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$8.50 'till 2013? What are they thinking?
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<blockquote data-quote="mule" data-source="post: 252032" data-attributes="member: 12014"><p>The payback period for new hires is 13 weeks. Keep them to this point and the company breaks even. For those that believe that the new hires quite because they find the work to be hard, I would only suggest that you might be only seeing the symptoms to the problem. The problems lie in how the training department is managed and organized. UPS does not want to train new hires to stay with the company for years. They want to reduce turnover to build brand equity and to reduce training cost; however, at some point, this reduction of turnover becomes an additional cost. In other words, the cost for additional training for employees does not add to any increase in productivity. Therefore, the company looks for ways to reduce these individuals and seeks replacements. It all has to do with minimizing costs, building a positive image, and maximizing productivity. If they invested money in training new hires to stay longer than a year or two, the company would help the Union become stronger. Ignorance of the rank and file is the unions enemy.</p><p> </p><p>What does this have to do with the new page rates? This is a way to prevent new hires from becoming long standing union members. This is a way to weaken the union an marginalizing the very few well paid full-times from the masses of short lived new hires. This has to do with turning a UPS job into a short lived transition job. This is an attack on the middle class. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I don't think it is even about voting NO on the contract. This is the lazy way of voicing your thoughts. Unions were never formed on a few votes. They were formed on many thoughts that spread through the masses. Union halls at one time were packed with brothers and sisters with a common goal. This goal was equity between an unjust capitalistic system. If you simple vote, you are only doing a small part in the battle to preserve the union for future generations. You should be developing discussions with your work group, building an understanding of the issues and topics, and pushing the Teamsters to <strong>FACILITATE</strong> and <strong>not <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /></strong> this process.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mule, post: 252032, member: 12014"] The payback period for new hires is 13 weeks. Keep them to this point and the company breaks even. For those that believe that the new hires quite because they find the work to be hard, I would only suggest that you might be only seeing the symptoms to the problem. The problems lie in how the training department is managed and organized. UPS does not want to train new hires to stay with the company for years. They want to reduce turnover to build brand equity and to reduce training cost; however, at some point, this reduction of turnover becomes an additional cost. In other words, the cost for additional training for employees does not add to any increase in productivity. Therefore, the company looks for ways to reduce these individuals and seeks replacements. It all has to do with minimizing costs, building a positive image, and maximizing productivity. If they invested money in training new hires to stay longer than a year or two, the company would help the Union become stronger. Ignorance of the rank and file is the unions enemy. What does this have to do with the new page rates? This is a way to prevent new hires from becoming long standing union members. This is a way to weaken the union an marginalizing the very few well paid full-times from the masses of short lived new hires. This has to do with turning a UPS job into a short lived transition job. This is an attack on the middle class. I don't think it is even about voting NO on the contract. This is the lazy way of voicing your thoughts. Unions were never formed on a few votes. They were formed on many thoughts that spread through the masses. Union halls at one time were packed with brothers and sisters with a common goal. This goal was equity between an unjust capitalistic system. If you simple vote, you are only doing a small part in the battle to preserve the union for future generations. You should be developing discussions with your work group, building an understanding of the issues and topics, and pushing the Teamsters to [B]FACILITATE[/B] and [B]not :censored:[/B] this process. [/QUOTE]
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