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<blockquote data-quote="TechGrrl" data-source="post: 977167" data-attributes="member: 4932"><p>First of all, I was last a Teamster member in 1975, just before I went into management. So I see both sides of the issue. Since I believe in checks and balances, I believe that unions make UPS stronger.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, it is already established law that union members can "opt out" of that portion of union dues that goes to political activities. This is more protection than I get as a shareowner when a company whose stock I own decides to spend corporate money on god knows what political cause or candidate.</p><p></p><p>Thirdly, even with NLRB 'protections', unions have been attacked and enfeebled ever since the Reagan years, and the plutocracy will continue what they have begun until the last union is dead. Watch the attacks from the right-wing ALEC machine when the Teamsters go up against UPS in 2013.</p><p></p><p>And, last but not ever least, just what kind of leverage does an individual employee have with a megacorporation like UPS? How much of a better deal does that 'go getter' squeeze out of the Big Brown Machine? Who do they bargain with? The powerless center manager? The equally powerless division manager? Just askin'... We used to say that unless the district manager decided to paint the package cars pink, he was pretty much absolutely in control of his district. That ended in 1999. Corporate is in control. And they ain't talkin' to the minions...not even their own minions, much less the 'lumpen proletariat' you sneer at.</p><p></p><p>In the corporate state, individuals have NO BARGAINING POWER WHATSOEVER, John Galtian fantasies notwithstanding.</p><p></p><p>Unions have their warts and problems, just like any institution made up of fallible human beings. But they are the only way employees have any leverage when dealing with megacorporations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TechGrrl, post: 977167, member: 4932"] First of all, I was last a Teamster member in 1975, just before I went into management. So I see both sides of the issue. Since I believe in checks and balances, I believe that unions make UPS stronger. Secondly, it is already established law that union members can "opt out" of that portion of union dues that goes to political activities. This is more protection than I get as a shareowner when a company whose stock I own decides to spend corporate money on god knows what political cause or candidate. Thirdly, even with NLRB 'protections', unions have been attacked and enfeebled ever since the Reagan years, and the plutocracy will continue what they have begun until the last union is dead. Watch the attacks from the right-wing ALEC machine when the Teamsters go up against UPS in 2013. And, last but not ever least, just what kind of leverage does an individual employee have with a megacorporation like UPS? How much of a better deal does that 'go getter' squeeze out of the Big Brown Machine? Who do they bargain with? The powerless center manager? The equally powerless division manager? Just askin'... We used to say that unless the district manager decided to paint the package cars pink, he was pretty much absolutely in control of his district. That ended in 1999. Corporate is in control. And they ain't talkin' to the minions...not even their own minions, much less the 'lumpen proletariat' you sneer at. In the corporate state, individuals have NO BARGAINING POWER WHATSOEVER, John Galtian fantasies notwithstanding. Unions have their warts and problems, just like any institution made up of fallible human beings. But they are the only way employees have any leverage when dealing with megacorporations. [/QUOTE]
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