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<blockquote data-quote="hypo hanna" data-source="post: 1095689" data-attributes="member: 42600"><p>Look at it this way.... There are 3 entities who presently deliver small packages in the US. FedEx, UPS and USPS. </p><p>If UPS strikes the other two will try to absorb their freight. Neither is in very good shape right now and neither has easy access to enough extra lift to move that freight. USPS is a union shop so I don't see them taking on temp employees. FedEx would hire an army of temps but at least on the express side they have made the job so complex it takes months to have one adaquatly trained and up to speed. Like the last strike, they will suspend the money back guarantee. Not many front line employees are going to go all out like last time. I was pulling in 3 to 4 times the freight that was doing prior to the last brown out and working 14 hours plus every day. DOT regulations didn't seem to bother mgmt much when they were making that kind of money. Despite Herculean efforts on the part of the drivers we never came close to absorbing UPS's customers. And btw, those were the customers who were screwed the worst. We were told specifically if they weren't shipping with FedEx prior to the strike, not to take their freight if it would interfere with the freight of our regular customers. </p><p>I think for all of Fred's hatred of unions, he has done a lot to strengthen your hand. He thinks the enemy of his enemy is his friend and we fedex drivers help him out by busting our tails when UPS strikes.</p><p>IMO, when UPS strikes, that's when we should be slowing down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hypo hanna, post: 1095689, member: 42600"] Look at it this way.... There are 3 entities who presently deliver small packages in the US. FedEx, UPS and USPS. If UPS strikes the other two will try to absorb their freight. Neither is in very good shape right now and neither has easy access to enough extra lift to move that freight. USPS is a union shop so I don't see them taking on temp employees. FedEx would hire an army of temps but at least on the express side they have made the job so complex it takes months to have one adaquatly trained and up to speed. Like the last strike, they will suspend the money back guarantee. Not many front line employees are going to go all out like last time. I was pulling in 3 to 4 times the freight that was doing prior to the last brown out and working 14 hours plus every day. DOT regulations didn't seem to bother mgmt much when they were making that kind of money. Despite Herculean efforts on the part of the drivers we never came close to absorbing UPS's customers. And btw, those were the customers who were screwed the worst. We were told specifically if they weren't shipping with FedEx prior to the strike, not to take their freight if it would interfere with the freight of our regular customers. I think for all of Fred's hatred of unions, he has done a lot to strengthen your hand. He thinks the enemy of his enemy is his friend and we fedex drivers help him out by busting our tails when UPS strikes. IMO, when UPS strikes, that's when we should be slowing down. [/QUOTE]
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