bogus. Have the drivers that attended the meeting been asked to confirm that bullying was discussed so long ago and that it was written on the board.

·        Page 40 - If there was a planned reduction in accidents over the year of 50%. What factors may have influenced the horrific figures of being at 130% well before the end of the year. Was it the fact that UPS were continuing to over-despatch drivers?

In addition to these points raised in relation to my first and second grievances, I have a number of follow-up questions. Apologies if I have already raised these.

·        Has there been any follow-up to the planned Performance Improvement meeting that was going to be held with Steve O’Donnell and Lisa Bradshaw. Is the reason that it didn’t take place, based on the fact that I had e-mailed Lisa Bradshaw with the details of the lies that this planned meeting had been based on?

·        Has my survey into bullying at Dewsbury been followed up and verified? It shouldn’t need to be. I assume that it will be as I’m not trusted.

·        A further point on bullying. I’m not 100% sure on this but I believe that Scott Fowler was the Manager when virtually all the drivers and pre-loaders submitted a grievance about bullying by Shayne Williams. If the employees are questioned about this grievance you will find that in their opinion, this grievance was ‘swept under the carpet’. This is back-up by the fact that bullying was brought up in the drivers meeting, mentioned above, and my survey showing that bullying still continues, again mentioned above.

The more silence there is from UPS, the more it looks like there is an organised cover-up of what has gone on. There are points raised at the start of this e-mail and there are other instances which I will list;

·        Nothing from Compliance and Ethics in the past.

·        Emma O’Toole said retaliation was a co-incidence.

·        Emma O’Toole and Lisa Bradshaw both told me not to submit grievance 2.

·        Chris Marchant ‘chose’ to ignore most of my first grievance.

·        Second grievance has been ignored. Why? Bullying issues?

·        Third grievance, no response to date.

·        No exit interview. Why not? Scared of the issues that would be raised? Is this not increasing the integrity issues within the Company and compounding the lack of integrity?

Just because I have left the Company, it doesn’t mean that I’ve gone away. This is what the silence implies to me. That the Company thought I would just go away and roll over. Being outside of the Company gives me a louder voice. I assume that this is what Cindy Miller was scared of, when still an employee, she accused me of threatening the Company. A point that she felt she needed to enforce with her ‘back-up’ crew. How Cindy, Tony Colaizzo, Craig McIntosh & Steve O’Donnell on the opposite side of a table against me, on my own, cannot be described as intimidatory, completely baffles me, (Conversation with Craig McIntosh, witnessed by Steve O’Donnell 23^rd December 2011), but UPS have their own definition of certain words, just so it fits their bill.

The Company’s wall of silence has now meant that from it being just me who knew all the details about the Company’s lack of integrity, this information has already gone to numerous outside agencies. How far does the Company want this information to spread, before it decides to take any action? I volunteered to stop ‘spreading the word’. Why should I? It isn’t me that has been, and continues to be, in the wrong. Craig McIntosh spoke about respect, and I demolished his argument. Why should I have any respect for UPS? I can call ‘all the named parties’ liars and know that I am correct. The reason I have only discussed the principals with VOSA and Watchdog, for example, rather than releasing the Company’s name is the respect that I have for the Company & Jim Casey. Jim founded the Company on sound principals and morals. That cannot be said of the Company now. Jim must be turning in his grave.

The current UPS Management are abusing their position within the Company. I though it was just the UK, but the lack of action from Compliance & Ethics would seem to imply that it was a worldwide problem. Who is pressurising Cindy, (who worked in Compliance & Ethics) as another example?

UPS Excuses

Oh-Oh, he's been at the red crayons again

Can't comment about bankers, they're protected.
Phone hacking
Newsof the world Cindy look what happened to them
Civil service tax deals
MP's expenses
MP's dodgy speeding tickets
Crook's in the Lords
Greed running Companies
AstraZeneca announced a fall in pre-tax profits (not a loss) for the three months to the end of December to $2.05bn (£1.32bn) compared with $2.28bn in 2010. Profit for the financial year was up to $12.37bn, from $10.97bn the year before.

The aim is to release funding (why not use your profits?) to invest in research and development and "the UK remains strongly positioned to compete for those R&D dollars," Stephen Whitehead, (absolutely, positively no relation) chief executive of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry told BBC News.

The latest cuts are part of the third restructuring programme

How many of the top jobs will be going?  & just to make that clear it's BILLION

To quote the Manager who took my grievance meeting, it's OK to be dishonest because it happens elsewhere & he cited MP's expenses.

Bankers !!! - Just read this and it seems quite appropriate

So, despite the fact the Conservatives pulled their punches, Hester accepted Nick Clegg’s invitation to play fair and act in the interests of his shareholders by turning the award down. Had he done so before he got it, it would have been an act of leadership. To do so only in the face of public opprobrium is a sign of just how far away from reality he and many other leaders of big business really are.

Think I've worn my crayon out

I'm employed

It's taken a bit longer than I expected, but as from Monday I will be working for




Wait for it

DHL

from brown to yellow

Very clever

Not sure how they did this, or whether its a co-incidence but I had a phishing e-mail which looked like it came from someone I knew. Clue was immediate in, Dewsbury woman made some dosh, on what was looking like an American news website. It looked good and fairly convincing but none of the other tabs to news & sport etc., didn't work

So beware anything with News 13 in it.

Todays blog brought to you by the very excellent %_)*(&^!"£$%&^> who has just sent me a DVD of the Frost* gig at the Peel. Just realised that might produce a stream of requests for DVD's (quick edit) which is currently playing. What a brilliant night. Pity the traffic was horrendous and we missed the pre-gig activities and meet-up.

Todays quote brought to you by Alan K. Simpson - If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

& I'm so lucky, I've won another;

UPS v. Mitt Romney

Looks like they're on the same team

Mitt Romney has lied day after day on the campaign trail, but yesterday he topped himself when he pledged to preserve Medicare and Social Security at an event in the Sunshine State. The truth is exactly the opposite: Mitt Romney and the Republicans want to eliminate Medicare and Social Security as we know them and hand them over to Wall Street with a reckless privatization scheme.

Newt Gingrich seems to have the same opinion as well.

GINGRICH: Well, let me just take those two ads. NBC is asking to take down the ad of Tom Brokaw on it.
The fact is Romney knows that ad is misleading. CNN has done an entire package pointing out on every single count, I was exonerated. I never paid a fine which the term Romney uses over and over again. I did not resign at the time. I served two more years. We passed the largest capital gains tax cut in history. Unemployment came down to 4.2 percent. We passed the balanced budget act in 1997 and we balanced the budget out as a result of that, for four straight years, the only time in your lifetime. Romney knows all these things are true. He's running an ad that's factually false. Now, let's take my ad. Every single thing in my ad is true. And, frankly, the reason that I was relatively flat on Thursday's debate is I don't know how you debate a person in the civil -- being civil, when he stands there and just blatantly doesn't tell the truth. And I'll give you just one example. Romney said he only voted for Paul Tsongas in the Democratic primary in 1992, the most liberal Democratic running because there was no alternative. Larry Sabato of Virginia sent out a tweet during the debate and said that was just a falsehood, that, in fact, he could have voted for George H.W. Bush or Pat Buchanan at the same day. There are time after time after time when you try to engage Governor Romney -- we just learned yesterday, there are 23 foreign accounts that he did not reveal back when he filed his disclosures that have now shown up because he finally revealed his taxes.

Not only;

AD NARRATOR: If we can't trust what Mitt Romney says about his own record, how can we trust him on anything?

But also;
TOM BROKAW, NBC NEWS: By an overwhelming vote, they found him guilty of ethics violations. They charged him a very large financial penalty and they raised several of them raise questions about his future effectiveness.

UPS v. Network Rail

Integrity, Cover-up & withheld documents. Hmmmm, where have I heard that before

He said that if Network Rail had behaved with any integrity, it would have reduced their pain.
"If they had acted with integrity and said 'we knew, we are sorry', it would not have brought the girls back but at least it would have been honourable and we could have got on with our lives.
"This is not about anything other than making the railways safer and making the truth come out."
Chris Bazlinton, 63, Olivia's father, said that they were "angry" that the company had withheld documents from them.
"We still have a lot of questions we want answered – 'who knew about this?' 'how high did the cover-up go? … and I do believe it was a cover-up," he said.
"They withheld documents from official enquiries, they withheld documents from the coroner and this is not ending today."


& safety issues not addressed,

After the hearing David Higgins, chief executive of Network Rail, said: "Last year I apologised in person to the families of Olivia and Charlotte. "Today, Network Rail repeats that apology. In this tragic case, Network Rail accepts that it was responsible for failings, and therefore we have pleaded guilty. "Nothing we can say or do will lessen the pain felt by Olivia and Charlotte's families but I have promised them that we are committed to making our railway as safe as possible."