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IF the contract is voted down, what issues do you think will be addressed?
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<blockquote data-quote="&#039;Lord Brown&#039;s bidding&#039;" data-source="post: 1154466" data-attributes="member: 32753"><p>It's not "hate".</p><p></p><p>Most of the PT force are not committed to UPS as a career, and it has little to do the dearth of FT jobs, or even necessarily the starting pay; it is a throwaway job. Many people take it to get what they want out of it-benefits, tuition pay, a gig to get them through a rough time-and then move on. Many were upset when PTmers were made to wait a year for health; I was too, until I heard that there were abuses going on with people getting the insurance, getting a procedure, and then cuttin' out. Even if it was legit, that's not respectful of what the company and teamsters have done in providing this compensation package. Thus 'barriers of entry' have been created, making sure that before the hands really get into UPS' pockets they'll show that they plan on being around a little while, or <strong>have</strong> stuck around long enough that they have earned the more costly parts of the compensation package. </p><p></p><p>Two things that really should be proposed next contract is higher wages for PTmers in lieu of benefits they decline, but only if they can prove they are already on someone else's plan; it would be the socially-responsible thing to do. That could attract more workers, without having to give up a solid benefit totally; if at anytime they lose the coverage they must choose between getting in under UPS' plan or buying their own private policy, if they'd rather keep the higher wage. UPS could verify peoples' coverage via an annual or bi-annual survey, and give them a reasonable amount of time to come into compliance with the law before they are automatically brought into the plan covering everyone else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Lord Brown's bidding', post: 1154466, member: 32753"] It's not "hate". Most of the PT force are not committed to UPS as a career, and it has little to do the dearth of FT jobs, or even necessarily the starting pay; it is a throwaway job. Many people take it to get what they want out of it-benefits, tuition pay, a gig to get them through a rough time-and then move on. Many were upset when PTmers were made to wait a year for health; I was too, until I heard that there were abuses going on with people getting the insurance, getting a procedure, and then cuttin' out. Even if it was legit, that's not respectful of what the company and teamsters have done in providing this compensation package. Thus 'barriers of entry' have been created, making sure that before the hands really get into UPS' pockets they'll show that they plan on being around a little while, or [B]have[/B] stuck around long enough that they have earned the more costly parts of the compensation package. Two things that really should be proposed next contract is higher wages for PTmers in lieu of benefits they decline, but only if they can prove they are already on someone else's plan; it would be the socially-responsible thing to do. That could attract more workers, without having to give up a solid benefit totally; if at anytime they lose the coverage they must choose between getting in under UPS' plan or buying their own private policy, if they'd rather keep the higher wage. UPS could verify peoples' coverage via an annual or bi-annual survey, and give them a reasonable amount of time to come into compliance with the law before they are automatically brought into the plan covering everyone else. [/QUOTE]
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