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Did the 97' Strike affect any of you here?
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<blockquote data-quote="MaceFremonti" data-source="post: 1572570" data-attributes="member: 36696"><p>Friend of mine had his 1st child a month or so before the strike. Very Christian, hard working, straight up guy. He had also just bought a new home for his quickly growing family. Money was becoming an issue for him and he had been talking to our center manager and HR dept about puttimg in his letter of interest to go into supervision. He was prerty sure he was going to be in management within a few weeks and he was very excited about the "promotion". But when the strike was called he was still in delivery. So he stood with his brothers out in front of our building.</p><p></p><p>He was on the line for the first two days then we saw him leaving in a package car the next morning. We all knew his situation and thought OK he made the jump to the darkside. That's fine. He ran a route everyday the rest of the strike.</p><p></p><p>However, first day back after the strike he comes out of the center manager's office with a very somber look on his face and heads towards his old package car.</p><p></p><p>All of us were saying WTF? We didn't think things were so tight that he decided to cross. He wasn't that rype of guy.</p><p></p><p>Come to find out UPS told him he should come in since he was almost in management and they would need supes post strike to get all the drivers back into the swing of things. So he had come in. Thinking, and being told, that he was essentially managment.</p><p></p><p>In the office that morning the center manager had told him, "Sorry, no management spots available anytime soon. You are still just a Service Provider."</p><p></p><p>The next year he filed the most grievances I have ever seen anyone file. Any type of contract violation he filed. He won them all.</p><p></p><p>He is still around, extremely hateful/distrustful towards management, and is probably the most pro Union guy that I know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MaceFremonti, post: 1572570, member: 36696"] Friend of mine had his 1st child a month or so before the strike. Very Christian, hard working, straight up guy. He had also just bought a new home for his quickly growing family. Money was becoming an issue for him and he had been talking to our center manager and HR dept about puttimg in his letter of interest to go into supervision. He was prerty sure he was going to be in management within a few weeks and he was very excited about the "promotion". But when the strike was called he was still in delivery. So he stood with his brothers out in front of our building. He was on the line for the first two days then we saw him leaving in a package car the next morning. We all knew his situation and thought OK he made the jump to the darkside. That's fine. He ran a route everyday the rest of the strike. However, first day back after the strike he comes out of the center manager's office with a very somber look on his face and heads towards his old package car. All of us were saying WTF? We didn't think things were so tight that he decided to cross. He wasn't that rype of guy. Come to find out UPS told him he should come in since he was almost in management and they would need supes post strike to get all the drivers back into the swing of things. So he had come in. Thinking, and being told, that he was essentially managment. In the office that morning the center manager had told him, "Sorry, no management spots available anytime soon. You are still just a Service Provider." The next year he filed the most grievances I have ever seen anyone file. Any type of contract violation he filed. He won them all. He is still around, extremely hateful/distrustful towards management, and is probably the most pro Union guy that I know. [/QUOTE]
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