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<blockquote data-quote="Doubleparkedrunner" data-source="post: 3632026" data-attributes="member: 71878"><p>I also don't approve of unproven allegations against the teamster leadership or anyone else for that matter. I think the insinuations that they are in UPS' pocket are unfair on a few levels. </p><p></p><p>BUT...this initial "agreement" is so jaw droppingly awful in my and many other teamsters' minds that I think it will take a little dissidence or an " ANTI SOLIDARITY " stance at this point to hopefully wake the negotiating committee up. </p><p></p><p>it actually is pretty apparent that the "leadership" is NOT producing in an effective manner. And this was with a whopping 93% and change strike authorization vote. With that high a percentage , leadership should have instinctively known that this first proposal would be seen as a non starter. </p><p></p><p> So that leaves just a few different possibilities in my mind...</p><p></p><p>1.) They either are clueless to the sticking points of the teamster members , thought this was a good proposal and were surprised by the uproar. </p><p></p><p>2.) They are not clueless , knew that the membership would not be happy but think they know what is in fact good for us so , </p><p> " it must be done". </p><p></p><p>3.) Or they are playing chess while UpS is playing checkers...</p><p> They intentionally agreed to this proposal knowing full well the rank and file will flip their lid allowing them to go back to the negotiating table with UPS playing a sort of </p><p>good cop / bad cop with the good cop being leadership and the bad cop being the unwitting union members.</p><p></p><p>4.). Leadership is more concerned with having as many dues paying members as possible because their primary interest is Union revenues with those revenues trumping the actual reason for he Union in the first place ; better working conditions for the members. </p><p></p><p>For me persoanlly , </p><p># 3 is too elaborate and counterproductive </p><p># 1, 2 and 4 sadly are all possible the way I see it and I don't like any one do them. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> So maybe it'll require a bit of "teamster patriotism " resulting in us taking a stand against leadership until they get the point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doubleparkedrunner, post: 3632026, member: 71878"] I also don't approve of unproven allegations against the teamster leadership or anyone else for that matter. I think the insinuations that they are in UPS' pocket are unfair on a few levels. BUT...this initial "agreement" is so jaw droppingly awful in my and many other teamsters' minds that I think it will take a little dissidence or an " ANTI SOLIDARITY " stance at this point to hopefully wake the negotiating committee up. it actually is pretty apparent that the "leadership" is NOT producing in an effective manner. And this was with a whopping 93% and change strike authorization vote. With that high a percentage , leadership should have instinctively known that this first proposal would be seen as a non starter. So that leaves just a few different possibilities in my mind... 1.) They either are clueless to the sticking points of the teamster members , thought this was a good proposal and were surprised by the uproar. 2.) They are not clueless , knew that the membership would not be happy but think they know what is in fact good for us so , " it must be done". 3.) Or they are playing chess while UpS is playing checkers... They intentionally agreed to this proposal knowing full well the rank and file will flip their lid allowing them to go back to the negotiating table with UPS playing a sort of good cop / bad cop with the good cop being leadership and the bad cop being the unwitting union members. 4.). Leadership is more concerned with having as many dues paying members as possible because their primary interest is Union revenues with those revenues trumping the actual reason for he Union in the first place ; better working conditions for the members. For me persoanlly , # 3 is too elaborate and counterproductive # 1, 2 and 4 sadly are all possible the way I see it and I don't like any one do them. So maybe it'll require a bit of "teamster patriotism " resulting in us taking a stand against leadership until they get the point. [/QUOTE]
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