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<blockquote data-quote="j13501" data-source="post: 977670" data-attributes="member: 918"><p>Excellent post. </p><p>This is a good illustration of why one national contract would be impossible to get. If UPS had started in all parts of the country at one time, there would be one contract. But UPS expanded across the country like a patchwork quilt- one piece added here, another over there. It may have been one company, but there were different locals in different areas all with slightly different work practices. Differences between union and management were determined by local negotiations - the same issue might be decided differently in two different cities because of the different people negotiating. Your comment that "It really depends on *How Effective* your Local leaders are.... What experience they have with negotiations.... at contract time." can be applied equally to the local management team. </p><p></p><p>The point is that the labor rules have "grown up" as the company has "grown up" across the country. If both sides iin a local area believes that they are working well, then generally the local rules will not change in the supplement during contract negotiations. It is not in either the company or the union's best interest to try and make all the work practices uniform, just so everything can be the same in all parts of the country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="j13501, post: 977670, member: 918"] Excellent post. This is a good illustration of why one national contract would be impossible to get. If UPS had started in all parts of the country at one time, there would be one contract. But UPS expanded across the country like a patchwork quilt- one piece added here, another over there. It may have been one company, but there were different locals in different areas all with slightly different work practices. Differences between union and management were determined by local negotiations - the same issue might be decided differently in two different cities because of the different people negotiating. Your comment that "It really depends on *How Effective* your Local leaders are.... What experience they have with negotiations.... at contract time." can be applied equally to the local management team. The point is that the labor rules have "grown up" as the company has "grown up" across the country. If both sides iin a local area believes that they are working well, then generally the local rules will not change in the supplement during contract negotiations. It is not in either the company or the union's best interest to try and make all the work practices uniform, just so everything can be the same in all parts of the country. [/QUOTE]
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