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To those who accuse Hall of "selling us out"...
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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1127095" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>That depends entirely upon the definition of the word "activist"; I was told UPS tried to slip in a two-tier wage scheme earlier this week that would basically see current UPS drivers maintain and improve their pay while capping the pay levels for those being promoted after ratification. Obviously, the union did not and would not agree to this, but if we saw $1-$1.50 raises across the board for 5 years while hypothetically capping new driver pay in the neighborhood of $20-24/hr.. let's just say I would not want to see a ratification vote on <strong>that</strong>. </p><p></p><p>Granted, this was an instance of UPS throwing <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="" /> against the wall to see if it would stick and the union knows this would essentially be dealing an enormous self-inflicted blow to any measure of solidarity for the next generation of drivers. But there are a great deal (many but not all) of current union members that would sell out their younger brothers or the "unborn" for short-term gain. Personally, as a current PT'er with almost a decade under my belt and another 4 or 5 years (hopefully) to go FT, I am more than happy to trade a dime over five years ($4.00 in raises '08-'13 vs. $3.90 in raises for '13-'18) for an increase in starting pay for PT'ers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1127095, member: 42270"] That depends entirely upon the definition of the word "activist"; I was told UPS tried to slip in a two-tier wage scheme earlier this week that would basically see current UPS drivers maintain and improve their pay while capping the pay levels for those being promoted after ratification. Obviously, the union did not and would not agree to this, but if we saw $1-$1.50 raises across the board for 5 years while hypothetically capping new driver pay in the neighborhood of $20-24/hr.. let's just say I would not want to see a ratification vote on [B]that[/B]. Granted, this was an instance of UPS throwing [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG] against the wall to see if it would stick and the union knows this would essentially be dealing an enormous self-inflicted blow to any measure of solidarity for the next generation of drivers. But there are a great deal (many but not all) of current union members that would sell out their younger brothers or the "unborn" for short-term gain. Personally, as a current PT'er with almost a decade under my belt and another 4 or 5 years (hopefully) to go FT, I am more than happy to trade a dime over five years ($4.00 in raises '08-'13 vs. $3.90 in raises for '13-'18) for an increase in starting pay for PT'ers. [/QUOTE]
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