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<blockquote data-quote="DiligentUPSer" data-source="post: 1107792" data-attributes="member: 43544"><p>As someone who is approaching 9 years as a part-timer, I couldn't be insulted any more than I am if the above-stated rumor is true. When reading this my jaw fell to the floor and I froze, staring aimlessly at the pc for a few minutes. In these years, as much crap as I've had to put up with, I've never thought about leaving and have felt good about the overall compensation package, especially for a part-time job compared to other jobs. This rumored proposal however, would make me start to consider leaving. Granted, I couldn't see the union settling for this. Usually the union tries to put a positive spin on the great things they negotiated for us and settling on this would not leave them anything to put a positive spin on. I'm sure UPS and the Union would negotiate to some sort of middle ground, but the middle ground would still be insulting considering UPS' ludicrous, low-balled starting point here. Regardless, if the rumors are true, it's really embarrassing on UPS' part. They're making record profits and we're supposed to give back every somewhat positive perk from the current contract and not receive a raise for 7 years?! What?! The scary thing is that the new part-timers would probably see the $1,000 bonus and be thrilled, not even knowing they're in reality losing their <img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />e$. Those guys come work at UPS for the tuition assistance and don't care about the rest of the compensation package or know what a fair compensation package is. But then again, probably no more than 5% of them makes it to two years anymore, which is perfect for what UPS wants.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiligentUPSer, post: 1107792, member: 43544"] As someone who is approaching 9 years as a part-timer, I couldn't be insulted any more than I am if the above-stated rumor is true. When reading this my jaw fell to the floor and I froze, staring aimlessly at the pc for a few minutes. In these years, as much crap as I've had to put up with, I've never thought about leaving and have felt good about the overall compensation package, especially for a part-time job compared to other jobs. This rumored proposal however, would make me start to consider leaving. Granted, I couldn't see the union settling for this. Usually the union tries to put a positive spin on the great things they negotiated for us and settling on this would not leave them anything to put a positive spin on. I'm sure UPS and the Union would negotiate to some sort of middle ground, but the middle ground would still be insulting considering UPS' ludicrous, low-balled starting point here. Regardless, if the rumors are true, it's really embarrassing on UPS' part. They're making record profits and we're supposed to give back every somewhat positive perk from the current contract and not receive a raise for 7 years?! What?! The scary thing is that the new part-timers would probably see the $1,000 bonus and be thrilled, not even knowing they're in reality losing their [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG]e$. Those guys come work at UPS for the tuition assistance and don't care about the rest of the compensation package or know what a fair compensation package is. But then again, probably no more than 5% of them makes it to two years anymore, which is perfect for what UPS wants. [/QUOTE]
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