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Suppose you have to kill a family of 5 before you lose your job!...Thanks Union!
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<blockquote data-quote="959Nanook" data-source="post: 709420" data-attributes="member: 14462"><p>As frustrating as it is at times for me, the realization that being a Teamster is not a meritocracy (rewards talent and skill) but a gerontocracy (rewards seniority) makes a lot of pills easier to swallow. This is not Teamster-specific issue but a modern organized labor characteristic in general. I rather enjoyed being rewarded for doing well in past careers (BTW, Semper Fi JARHEAD) but I also know that it was subjective at times and necessarily so in cases where merit is hard to quantify or qualify. </p><p></p><p>*shrugs* </p><p></p><p>Not my preference of systems to be employed in but I volunteered to sell my labor to UPS and that is the system that has been negotiated by the brothers and sisters that went before me. While I would be tempted to say the Union should have cut this one loose, they have an ethical and legal obligation to all of us. My hope is that they are there to do the same for me if the need arises.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="959Nanook, post: 709420, member: 14462"] As frustrating as it is at times for me, the realization that being a Teamster is not a meritocracy (rewards talent and skill) but a gerontocracy (rewards seniority) makes a lot of pills easier to swallow. This is not Teamster-specific issue but a modern organized labor characteristic in general. I rather enjoyed being rewarded for doing well in past careers (BTW, Semper Fi JARHEAD) but I also know that it was subjective at times and necessarily so in cases where merit is hard to quantify or qualify. *shrugs* Not my preference of systems to be employed in but I volunteered to sell my labor to UPS and that is the system that has been negotiated by the brothers and sisters that went before me. While I would be tempted to say the Union should have cut this one loose, they have an ethical and legal obligation to all of us. My hope is that they are there to do the same for me if the need arises. [/QUOTE]
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