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<blockquote data-quote="Its_a_me" data-source="post: 5310090" data-attributes="member: 93115"><p><strong>That is because the union got beat so badly at the negotiation table</strong>--on the best contract ever-- the company was forced to give part-timers more money on their own during this CBA. When the company wanted to get rid of those union employees, to bump a sagging stock price, they took it away. So now the company has a tool that is beyond the reach of the union CBA for hiring and essentially firing.</p><p></p><p>Digest that one: <strong>the company, on its own, felt a union negotiated wage was too low to be a starting part-time salary. And new employees think the union is worthless to protect their salaries--or at the very least negotiate competitive ones.</strong></p><p></p><p>Local fast food places down the road pay more (or the same) with a known schedule of 20-35 hours per week--not one day you're in at 2am and done at 7:30am the next day it's 4:45am to 9:00am like here.</p><p></p><p>Kids under 26 don't care about insurance and benefits as they are on their parents insurance plans still. So even when you get someone new they are mid-30's to mid 50's now and you find out they have 3-5 kids and are bankrupting the union health care plan one dr visit at a time plus constantly calling in as such as such family reason--but will be kept since they are desperate for bodies. We have one guy who only works Mondays (no other time for UPS)---I didn't know that was an option....I have more seniority: Can I do that instead of him and still get benefits?</p><p></p><p>The union's poorly negotiated CBA is the root of all these symptoms. But somehow I doubt the 2023 contract will fix any of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Its_a_me, post: 5310090, member: 93115"] [B]That is because the union got beat so badly at the negotiation table[/B]--on the best contract ever-- the company was forced to give part-timers more money on their own during this CBA. When the company wanted to get rid of those union employees, to bump a sagging stock price, they took it away. So now the company has a tool that is beyond the reach of the union CBA for hiring and essentially firing. Digest that one: [B]the company, on its own, felt a union negotiated wage was too low to be a starting part-time salary. And new employees think the union is worthless to protect their salaries--or at the very least negotiate competitive ones.[/B] Local fast food places down the road pay more (or the same) with a known schedule of 20-35 hours per week--not one day you're in at 2am and done at 7:30am the next day it's 4:45am to 9:00am like here. Kids under 26 don't care about insurance and benefits as they are on their parents insurance plans still. So even when you get someone new they are mid-30's to mid 50's now and you find out they have 3-5 kids and are bankrupting the union health care plan one dr visit at a time plus constantly calling in as such as such family reason--but will be kept since they are desperate for bodies. We have one guy who only works Mondays (no other time for UPS)---I didn't know that was an option....I have more seniority: Can I do that instead of him and still get benefits? The union's poorly negotiated CBA is the root of all these symptoms. But somehow I doubt the 2023 contract will fix any of them. [/QUOTE]
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