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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1144457" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>This letter was sent out -- in my opinion -- because IBT is nervous about ratification after Local 89 and essentially the entire west coast rank-and-file (not to mention Ohio and PA Teamsters) have come out against the agreement primarily over the healthcare changes.</p><p></p><p>This is also likely why the list of local officers that approved the TA during the two-man committees was included. This quote was especially telling:</p><p></p><p><em>"Not one individual opposed either contract during the comment period. In fact, all agreed to recommend them to their members."</em></p><p></p><p>Keep in mind that sending out these notices is not cheap; they have to be printed by a union shop and then pay for the postage to have them sent out to the membership. While the bargaining unit for UPS and UPS Freight is ~250,000, nowhere near the number are actually dues paying members. Low-balling the estimate at 50% (125,000) and low-balling printing and postage (let's use $1.50 per member as combined postage and printing), that's $187,500 just for a single notice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1144457, member: 42270"] This letter was sent out -- in my opinion -- because IBT is nervous about ratification after Local 89 and essentially the entire west coast rank-and-file (not to mention Ohio and PA Teamsters) have come out against the agreement primarily over the healthcare changes. This is also likely why the list of local officers that approved the TA during the two-man committees was included. This quote was especially telling: [I]"Not one individual opposed either contract during the comment period. In fact, all agreed to recommend them to their members."[/I] Keep in mind that sending out these notices is not cheap; they have to be printed by a union shop and then pay for the postage to have them sent out to the membership. While the bargaining unit for UPS and UPS Freight is ~250,000, nowhere near the number are actually dues paying members. Low-balling the estimate at 50% (125,000) and low-balling printing and postage (let's use $1.50 per member as combined postage and printing), that's $187,500 just for a single notice. [/QUOTE]
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