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Memories From The '97' Strike........
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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 1019127" data-attributes="member: 7966"><p>This was what the UPS upper management was saying as well.</p><p></p><p>The way the teamster's played it out in the press was that this was all about transforming P/T jobs into friend/T jobs.</p><p>This is the way the contract moved and the purported reason for the strike when it was always about the Teamster controlled pensions and especially the multi-employer concerns.</p><p></p><p>I don't blame the Teamster's for trying to keep control of the pensions as there is a lot of power and appreciation - until they start to fail. </p><p>The Teamster's is a political organization whose leaders have to get elected and pensions are a strong tool to get the vote for the incumbent. </p><p></p><p>However, I would be remiss if I did not point out Central States (which was what UPS was talking about in 1997) and the more recent Teamster's pensions and their problems.</p><p>I guess their are more combo and 22.3 jobs (that equals a quasi-fulltime job) than there would have been.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 1019127, member: 7966"] This was what the UPS upper management was saying as well. The way the teamster's played it out in the press was that this was all about transforming P/T jobs into friend/T jobs. This is the way the contract moved and the purported reason for the strike when it was always about the Teamster controlled pensions and especially the multi-employer concerns. I don't blame the Teamster's for trying to keep control of the pensions as there is a lot of power and appreciation - until they start to fail. The Teamster's is a political organization whose leaders have to get elected and pensions are a strong tool to get the vote for the incumbent. However, I would be remiss if I did not point out Central States (which was what UPS was talking about in 1997) and the more recent Teamster's pensions and their problems. I guess their are more combo and 22.3 jobs (that equals a quasi-fulltime job) than there would have been. [/QUOTE]
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