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Hows the "teamsters for obama thing looking now?"
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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1112012" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>Although I think Atomic_Smurf has been completely off-base on most of what he's said, there's a tiny kernel of truth here. I'm a steward in a RTW state and it's sometimes difficult to sign up guys to pay dues that are making $8.50/hr. Unrelated but still relevant: the low PT starting wage also doesn't help with attendance, which is 90% of the disciplinary stuff our stewards handle. When you're being screamed at to work harder in a trailer in the middle of a sweltering summer, that $8.50/hr wage is a spit in the eye compared to the mileage you're putting on your back. A higher starting wage will make the UPS PT package handler position less of a "throw away job" and help us keep the younger members we do manage to sign up. </p><p></p><p>When RTW passed in Michigan, it sent a shot across the bow of union leadership across the country. While I'm certain our negotiators would always prefer to "do the right thing", that sentiment isn't how <img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> gets done. Quite frankly, the old adage of "the squeaky wheel gets the oil" rings true here. And that wheel is the impending wave of RTW legislation being considered in GOP-held state legislatures with majorities built upon grossly gerrymandered districts. </p><p></p><p>$8.50/hr for a union shop is disgraceful, whether you agree with me or not; in order to keep growing (within UPS, at least) we have to recognize the reality of RTW and "deliver the goods" for UPS new hires in order to show them what their dues get them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1112012, member: 42270"] Although I think Atomic_Smurf has been completely off-base on most of what he's said, there's a tiny kernel of truth here. I'm a steward in a RTW state and it's sometimes difficult to sign up guys to pay dues that are making $8.50/hr. Unrelated but still relevant: the low PT starting wage also doesn't help with attendance, which is 90% of the disciplinary stuff our stewards handle. When you're being screamed at to work harder in a trailer in the middle of a sweltering summer, that $8.50/hr wage is a spit in the eye compared to the mileage you're putting on your back. A higher starting wage will make the UPS PT package handler position less of a "throw away job" and help us keep the younger members we do manage to sign up. When RTW passed in Michigan, it sent a shot across the bow of union leadership across the country. While I'm certain our negotiators would always prefer to "do the right thing", that sentiment isn't how [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG] gets done. Quite frankly, the old adage of "the squeaky wheel gets the oil" rings true here. And that wheel is the impending wave of RTW legislation being considered in GOP-held state legislatures with majorities built upon grossly gerrymandered districts. $8.50/hr for a union shop is disgraceful, whether you agree with me or not; in order to keep growing (within UPS, at least) we have to recognize the reality of RTW and "deliver the goods" for UPS new hires in order to show them what their dues get them. [/QUOTE]
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