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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1326787" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>I absolutely disagree on the comment regarding "generations of drivers before us.. left this union relatively healthy." While contracts could only be voted down by a 2/3 majority before the reforms of the late 1980's, those same Teamsters enabled one of the biggest problems we face as a union today: the two-tiered wage scale we have between FT/PT. </p><p></p><p>Two-tiered systems will <strong>absolutely kill</strong> a union and the one we have has done an enormous amount of damage since it was voted in during the 1970's. It creates resentment and apathy between the younger and older generations of members, respectfully, and tears us apart from the inside-out. The only way to maintain what we have "for those coming up behind us" is to reconsider "par for the course" wage increases that also demand we increase the FT progression. UPS tried to propose a two-tiered FT wage scale at the end of negotiations last year and it's something they're going to try to push even harder when we go back to the table in 2018.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1326787, member: 42270"] I absolutely disagree on the comment regarding "generations of drivers before us.. left this union relatively healthy." While contracts could only be voted down by a 2/3 majority before the reforms of the late 1980's, those same Teamsters enabled one of the biggest problems we face as a union today: the two-tiered wage scale we have between FT/PT. Two-tiered systems will [B]absolutely kill[/B] a union and the one we have has done an enormous amount of damage since it was voted in during the 1970's. It creates resentment and apathy between the younger and older generations of members, respectfully, and tears us apart from the inside-out. The only way to maintain what we have "for those coming up behind us" is to reconsider "par for the course" wage increases that also demand we increase the FT progression. UPS tried to propose a two-tiered FT wage scale at the end of negotiations last year and it's something they're going to try to push even harder when we go back to the table in 2018. [/QUOTE]
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