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<blockquote data-quote="InsideUPS" data-source="post: 1106345" data-attributes="member: 31414"><p>Greetings:</p><p></p><p>At no other time in my 34+year UPS career, have I been more concerned about you and the fate of our "once great" company. I have spent considerable time reading about the history of Jim Casey and UPS. I have spent time reading and watching various news media on our current CEO, Scott Davis. I have talked with my co-workers and management teams at work. I have posted questions here at BrownCafe to gain a broader insight into employees thoughts and feelings outside of my work area. I have read and monitored BrownCafe management topics and discussions (UPS Partners). <u>Through all of these resources, I have come to the following conclusions: (Read On to see how this will affect our current contract negotiations and long term careers at UPS)</u></p><p><u></u></p><p><u><strong>1) Modern Day UPS under the direction of Scott Davis is nothing like the UPS that was started by Jim Casey</strong></u>. <u><strong>Jim Casey was a "business genius"</strong> without any type of formal education</u>. Here are just a small number of quotes from Jim Casey:</p><p><strong>Money</strong>Are we working for money alone? If so, there is no surer way not to get it. <em>1947</em></p><p><em></em></p><p> <strong>A fair exchange</strong></p><p>To give, or get, what is due in accordance with the principles of equal exchange does not call for tricky schemes or methods. On the contrary, if we in any way resort to such trickery, we will not only violate high ethical standards but usually end up with exactly what we deserve — the short end of the bargain. <strong><u>And this is especially true in dealing with people under our supervision.</u></strong></p><p>We cannot hope to get more than we give. <u><strong>Even if there were no labor unions to demand it of us, it would be our duty to pay our people fairly, and even liberally, and treat them decently in every other respect.</strong></u> And, of course, it is equally their duty to give us full value for what we give them.</p><p></p><p>The history of Jim Casey is beyond the scope of what is intended in this forum however, I urge you to log into your Upsers.com account and read more on our great founder of UPS.</p><p></p><p><u><strong>2) Scott Davis CEO is a modern day Wall Street business man.</strong></u> His education included an accounting degree with additional education at Wharton School of Business in Pennsylvania (Same as Donald Trump)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]8664[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>Scott Davis is the "poster child" for Corporate Greed IMHO. While stock owners may admire his "near sightedness" in obtaining record profits, OTHERS in his very close management team recognize him for what he really is....... FOR EXAMPLE:</p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">MORE RECENTLY ..... Scott Davis and his Board of Director Friends are changing the long standing rules to allow for an "outside" Chairman . TOTALLY Against the philosophy of Jim Casey...</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"></span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><u>Scott Davis is not only making record breaking profits off of Teamsters and non-union hourly, he is also taking from the very management people that you and I work with every day.</u> The people in the trenches that work 12 hours a day and have to hear complaints from both you and "up above".</strong> </p><p></p><p>Scott Davis will STOP at NOTHING to achieve those numbers on that next quarterly earnings report. ALL of us mean NOTHING to him except a number.....or in accounting terms...a LIABILITY. Reading the UPS Partners forum and listening to management in our center...you will also see and hear that lower management has also had enough of this Corporate near-sighted CEO.</p><p></p><p><u><strong>SUMMARY</strong></u></p><p><u><strong></strong></u></p><p>While we all can sit at our computers and discuss issues that only affect us personally...such as crayons vs. markers...etc.. there is a much BIGGER PICTURE that we should be seeing across America at this time. Scott Davis is going to try and change the Teamster landscape at UPS. He would like nothing better than to break the Union at UPS. This man has one goal in mind....Higher Earnings...and more profits. TOTALLY contrary to Jim Casey's statement, <em><span style="color: #008000">"Are we working for money alone? If so, there is no surer way not to get it. 1947". </span></em>I believe that if Jim Casey were alive today, he would fire Scott Davis for the way he is running this company.</p><p></p><p>Fellow Teamsters.....gear up for doing battle with this man. DO NOT count on an early settlement. Remember, the ONE MAJOR weakness that Scott Davis has is<span style="color: #008000"> MONEY</span>....HE will stop at nothing to get more of it....and it is this weakness that we TEAMSTERS must capitalize on. Although there has been discussion about a strike....I am TOTALLY against using that method with UPS for this contract (although the fear of a strike will be helpful). As I have mentioned before....the longer we hold off signing a contract that is fair to all, UPS will begin to lose customers. Customers = $$$ in the eyes of Wall Street and Scott Davis. Even if the loss of customers results in the temporary layoffs of lower seniority employees....those employees will be able to collect unemployment.... and COBRA benefits. The loss of customers will eventually return when a contract is agreed upon. The loss of our jobs if we strike and the Union is broken will NEVER return. This UPS Game of Monopoly will be easy to win if we play it smart and SAFE...</p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]8666[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]8667[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p>[ATTACH=full]8664[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]8665[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]8666[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]8667[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsideUPS, post: 1106345, member: 31414"] Greetings: At no other time in my 34+year UPS career, have I been more concerned about you and the fate of our "once great" company. I have spent considerable time reading about the history of Jim Casey and UPS. I have spent time reading and watching various news media on our current CEO, Scott Davis. I have talked with my co-workers and management teams at work. I have posted questions here at BrownCafe to gain a broader insight into employees thoughts and feelings outside of my work area. I have read and monitored BrownCafe management topics and discussions (UPS Partners). [U]Through all of these resources, I have come to the following conclusions: (Read On to see how this will affect our current contract negotiations and long term careers at UPS) [/U] [U][B]1) Modern Day UPS under the direction of Scott Davis is nothing like the UPS that was started by Jim Casey[/B][/U]. [U][B]Jim Casey was a "business genius"[/B] without any type of formal education[/U]. Here are just a small number of quotes from Jim Casey: [B]Money[/B]Are we working for money alone? If so, there is no surer way not to get it. [I]1947 [/I] [B]A fair exchange[/B] To give, or get, what is due in accordance with the principles of equal exchange does not call for tricky schemes or methods. On the contrary, if we in any way resort to such trickery, we will not only violate high ethical standards but usually end up with exactly what we deserve — the short end of the bargain. [B][U]And this is especially true in dealing with people under our supervision.[/U][/B] We cannot hope to get more than we give. [U][B]Even if there were no labor unions to demand it of us, it would be our duty to pay our people fairly, and even liberally, and treat them decently in every other respect.[/B][/U] And, of course, it is equally their duty to give us full value for what we give them. The history of Jim Casey is beyond the scope of what is intended in this forum however, I urge you to log into your Upsers.com account and read more on our great founder of UPS. [U][B]2) Scott Davis CEO is a modern day Wall Street business man.[/B][/U] His education included an accounting degree with additional education at Wharton School of Business in Pennsylvania (Same as Donald Trump) [ATTACH]8664.vB[/ATTACH] Scott Davis is the "poster child" for Corporate Greed IMHO. While stock owners may admire his "near sightedness" in obtaining record profits, OTHERS in his very close management team recognize him for what he really is....... FOR EXAMPLE: [COLOR=#222222][FONT=Times] [FONT=arial][SIZE=3] MORE RECENTLY ..... Scott Davis and his Board of Director Friends are changing the long standing rules to allow for an "outside" Chairman . TOTALLY Against the philosophy of Jim Casey...[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B][U]Scott Davis is not only making record breaking profits off of Teamsters and non-union hourly, he is also taking from the very management people that you and I work with every day.[/U] The people in the trenches that work 12 hours a day and have to hear complaints from both you and "up above".[/B] Scott Davis will STOP at NOTHING to achieve those numbers on that next quarterly earnings report. ALL of us mean NOTHING to him except a number.....or in accounting terms...a LIABILITY. Reading the UPS Partners forum and listening to management in our center...you will also see and hear that lower management has also had enough of this Corporate near-sighted CEO. [U][B]SUMMARY [/B][/U] While we all can sit at our computers and discuss issues that only affect us personally...such as crayons vs. markers...etc.. there is a much BIGGER PICTURE that we should be seeing across America at this time. Scott Davis is going to try and change the Teamster landscape at UPS. He would like nothing better than to break the Union at UPS. This man has one goal in mind....Higher Earnings...and more profits. TOTALLY contrary to Jim Casey's statement, [I][COLOR=#008000]"Are we working for money alone? If so, there is no surer way not to get it. 1947". [/COLOR][/I]I believe that if Jim Casey were alive today, he would fire Scott Davis for the way he is running this company. Fellow Teamsters.....gear up for doing battle with this man. DO NOT count on an early settlement. Remember, the ONE MAJOR weakness that Scott Davis has is[COLOR=#008000] MONEY[/COLOR]....HE will stop at nothing to get more of it....and it is this weakness that we TEAMSTERS must capitalize on. Although there has been discussion about a strike....I am TOTALLY against using that method with UPS for this contract (although the fear of a strike will be helpful). As I have mentioned before....the longer we hold off signing a contract that is fair to all, UPS will begin to lose customers. Customers = $$$ in the eyes of Wall Street and Scott Davis. Even if the loss of customers results in the temporary layoffs of lower seniority employees....those employees will be able to collect unemployment.... and COBRA benefits. The loss of customers will eventually return when a contract is agreed upon. The loss of our jobs if we strike and the Union is broken will NEVER return. This UPS Game of Monopoly will be easy to win if we play it smart and SAFE... [CENTER] [ATTACH]8666.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]8667.vB[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] [ATTACH=full]8664[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]8665[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]8666[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]8667[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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