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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1129082" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>Starting wages haven't risen since 1980 -- new hires were making the modern-day equivalent of ~$17/hr in the early '80's. Now, many states have higher minimum wages than UPS starting pay. That's disgraceful for a union shop -- even for a PT job, no matter how you spin it. Quite frankly, this was a necessary move for long term survival as RTW rolls on in former strongholds of organized labor. As a steward in a RTW state, it's difficult to get new hires to sign a card or demonstrate what the Teamsters do for them when they're making only a bit more an hour than they would at McDonald's while working far harder without benefits for a year. </p><p></p><p>We still don't know for sure if a $1/hr "catch-up" raise was included or not. And we won't know until we see the tentative agreement in writing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1129082, member: 42270"] Starting wages haven't risen since 1980 -- new hires were making the modern-day equivalent of ~$17/hr in the early '80's. Now, many states have higher minimum wages than UPS starting pay. That's disgraceful for a union shop -- even for a PT job, no matter how you spin it. Quite frankly, this was a necessary move for long term survival as RTW rolls on in former strongholds of organized labor. As a steward in a RTW state, it's difficult to get new hires to sign a card or demonstrate what the Teamsters do for them when they're making only a bit more an hour than they would at McDonald's while working far harder without benefits for a year. We still don't know for sure if a $1/hr "catch-up" raise was included or not. And we won't know until we see the tentative agreement in writing. [/QUOTE]
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