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UPS CUTS PART-TIME WORKERS PAY BY 1/3
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<blockquote data-quote="Whither" data-source="post: 5187479" data-attributes="member: 76643"><p>People forget there was a time when one FT union job was expected to provide a decent living for a small household -- a single income! By that standard it's not unreasonable to demand that a PT union job provide a decent living for an individual. This thread shows there are too many Teamsters who are looking out only for themselves ... it's no surprise the union is weak. We have FT drivers parroting company thinking, talking about PTers in patronizing ways. Meanwhile the company is laughing all the way to the bank. </p><p></p><p>But that's what happens when unions allow wide discrepancies in pay ... in this case it has clearly enabled drivers to think we're somehow more important, and more deserving, of a decent wage. And worse, drivers who spent years as PTers can justify this compromise all the more by saying "Well I made my sacrifices, so you gotta make yours" ... when the point is, poorly-paid PT labor was an awful concession from the outset.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whither, post: 5187479, member: 76643"] People forget there was a time when one FT union job was expected to provide a decent living for a small household -- a single income! By that standard it's not unreasonable to demand that a PT union job provide a decent living for an individual. This thread shows there are too many Teamsters who are looking out only for themselves ... it's no surprise the union is weak. We have FT drivers parroting company thinking, talking about PTers in patronizing ways. Meanwhile the company is laughing all the way to the bank. But that's what happens when unions allow wide discrepancies in pay ... in this case it has clearly enabled drivers to think we're somehow more important, and more deserving, of a decent wage. And worse, drivers who spent years as PTers can justify this compromise all the more by saying "Well I made my sacrifices, so you gotta make yours" ... when the point is, poorly-paid PT labor was an awful concession from the outset. [/QUOTE]
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