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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1180069" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>If you've been at UPS for a year, you have health insurance or will be enrolled fairly soon.</p><p></p><p>Quite frankly, when I did internal organizing for the pre-loaders, they're one of the few groups of PT'ers I won't be mad at for putting off signing a union card. If you've been at UPS less than a year and are making ~$10/hr and don't have benefits yet, I'm not going to be that upset if you opt out of paying dues right away. You should, but a lot of guys in that category are literally living on Ramen noodles and scraping together every nickel to make it by.</p><p></p><p>The polar opposite, however, lies in the "veteran" PT scabs. I have a large number of them in small sort on my shift; they're working a fairly easy (not as easy as it used to be, but gravy compared to loading/unloading) job, making $18-20+/hr, have full benefits, vested in the PT pension and they claim they "can't afford union dues." Many of them will clock out as soon as they're asked if they want to leave. They are the scum of the <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="" />ing earth. </p><p></p><p>The saddest part is that each GWI would more than cover the weekly cost of a PT'ers union dues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1180069, member: 42270"] If you've been at UPS for a year, you have health insurance or will be enrolled fairly soon. Quite frankly, when I did internal organizing for the pre-loaders, they're one of the few groups of PT'ers I won't be mad at for putting off signing a union card. If you've been at UPS less than a year and are making ~$10/hr and don't have benefits yet, I'm not going to be that upset if you opt out of paying dues right away. You should, but a lot of guys in that category are literally living on Ramen noodles and scraping together every nickel to make it by. The polar opposite, however, lies in the "veteran" PT scabs. I have a large number of them in small sort on my shift; they're working a fairly easy (not as easy as it used to be, but gravy compared to loading/unloading) job, making $18-20+/hr, have full benefits, vested in the PT pension and they claim they "can't afford union dues." Many of them will clock out as soon as they're asked if they want to leave. They are the scum of the [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG]ing earth. The saddest part is that each GWI would more than cover the weekly cost of a PT'ers union dues. [/QUOTE]
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