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What is the UPS end game with the current health care proposal?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1095072" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p>That inflation is rising faster than driver's wages is simply <u>untrue</u>, and yet another popular fallacy on BrownCafe. When the current contract began, top rate was $28.17. Factoring/compounding the annual rate of inflation of 6.6%, that means that $28.17 on January 1, 2008 is worth $29.86 on January 1, 2013. Yet UPS drivers are earning well in excess of $32, thus receiving raises well ahead the rate of inflation. Various online inflation calculators will verify my math.</p><p></p><p>I do agree, however, that the last contract was a huge concessionary contract. But mostly for the PTers -- the deferment of benefits for 12/18 months made first-year employee costs dirt-cheap on paper, thus leading the company to increase its PT staffing. As a result, I wind up begging for my guarantee most days whereas in years past I worked 22-25. I made more money working Preload in the late 2000s than I have this decade, despite $4+/hour wage increase.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1095072, member: 43436"] That inflation is rising faster than driver's wages is simply [U]untrue[/U], and yet another popular fallacy on BrownCafe. When the current contract began, top rate was $28.17. Factoring/compounding the annual rate of inflation of 6.6%, that means that $28.17 on January 1, 2008 is worth $29.86 on January 1, 2013. Yet UPS drivers are earning well in excess of $32, thus receiving raises well ahead the rate of inflation. Various online inflation calculators will verify my math. I do agree, however, that the last contract was a huge concessionary contract. But mostly for the PTers -- the deferment of benefits for 12/18 months made first-year employee costs dirt-cheap on paper, thus leading the company to increase its PT staffing. As a result, I wind up begging for my guarantee most days whereas in years past I worked 22-25. I made more money working Preload in the late 2000s than I have this decade, despite $4+/hour wage increase. [/QUOTE]
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