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<blockquote data-quote="anonymous4" data-source="post: 1068030" data-attributes="member: 30532"><p>A friend in a nearby hub texted me earlier today asking what the .15 cent differential was in the paycheck of a full-timer. I informed him this was in the local supplement and was for workers on the twi/night shifts. The catch being it only applies to full-time "members". After my reply I concluded to myself this best sums up the union and the glaring problems it faces, which will destroy it. The union is an aging beast that refuses to change and must be allowed to perish. I have justified both sides but it is clear the union is not about equality nor about getting all of its members the best. If it ever was, that time is gone. </p><p></p><p>Routinely I have pointed out the obvious. Part-timers cannot be held responsible for their own fate because the majority vote in this case is not at all an accurate one. Who are part-timers? Mainly people passing through. You are expecting the severely mentally handicapped to take care of themselves knowing full well it is not possible, will never be possible and most importantly it is of no fault of their own. Is it not in the favor of UPS to have such a system in place? The entire pie is awarded to the full timers. As a result discontent between the two groups further cracks an already collapsing model. The turnover ensures the cheapest help with the more fresh body will always be available. Nothing is done in our "leadership" because they don't care either. Our money is taken, to be funneled to one political party, despite our own individual viewpoints. </p><p></p><p>"Adapt to changing conditions" is something drilled into us but something we as a union don't quite get. The same tired characters handed elections by an uninformed majority ensure change is nonexistent. Let the RTW spread the country, let the union fall in the coming years. I am a hard worker and more than comfortable knowing I will be a valued commodity at UPS relative to the work I do over the stereotypical lazy union maroon I see in the filthy <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="" /> stall for 30 minute plus intervals. You and people like you deserve to drown in your own <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="" /> and you know who you are! I have friends who took another path and enjoy equal everything to what the union provides for full-timers. These are not all white collared men either. The world is more competitive than ever and the union, while a great idea in some facets is not evolving.</p><p></p><p>You guys need to learn to play fair with your handicapped part-time brothers for they do not know what they do and the game is always rigged against you. Merit should always get people ahead, why haven't unions figured that out and fought to integrate the obvious contradiction of the two concepts? You can list dozens of other glaring holes in the union mentality that will lead to its downfall and I wish it wasn't so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="anonymous4, post: 1068030, member: 30532"] A friend in a nearby hub texted me earlier today asking what the .15 cent differential was in the paycheck of a full-timer. I informed him this was in the local supplement and was for workers on the twi/night shifts. The catch being it only applies to full-time "members". After my reply I concluded to myself this best sums up the union and the glaring problems it faces, which will destroy it. The union is an aging beast that refuses to change and must be allowed to perish. I have justified both sides but it is clear the union is not about equality nor about getting all of its members the best. If it ever was, that time is gone. Routinely I have pointed out the obvious. Part-timers cannot be held responsible for their own fate because the majority vote in this case is not at all an accurate one. Who are part-timers? Mainly people passing through. You are expecting the severely mentally handicapped to take care of themselves knowing full well it is not possible, will never be possible and most importantly it is of no fault of their own. Is it not in the favor of UPS to have such a system in place? The entire pie is awarded to the full timers. As a result discontent between the two groups further cracks an already collapsing model. The turnover ensures the cheapest help with the more fresh body will always be available. Nothing is done in our "leadership" because they don't care either. Our money is taken, to be funneled to one political party, despite our own individual viewpoints. "Adapt to changing conditions" is something drilled into us but something we as a union don't quite get. The same tired characters handed elections by an uninformed majority ensure change is nonexistent. Let the RTW spread the country, let the union fall in the coming years. I am a hard worker and more than comfortable knowing I will be a valued commodity at UPS relative to the work I do over the stereotypical lazy union maroon I see in the filthy [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG] stall for 30 minute plus intervals. You and people like you deserve to drown in your own [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG] and you know who you are! I have friends who took another path and enjoy equal everything to what the union provides for full-timers. These are not all white collared men either. The world is more competitive than ever and the union, while a great idea in some facets is not evolving. You guys need to learn to play fair with your handicapped part-time brothers for they do not know what they do and the game is always rigged against you. Merit should always get people ahead, why haven't unions figured that out and fought to integrate the obvious contradiction of the two concepts? You can list dozens of other glaring holes in the union mentality that will lead to its downfall and I wish it wasn't so. [/QUOTE]
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