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<blockquote data-quote="twnjrspc" data-source="post: 174067" data-attributes="member: 6850"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The group needs 30% of the Teamster-represented UPS employees to sign the cards in order to ask the National Labor Relations Board, Washington, to hold an election to determine which union will be certified as the labor representative at UPS, Mr. Skillman said. APWA officials hope to complete the petition signing in 60 days.-</span> <span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>So in just 60 days, the APWA will</strong> </span><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">decertify some 71,400 of 238,000 UPS Teamster members</span>, </strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Right?And again I ask, where the hell were they during the recent Teamster election, when all UPS'ers had an opportunity to vote in reform minded candidates, like The Tom L Slate? Something smells here! </strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">If UPS Teamsters want change, and many do want change in our union, we have the tools to make it happen.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">First of all, we can elect our top IBT officials. James Hoffa was reelected Teamster president in November with 174,900 votes. There are 230,000 UPS Teamsters, and the number is growing. Do the math: UPS workers have the power to elect our top leaders. We can elect leaders in our local unions. And we have a right to vote by secret ballot, by majority rule, on our contract and contract supplements.Are those hard to accomplish? You bet. <strong>But they are a hell of a lot easier than uniting 230,000 Teamsters to leave their union to end up with no protection! </strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">It was <strong>Teamsters for a Democratic Union</strong> that fought for and won all these rights.The APWA leaders spread UPS corporate propaganda on our pensions. Check </span><a href="http://www.makeupsdeliver.org/" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #0000ff">www.MakeUPSDeliver.org </span></span></u></a><span style="font-size: 18px">for the facts on this matter. <strong>The APWA advocates an anti-union “right to work state</strong>” posture, insisting that UPS workers should be able to decline to pay their union dues, sticking the rest of us with the bill. <strong>Their attorney’s firm advertises that they help corporations break unions</strong> and force health care concessions on workers. In short, they are against basic union principles.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">If Teamsters had been distracted into anti-union efforts like the APWA, we never would have won the right to elect our top leaders or majority rule on our contract votes, or 25-and-out; we would not have won our 1997 strike.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">We respect the right of all Teamsters to consider any option. <strong>Check out the facts for yourself.</strong> If you want positive change, the right course is Teamsters for a Democratic Union, a movement that is 100 percent Teamster, <strong>100 percent noncorruptible</strong>, <strong>and with a proven track record of positive victories.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/thumbup1.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbup1:" title="Thumbup1 :thumbup1:" data-shortname=":thumbup1:" /> </strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="twnjrspc, post: 174067, member: 6850"] [SIZE=4]The group needs 30% of the Teamster-represented UPS employees to sign the cards in order to ask the National Labor Relations Board, Washington, to hold an election to determine which union will be certified as the labor representative at UPS, Mr. Skillman said. APWA officials hope to complete the petition signing in 60 days.-[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B]So in just 60 days, the APWA will[/B] [/SIZE][B][SIZE=5]decertify some 71,400 of 238,000 UPS Teamster members[/SIZE], [/B][SIZE=5][B]Right?And again I ask, where the hell were they during the recent Teamster election, when all UPS'ers had an opportunity to vote in reform minded candidates, like The Tom L Slate? Something smells here! [/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]If UPS Teamsters want change, and many do want change in our union, we have the tools to make it happen.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]First of all, we can elect our top IBT officials. James Hoffa was reelected Teamster president in November with 174,900 votes. There are 230,000 UPS Teamsters, and the number is growing. Do the math: UPS workers have the power to elect our top leaders. We can elect leaders in our local unions. And we have a right to vote by secret ballot, by majority rule, on our contract and contract supplements.Are those hard to accomplish? You bet. [B]But they are a hell of a lot easier than uniting 230,000 Teamsters to leave their union to end up with no protection! [/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]It was [B]Teamsters for a Democratic Union[/B] that fought for and won all these rights.The APWA leaders spread UPS corporate propaganda on our pensions. Check [/SIZE][URL='http://www.makeupsdeliver.org/'][U][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff]www.MakeUPSDeliver.org [/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/URL][SIZE=5]for the facts on this matter. [B]The APWA advocates an anti-union “right to work state[/B]” posture, insisting that UPS workers should be able to decline to pay their union dues, sticking the rest of us with the bill. [B]Their attorney’s firm advertises that they help corporations break unions[/B] and force health care concessions on workers. In short, they are against basic union principles.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]If Teamsters had been distracted into anti-union efforts like the APWA, we never would have won the right to elect our top leaders or majority rule on our contract votes, or 25-and-out; we would not have won our 1997 strike.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]We respect the right of all Teamsters to consider any option. [B]Check out the facts for yourself.[/B] If you want positive change, the right course is Teamsters for a Democratic Union, a movement that is 100 percent Teamster, [B]100 percent noncorruptible[/B], [B]and with a proven track record of positive victories.:thumbup1: [/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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