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<blockquote data-quote="The Other Side" data-source="post: 869701" data-attributes="member: 17969"><p>What I am telling you is that TELEVISION is not the arena to fight our fight. Look at Wisconsin. Lots of hard working people there and the media (and especially fox news and right wing radio) exploited and made fun of those protesting at the capitol in Wisconsin.</p><p></p><p>All the talk on FOXED SPEWS is about unions and how they cry for handouts. The simple fact that we already have a remedy for excessive overtime in the form of triple time pay will fall on deaf ears no matter how its presented.</p><p></p><p>IF there wasnt a remedy for the action of excessive overtime, then you may have a point, but that's the agreement that was made between the Union and the Company and the members RATIFIED it.</p><p></p><p>Indeed, we are working more hours now than ever before, this is something that has been growing expodentially over the last 5 years. In the last contract agreement, the union and the company agreed on a solution to settle excessive overtime and that leaves us without an excuse to complain publicly.</p><p></p><p>Our fight is with out own locals and the international. That fight must be understood by the eboard in charge at the time of negotiations, and negotiated in 2013.</p><p></p><p>We have to be careful however. If we complain about overtime too harshly, the company could simply put more trucks on the road and reduce us all to 8 hours a day (max) and there are alot of drivers who like or need the overtime.</p><p></p><p>The company, like all companies in todays political climate are cutting jobs to keep the unemployment rate high as to effect the next presidential election. Its that simple. They would rather pay the high remedy to us than place another truck on the road. They have bigger plans while working with other corporations </p><p></p><p>UPS, with all its talk about safety, has been running its drivers into the ground and it could care less. They take the grievances, calculate how much to pay, and cut a check. </p><p></p><p>Going to the media wont cure this problem. UPS only has to say "WE" agreed to a remedy of triple time for excessive overtime and its game over for those on camera with their sweat stained white T shirts.</p><p></p><p>Peace.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Other Side, post: 869701, member: 17969"] What I am telling you is that TELEVISION is not the arena to fight our fight. Look at Wisconsin. Lots of hard working people there and the media (and especially fox news and right wing radio) exploited and made fun of those protesting at the capitol in Wisconsin. All the talk on FOXED SPEWS is about unions and how they cry for handouts. The simple fact that we already have a remedy for excessive overtime in the form of triple time pay will fall on deaf ears no matter how its presented. IF there wasnt a remedy for the action of excessive overtime, then you may have a point, but that's the agreement that was made between the Union and the Company and the members RATIFIED it. Indeed, we are working more hours now than ever before, this is something that has been growing expodentially over the last 5 years. In the last contract agreement, the union and the company agreed on a solution to settle excessive overtime and that leaves us without an excuse to complain publicly. Our fight is with out own locals and the international. That fight must be understood by the eboard in charge at the time of negotiations, and negotiated in 2013. We have to be careful however. If we complain about overtime too harshly, the company could simply put more trucks on the road and reduce us all to 8 hours a day (max) and there are alot of drivers who like or need the overtime. The company, like all companies in todays political climate are cutting jobs to keep the unemployment rate high as to effect the next presidential election. Its that simple. They would rather pay the high remedy to us than place another truck on the road. They have bigger plans while working with other corporations UPS, with all its talk about safety, has been running its drivers into the ground and it could care less. They take the grievances, calculate how much to pay, and cut a check. Going to the media wont cure this problem. UPS only has to say "WE" agreed to a remedy of triple time for excessive overtime and its game over for those on camera with their sweat stained white T shirts. Peace. [/QUOTE]
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