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UPS Union Issues
710 Votes No - 3 to 1 margin
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<blockquote data-quote="_nevertoolate_6170_" data-source="post: 1285383" data-attributes="member: 52341"><p>New hires dont 'have' health insurance. At least not part timers. Under the 2008 contract it takes 12 months before personal coverage kicks in and 18 months for spouse and dependents. And of course, it takes 5 years to become vested in the pension.</p><p></p><p>I'd like to point out that the future of the teamsters and indeed UPS itself is inherently dependent upon new hires. Part-timers are the majority of the workforce and the source of most full time employee candidates. Largely, many part time employees begin their careers while in college or at the very least, sometime after high school. So what one has to wonder is: what draws these young people to these generally physically demanding jobs and what keeps them there through all kinds of weather and fluctuations in volume, etc until a better job opens up? Surely wages are A factor. </p><p></p><p>It seems reasonable to assume that as the expectations of the incoming class of employees are lowered so will they continue to degrade as these people transition into full time or long term part-time positions. It's the old slowly-to-boiling pot in which sits a frog trick. That's why it's important to fortify and preserve the integrity of awareness and expectations of the people on the very cusp of entry into the UPS workforce. So as to notice that the heat is rising before its too late to stop the boil</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_nevertoolate_6170_, post: 1285383, member: 52341"] New hires dont 'have' health insurance. At least not part timers. Under the 2008 contract it takes 12 months before personal coverage kicks in and 18 months for spouse and dependents. And of course, it takes 5 years to become vested in the pension. I'd like to point out that the future of the teamsters and indeed UPS itself is inherently dependent upon new hires. Part-timers are the majority of the workforce and the source of most full time employee candidates. Largely, many part time employees begin their careers while in college or at the very least, sometime after high school. So what one has to wonder is: what draws these young people to these generally physically demanding jobs and what keeps them there through all kinds of weather and fluctuations in volume, etc until a better job opens up? Surely wages are A factor. It seems reasonable to assume that as the expectations of the incoming class of employees are lowered so will they continue to degrade as these people transition into full time or long term part-time positions. It's the old slowly-to-boiling pot in which sits a frog trick. That's why it's important to fortify and preserve the integrity of awareness and expectations of the people on the very cusp of entry into the UPS workforce. So as to notice that the heat is rising before its too late to stop the boil [/QUOTE]
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