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<blockquote data-quote="TechGrrl" data-source="post: 985096" data-attributes="member: 4932"><p>I think it depends on who is in the White House come 2013. If President Obama wins the election, and a Democratic administration is in control with at least one house of Congress, you guys will be better supported, like 1997 under Clinton.</p><p></p><p>If, however, Mr. Romney wins, and you wind up with a Labor Secretary like Mrs. Mitch McConnell, you are screwed. At that point, UPS goes a full ALEC on you, and will cheerfully take a strike to gut your health care, pension, and pay scale, knowing that the Dept. of Labor and the NLRB are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Koch Industries. They will tell you this is necessary due to the competitive pressure of FedEx going even farther down the road of screwing THEIR employees, blah, blah, blah.</p><p></p><p>For a preview, look at any state that has total GOP control, like Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, not to mention the standard, Confederacy-based right to work states. You guys are one of the few private sector unions left that has anything resembling decent pay, benefits, and working conditions, such as they are. This means, in today's Ayn Randian bizarro world, you must be crushed, so that the "job creators" can enjoy the fruits of their hard work without sharing it with the "takers".</p><p></p><p>Bookmark this post, and we'll revisit it in September 2013. I sincerely hope I am wrong.</p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/strikesmileys.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":strikesmileys:" title="Strikesmileys :strikesmileys:" data-shortname=":strikesmileys:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/strikesmileys.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":strikesmileys:" title="Strikesmileys :strikesmileys:" data-shortname=":strikesmileys:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/strikesmileys.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":strikesmileys:" title="Strikesmileys :strikesmileys:" data-shortname=":strikesmileys:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/strikesmileys.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":strikesmileys:" title="Strikesmileys :strikesmileys:" data-shortname=":strikesmileys:" /></p><p></p><p>p.s. Almost forgot; expect to hear a lot about "Teamster Union Thugs" on Faux News. If Kindergarten teachers can be vilified as union thugs, imagine how much fun the right-wing Pravda will have with the TEAMSTERS!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TechGrrl, post: 985096, member: 4932"] I think it depends on who is in the White House come 2013. If President Obama wins the election, and a Democratic administration is in control with at least one house of Congress, you guys will be better supported, like 1997 under Clinton. If, however, Mr. Romney wins, and you wind up with a Labor Secretary like Mrs. Mitch McConnell, you are screwed. At that point, UPS goes a full ALEC on you, and will cheerfully take a strike to gut your health care, pension, and pay scale, knowing that the Dept. of Labor and the NLRB are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Koch Industries. They will tell you this is necessary due to the competitive pressure of FedEx going even farther down the road of screwing THEIR employees, blah, blah, blah. For a preview, look at any state that has total GOP control, like Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, not to mention the standard, Confederacy-based right to work states. You guys are one of the few private sector unions left that has anything resembling decent pay, benefits, and working conditions, such as they are. This means, in today's Ayn Randian bizarro world, you must be crushed, so that the "job creators" can enjoy the fruits of their hard work without sharing it with the "takers". Bookmark this post, and we'll revisit it in September 2013. I sincerely hope I am wrong. :strikesmileys::strikesmileys::strikesmileys::strikesmileys: p.s. Almost forgot; expect to hear a lot about "Teamster Union Thugs" on Faux News. If Kindergarten teachers can be vilified as union thugs, imagine how much fun the right-wing Pravda will have with the TEAMSTERS! [/QUOTE]
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