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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 686983" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>A discussion of the pros and cons of a Union would be a great topic for our Labor forum but, for the purpose of your question, reading through several of the UPS posts would give you only one side of the discussion, that of the disgruntled employee. UPS and the Teamsters have provided me with an excellent wage and benefit package, one which has helped ensure the health and education of my children, and provided me with the job security that I need to do my job as best I can and will afford me financial piece of mind during my retirement.</p><p> </p><p>On the down side, these benefits come at a price and it is this price point that has placed the company at a competitive disadvantage with FedEx and USPS. It has become much more difficult to secure new volume and more challenging to keep the volume that we have.</p><p> </p><p>I have a few friends on the Express side and when they describe their workday to me I cringe. They come in and load their own package cars, deliver their loads, and then have to go the airport to load the planes. One of them drives a feeder across the lake after having delivered a full day. Yes, the volume is not comparable, but the hours worked far surpass what I work and I am a FT driver. Of course those hours do not include the extended unpaid "lunch" they are required to take.</p><p> </p><p>IMO a Union at FedEx would have an effect opposite from the desired one and you would see a shift toward a contractor model for a combined FedEx with a lot of quality couriers being given their walking papers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 686983, member: 12570"] A discussion of the pros and cons of a Union would be a great topic for our Labor forum but, for the purpose of your question, reading through several of the UPS posts would give you only one side of the discussion, that of the disgruntled employee. UPS and the Teamsters have provided me with an excellent wage and benefit package, one which has helped ensure the health and education of my children, and provided me with the job security that I need to do my job as best I can and will afford me financial piece of mind during my retirement. On the down side, these benefits come at a price and it is this price point that has placed the company at a competitive disadvantage with FedEx and USPS. It has become much more difficult to secure new volume and more challenging to keep the volume that we have. I have a few friends on the Express side and when they describe their workday to me I cringe. They come in and load their own package cars, deliver their loads, and then have to go the airport to load the planes. One of them drives a feeder across the lake after having delivered a full day. Yes, the volume is not comparable, but the hours worked far surpass what I work and I am a FT driver. Of course those hours do not include the extended unpaid "lunch" they are required to take. IMO a Union at FedEx would have an effect opposite from the desired one and you would see a shift toward a contractor model for a combined FedEx with a lot of quality couriers being given their walking papers. [/QUOTE]
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