UPSPAC letter-anyone plan on giving? - Brown Cafe

local804 · 06-20-2008, 04:20 PM

Not I

metrophillyslub · 06-20-2008, 04:54 PM

i second that no! bizzare even asking.

metrophillyslub · 06-20-2008, 04:55 PM

that is bizzare on company asking.. not you local.

barnyard · 06-20-2008, 04:59 PM

I probably won't, but I am kind of torn. UPS spends a lot of dough lobbying to unionize Fed Ex, it would not surprise me if it were more than what the Teamsters spend....

TB

Baba gounj · 06-20-2008, 06:04 PM

that went right into the trash

toonertoo · 06-20-2008, 06:12 PM

Havent gotten it, when I do it will go in trash.

brownmonster · 06-20-2008, 06:32 PM

They lobbied to gut OSHA's power. Safety first.

scratch · 06-20-2008, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by brownmonster

They lobbied to gut OSHA's power. Safety first.

If they could git rid of those stupid Ketter Audits, it might be worth a few bucks!

brownmonster · 06-20-2008, 07:48 PM

With that I agree. I do give $1 a week to DRIVE.

Forty6and2 · 06-20-2008, 09:28 PM

a big fat no from me

upsgrunt · 06-20-2008, 10:04 PM

not here!

toonertoo · 06-20-2008, 10:15 PM

Ok, 2 out of 11 will give.
Tell me again who the teamsters endorsed?

satellitedriver · 06-20-2008, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by toonertoo

Ok, 2 out of 11 will give.
Tell me again who the teamsters endorsed?

The teamsters will back who ever lies to them the best.

06-21-2008, 02:26 AM

I thought it was a waste of natural resources to even print the thing. I put it in the recycle bin to give it a second chance. at first I thought is was some kind of joke.

JustTired · 06-21-2008, 06:03 AM

While I have no problem with a person or company trying to get their position heard by the government, there is something fundamentally wrong when they have to put up big money just to get the ear of that government official. Congress has bastardized the system and turned it into their own cash cow.

Just another example of everything that is wrong in this country. And it comes down to greed. So much for representing the people that voted them into office.

UpstateNYUPSer · 06-21-2008, 06:17 AM

Such a waste of resources.

mattwtrs · 06-21-2008, 06:31 AM

I thought only management were solicited to give to UPSPAC. Why can't the BOD and the Atlanta crew give more? Why ask the hourly people to give?

pretzel_man · 06-21-2008, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by mattwtrs

I thought only management were solicited to give to UPSPAC. Why can't the BOD and the Atlanta crew give more? Why ask the hourly people to give?

I'm in management and I give every year.

I didn't know that hourly people were solicited to give.

I guess the reason they do that is that management makes up only 9% of this company.

Its certainly your choice to give or not. The success of UPS impacts not only management, but the other 91% as well.

Here is what Jim Case said over 60 years ago:

An expanding business is the only way to provide opportunities for our people. 1944

Our company has grown because our people have grown, and our people have grown because our company has grown. And so it will be in the future... 1945

It seems to me that if UPS doesn't prosper, packages and jobs will move to non-union carriers.

P-Man

local804 · 06-21-2008, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by pretzel_man

It seems to me that if UPS doesn't prosper, packages and jobs will move to non-union carriers.

P-Man

UPS can give some of their billions in profit if they chose to do so then. With the cost of living going through the roof,there really isnt much money left to spare.

UpstateNYUPSer · 06-21-2008, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by pretzel_man

An expanding business is the only way to provide opportunities for our people. 1944

Our company has grown because our people have grown, and our people have grown because our company has grown. And so it will be in the future... 1945

It seems to me that if UPS doesn't prosper, packages and jobs will move to non-union carriers.

P-Man

Hence the move in to supply chain management, logistics, credit, airlines (using our planes on the weekends to fly tour packages), and other areas so that, in simpler terms, all of our eggs are not in the same basket. UPS is a much more diversified company than most of us realize for the simple reason that if one aspect of the business should falter or even fail the others will hopefully make up for that loss.

skirhustler · 05-25-2009, 09:31 PM

I'm giving $150.00 support UPSPAC

slantnosechevy · 05-25-2009, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by satellitedriver

The teamsters will back who ever lies to them the best.

No different than the general public.

Hoaxster · 05-26-2009, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by local804

UPS can give some of their billions in profit if they chose to do so then. With the cost of living going through the roof,there really isnt much money left to spare.

No UPS can not give to Political Campaigns ... it is illegal.

Unions can and that is why the Teamsters out gives UPSPAC by such a wide margin.

ajblakejr · 05-26-2009, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by UpstateNYUPSer

Hence the move in to supply chain management, logistics, credit, airlines (using our planes on the weekends to fly tour packages), and other areas so that, in simpler terms, all of our eggs are not in the same basket. UPS is a much more diversified company than most of us realize for the simple reason that if one aspect of the business should falter or even fail the others will hopefully make up for that loss.

Upstate is correct.

Diversification.

Does anyone really think Pepsi Co is successful just selling colored sugar water infused with carbonation?

How many potatoes are really in a bag of Ruffles?

How much money does a fast food joint make on selling a 16 oz fountain drink?

Pepsi is the master of diversification.

As a Pepsi stockholder and UPS stockholder; I am glad that there is more to UPS than moving small packages.

I gave, just like I did last year and I will again in 2010.

Just Numbers · 05-26-2009, 10:38 PM

Whether it be UPSPAC or any other pac..it is nothing more than a legal avenue to influence political corruption. This is just my opinion and has nothing to do with my thoughts about the fedex/ups topic.