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<blockquote data-quote="Griff" data-source="post: 326866" data-attributes="member: 7111"><p>It's not important to either side because PT employees generally carry around one of two mindsets.</p><p></p><p>1) I'm just using this as a stepping stone to become <insert higher paying ups job>.</p><p></p><p>2) I'm just here for the benefits/college reimbursement. </p><p></p><p>Very rarely will you come across a PT employee who is entrenched in the union culture. A lot of them are transitional workers like college students just looking for beer money. Depending on how strong your local is, you'd be hard pressed to find a PT employee at a union hall meeting.</p><p></p><p>The squeaky wheel gets the oil and PT'ers don't make any noise.</p><p></p><p>Soberups couldn't of said it any better than he has in this thread. It speaks volumes about someones critical thinking skills when they personally believe UPS went out of their way to "save their pension". Like soberups said, it was nothing more than a savvy business decision and they will come out on the winning end of it financially. UPS doesn't care about you, your family or your well being (beyond being able to produce for them) -- for anyone to believe otherwise is very sick and twisted. Hourly, management, union or non-union -- it doesn't matter. This is a business and you're just another replaceable cog in the big brown machine like the rest of us, you aren't special.</p><p></p><p>Edit -- I also feel it's worthy of noting that in my transition from a PT hourly to a FT hourly, I noticed a very large difference in representation and the BA's vested interest. Since my dues are way higher than a PT employee, they seem to care more. Issues that I brought to the table as a PT employee were often put on the back burner and now as a FT driver these issues are placed in the spotlight. I find this practice to be downright criminal and something needs to be done about this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Griff, post: 326866, member: 7111"] It's not important to either side because PT employees generally carry around one of two mindsets. 1) I'm just using this as a stepping stone to become <insert higher paying ups job>. 2) I'm just here for the benefits/college reimbursement. Very rarely will you come across a PT employee who is entrenched in the union culture. A lot of them are transitional workers like college students just looking for beer money. Depending on how strong your local is, you'd be hard pressed to find a PT employee at a union hall meeting. The squeaky wheel gets the oil and PT'ers don't make any noise. Soberups couldn't of said it any better than he has in this thread. It speaks volumes about someones critical thinking skills when they personally believe UPS went out of their way to "save their pension". Like soberups said, it was nothing more than a savvy business decision and they will come out on the winning end of it financially. UPS doesn't care about you, your family or your well being (beyond being able to produce for them) -- for anyone to believe otherwise is very sick and twisted. Hourly, management, union or non-union -- it doesn't matter. This is a business and you're just another replaceable cog in the big brown machine like the rest of us, you aren't special. Edit -- I also feel it's worthy of noting that in my transition from a PT hourly to a FT hourly, I noticed a very large difference in representation and the BA's vested interest. Since my dues are way higher than a PT employee, they seem to care more. Issues that I brought to the table as a PT employee were often put on the back burner and now as a FT driver these issues are placed in the spotlight. I find this practice to be downright criminal and something needs to be done about this. [/QUOTE]
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