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<blockquote data-quote="stray" data-source="post: 3978693" data-attributes="member: 57407">We are the major player in Western PA, not Central PA.Maybe a surprise to those outside these locals, but not surprising to the memberships there.Management is &quot;less than ideal&quot; but I believe that to be the case many places.&nbsp; What they were (or were not) offering is the primary issue in Western PA.&nbsp; The first offer (which I felt was good) had UPS (over the next 5 years) absorbing the full timers&#039; pension shortfalls that we have lost from our annual raises for the past 5 years, estimated at $2.41/hr by the end of the agreement.&nbsp; It also gave our PT employees OT for their 6th &amp; 7th day.&nbsp; One of the reasons it failed was because UPS wants to implement 4/10s in the New Stanton feeder dept and there is a great deal of pushback on that issue.&nbsp; Our negotiating committee incorporated a substantial amount of language regarding the 4/10s (15% max, Local must approve each job, no existing 5 day bids will be converted to 4/10, no 4/10 will have two weekend days, etc) but some members still campaigned hard against this change so the entire supplement failed. Our delivery drivers also wanted protections from the 22.4 language.&nbsp; Now, the new agreement had NONE of those improvements, nor the 4/10s.&nbsp; It basically had no new language except for giving the feeder dept vacation percentages for a couple months that had no prior language.&nbsp; That is why it failed so emphatically.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stray, post: 3978693, member: 57407"] We are the major player in Western PA, not Central PA. Maybe a surprise to those outside these locals, but not surprising to the memberships there. Management is "less than ideal" but I believe that to be the case many places. What they were (or were not) offering is the primary issue in Western PA. The first offer (which I felt was good) had UPS (over the next 5 years) absorbing the full timers' pension shortfalls that we have lost from our annual raises for the past 5 years, estimated at $2.41/hr by the end of the agreement. It also gave our PT employees OT for their 6th & 7th day. One of the reasons it failed was because UPS wants to implement 4/10s in the New Stanton feeder dept and there is a great deal of pushback on that issue. Our negotiating committee incorporated a substantial amount of language regarding the 4/10s (15% max, Local must approve each job, no existing 5 day bids will be converted to 4/10, no 4/10 will have two weekend days, etc) but some members still campaigned hard against this change so the entire supplement failed. Our delivery drivers also wanted protections from the 22.4 language. Now, the new agreement had NONE of those improvements, nor the 4/10s. It basically had no new language except for giving the feeder dept vacation percentages for a couple months that had no prior language. That is why it failed so emphatically. [/QUOTE]

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