You lost the right to ask union questions when you scabbed in 97. You lost nothing but gained!
Your bias responses takes no one by surprise.
If Satellite pays union dues, he deserves to be represented by the union. He could make a good case if union officials do not represent him or answer union questions. I am assuming that if he works for UPS he is a union member - unless he lives in a riight to work state?
The unions best offense for next contract is to get Fed Ex unionized so that everyone is on a level playing field.
I think we still have 10 months to negotiate people. You have to be ready to strike or they will call your bluff. I have said it is great we started the talks early. But why are we taking the 1st offer? And why is the union pushing it so hard? There is the choice of voting no and saying you have 8 or so months to fix the things in it that we do not like. Then there is always extending the talks for a couple months at most to fine tune it. I hear the raises will be like 75 cents or so. Change to a flat 50 cent yearly raise and fix all the areas of the contract that we want fixed! Why are we acting this way when we made $4,200,000,000 in profit. Managers and on-roads have a very good salary, plus 1/2 months extra at Christmas, plus a pension, plus stock bonuses, AND 401K MATCHING FUNDS!!!!!!!!!! WHY ARE WE NOT DEMANDING AT LEAST THE 401K MATCHING FUNDS? Everyone that I tell about the fact that only management gets it not us states how stupid it is. It only makes good business sense. Heck we can't even get a discount on shipping with our own company yet my insurance company fringe benefit is that I can go to FedEx and get 25% off all shipping including air! What a joke huh?
This sentence is a personal attack... I know you're emotional about this subject but please control yourself and comply with the community guidelines. In case you need a little TOS refresher:Alister, your'e an idiot.
alister...
lol.
just lol.
You guys can't and won't get good scabs with the amount of starting pay you offer. You all will screw it up so bad, you'll be begging us to come back to work.
If the drivers followed EDD to the T in my hub, you guys would burn through so much fuel it wouldn't be funny.
The Union has never paid my bills...Actually I got $300 a week for a few weeks in '97...But that didn't pay for much.....A stronger company is better for the employess than a stronger union.
705 - I know from reading previous posts your distaste for scabs...I understand why you feel that way. Believe it or not I held a picket sign for two or three weeks back in 1976 in Southern Cal (I hope I have the year right!). It took two years to make up the 25 cent raise we got! It was a powerplay by the union leader when some trouble started in Pomona Ctr and felt he had been shown disrespect. Anyway, I don't want to get off on a tangent...sorry!
If Satellite pays union dues, he deserves to be represented by the union. He could make a good case if union officials do not represent him or answer union questions. I am assuming that if he works for UPS he is a union member - unless he lives in a riight to work state?1
Also - In this day and age - I feel that the clear cut winner in a UPS/Teamster strike is the competition.
This is my opinion; in years past during a different business climate....when UPS had no real competition. The job of both sides was to give away the least amount it could at just about any cost.
The hammer for the union was a strike! Prior to the national contract. Work stoppages or strikes were the norm not the exception.
In the last century, I do not feel the company or the union bargained in good faith.
Things have changed in 2007. The competition is poised to take our volume.
The company and the Teamsters have no choice but to bargain in good faith and come up with what both sides feel will sustain and improve the company and the Teamster membership.
Both sides will lose if negotiations continue into next year.
The unions best offense for next contract is to get Fed Ex unionized so that everyone is on a level playing field. This will give the Teamsters a position of strenght at the bargaining table if they have the competition locked up.
Years ago you didn't have to look at the entire transportation sector....Now you can't afford not to...
I apologize for raging. Anytime someone tells me that PAS makes loading and driving a mindless occupation I blow up. Reality is in the trenches, not the ivory tower. BM
I apologize for raging. Anytime someone tells me that PAS makes loading and driving a mindless occupation I blow up. Reality is in the trenches, not the ivory tower. BM
PAS makes it so I can jump it your truck tomorrow (with a map) and get the route done.
Ditto.I could do that before PAS. 95% of the routes I know I learned that way.
Considering the DOL was originally set up by the PAS team using only a map I find your claim dishonest.
I could do that before PAS. 95% of the routes I know I learned that way.