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<blockquote data-quote="Trucker Clock" data-source="post: 5698342" data-attributes="member: 70932"><p>Not really.</p><p></p><p>Sneed's coal mine can mine enough coal Mon-Fri to supply the industry. They didn't need to work Saturday. They were only forced because of management greed.</p><p></p><p>Package delivery is different. If, on Friday, Joe wants a new widget, and Amazon will deliver it on Saturday, but Walmart will not deliver it until Monday, which option do you think Joe will choose? Amazon, of course.</p><p></p><p>This is why we deliver on Saturday, and the Union understands. It sucks, but we need to deliver on Saturday to keep these accounts that compete with Amazon, who does delivers on Saturday.</p><p></p><p>It's the cost of doing business. Stop Saturday delivery and we lose billions of dollars with these huge accounts.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and learn your history. The Unions fought for an 8 hour workday, and a 40 hour workweek, not necessarily for the weekends off. It used to be fair game for a 12 hour workday, 7 days a week. They didn't necessarily fight for a Mon-Fri workweek. It just so happened that the Unions thought that they should not work on a Sunday, the Sabbath. It just progressed, more because of Henry Ford, to have Saturday off instead of Monday for the 5 day workweek.</p><p></p><p>And to this day, and this contract, the Union still fought for a 5 day workweek. We still have it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trucker Clock, post: 5698342, member: 70932"] Not really. Sneed's coal mine can mine enough coal Mon-Fri to supply the industry. They didn't need to work Saturday. They were only forced because of management greed. Package delivery is different. If, on Friday, Joe wants a new widget, and Amazon will deliver it on Saturday, but Walmart will not deliver it until Monday, which option do you think Joe will choose? Amazon, of course. This is why we deliver on Saturday, and the Union understands. It sucks, but we need to deliver on Saturday to keep these accounts that compete with Amazon, who does delivers on Saturday. It's the cost of doing business. Stop Saturday delivery and we lose billions of dollars with these huge accounts. Oh, and learn your history. The Unions fought for an 8 hour workday, and a 40 hour workweek, not necessarily for the weekends off. It used to be fair game for a 12 hour workday, 7 days a week. They didn't necessarily fight for a Mon-Fri workweek. It just so happened that the Unions thought that they should not work on a Sunday, the Sabbath. It just progressed, more because of Henry Ford, to have Saturday off instead of Monday for the 5 day workweek. And to this day, and this contract, the Union still fought for a 5 day workweek. We still have it. [/QUOTE]
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