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<blockquote data-quote="PobreCarlos" data-source="post: 541643" data-attributes="member: 16651"><p>Braveheart;</p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, I think the things you're talking about would actually be more expensive from the company's perspective than wage increases. It hasn't been lost on management (generally, not just at UPS) that "organized" industry after industry in this country has been damaged (or even destroyed) by the loss of operating flexibility brought about by union work restrictions and/or "enhancements" more than wage liability (look at the foreign/domestic non-UAW auto operations vs. the UAW-organized competition, for example; the wages are very similar, but control issues are vastly different). I can't help but believe that, in the future - especially as long as FDX isn't organized - the company is going to go (albeit perhaps in a camouflaged manner!) for MORE control rather than less....even if it costs more in direct wages.</p><p> </p><p>Of course, a very good argument could be made that the reason things are as tight as they are is because the union has made it so; i.e. - an adversarial relationship breeds action/reaction. From my perspective, one only needs to look at at the unions historical "success" with such relationships to see how they've benefited the members. That, however, is a topic most Teamsters seem to want to post their blinders against.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PobreCarlos, post: 541643, member: 16651"] Braveheart; Unfortunately, I think the things you're talking about would actually be more expensive from the company's perspective than wage increases. It hasn't been lost on management (generally, not just at UPS) that "organized" industry after industry in this country has been damaged (or even destroyed) by the loss of operating flexibility brought about by union work restrictions and/or "enhancements" more than wage liability (look at the foreign/domestic non-UAW auto operations vs. the UAW-organized competition, for example; the wages are very similar, but control issues are vastly different). I can't help but believe that, in the future - especially as long as FDX isn't organized - the company is going to go (albeit perhaps in a camouflaged manner!) for MORE control rather than less....even if it costs more in direct wages. Of course, a very good argument could be made that the reason things are as tight as they are is because the union has made it so; i.e. - an adversarial relationship breeds action/reaction. From my perspective, one only needs to look at at the unions historical "success" with such relationships to see how they've benefited the members. That, however, is a topic most Teamsters seem to want to post their blinders against. [/QUOTE]
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