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<blockquote data-quote="InsideUPS" data-source="post: 1104223" data-attributes="member: 31414"><p>Thank you reydluap for the update and link...</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><u><span style="font-size: 15px">I. Introduction to Political Speaking 101</span></u></span></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px">"Thank you to everyone who participated in the rallies and the National Day of Action at UPS and UPS Freight during the past several weeks. The response was overwhelming. I had the opportunity to meet with more than 10,000 Teamsters in two weekends, and the message from our members was clear – we will not settle for anything less than a fair contract.</span></em></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Yesterday, the National Negotiating Committee and I presented the Company with more than 55,000 signatures on petitions demanding a fair contract now at UPS and UPS Freight."</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">II. Introduction on how to prepare UPS Teamsters that some group of UPSers</span> <span style="color: #0000ff">(unborn, part-time, etc.) will be taking concessions</span></u><span style="color: #0000ff">.</span></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>"We have held bargaining sessions for the past two weeks with UPS. The Committee has reiterated that without movement by the Company on articles of the contract pertaining to harassment, we will not be able to move forward at this time. The Company also gave us a presentation on healthcare costs to support their proposal on health insurance. In response, the Committee is working hard to come up with <span style="color: #b22222"><strong><u>creative solutions to the problem</u></strong></span>, in order to make sure that Teamsters at UPS don’t pay a cent towards their health insurance and Teamsters at UPS Freight do not pay a cent more towards theirs. We hope to be in a position to present an offer soon."</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><u><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="font-size: 15px">III. Informing members that this will not be a quick contract (completed by March 31st). Any raises will be minimal. "Healthy" starting wage part-time increase? (from $8.50 to $9.50?). Sorry <strong>existing</strong> part-timers.....don't expect much in the way of wage increases... </span></span></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>"Before we broke for the weekend, we submitted <strong><u>our first</u></strong> comprehensive economic proposal. The proposal includes wage increases for all Teamsters, including a healthy increase in the starting wage rates for part-timers. We expect a response from the Company next week"</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="font-size: 15px">IV. Strong Supplement language is vital for all of us. It often takes precedence over National language. This is where UPS starts to divide and weaken us where they can. These committees are often "too quick' to reach tentative agreements with the company. Central Region language in particular has been weak, vague, and often contradictory. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><em><span style="font-size: 12px">"Most of the Supplemental negotiations are nearing completion. The International has offered assistance to the few Supplements that are not making as much progress, and some of them will be meeting in conjunction with National Negotiations in an effort to bring them to a successful conclusion. This has already proven successful with one supplement. The Company was refusing to address some supplemental issues, but with help from the National Committee, the Company finally addressed the issues and <span style="color: #b22222">a tentative agreement was reached and unanimously recommended by the Supplemental negotiating committee."</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #b22222"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #b22222"></span></span></em><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff">V. Summary - This letter from hall portrays a very different hall than just several weeks ago when he stated, "<em>we will not pay $90, we will not pay $9, we will not pay $0.09 for health care"</em>. It will be interesting to see what these "Creative Solutions" will be in regard to offsetting healthcare costs. </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Our contract does not appear that it will be settled 22 days from now. (March 31, 2013). I believe that both the company and the Union have a lot to lose if we do not settle this contract early....which still gives a glimmer of hope that it will be settled by the end of March. History has shown that UPS's "Last, Best, and Final Offer" has not always been their "Last, Best, and Final Offer".......so I urge and support Mr. Hall to continue to, not "Blink First" and continue our fight for a fair, strong, and meaningful contract. I do think it is important to remember that we need to judge our contract as a "Total Package" rather than focusing on any one single issue within the contract. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p></p></blockquote><p></p>
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