Did the 97' Strike affect any of you here?
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upschuck
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Wu*?I wasn't in charge of the grill!
Was much lower on the seniority list,back then
upschuck
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You didn't tell them you were the grill master?
I had two part time jobs before the strike, preload(4-5 hours) and in later in the day I'd come back to work a letter center pickup run(2.50-3 hours).
After the strike, UPS got rid of the Air department, roughly 20 air drivers lost that gig.
Nobody really won. But it had to be done.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
It wasn't bad here with UPSers.
The Teamsters brought in some rebel rouser thugs who raised a lot of hell and cussed and tried to start stuff.
They stuck out like sore thumbs - yellow teeth, long hair and nasty looking. I think most were brought in from the northeast.
Even the striking UPSers didn't like them or stand around them once the PC's or feeders rolled past.
North east Georgia?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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I spent the first day on the picket line and quickly realized that $55/week wasn't going to pay the bills so I got a job working construction. I worked 46 of the hardest hours I had worked in a long time and brought home the grand total of $253. When I told my boss how much I would have made at UPS for those same 46 hours he couldn't believe it.
I remember we got one check for $55 and then had to pay union dues for two weeks in a row to get caught up.
The atmosphere in our building changed after the strike. There was no animosity but there was a definite difference in the way mgt and hourlies interacted.
I remember we got one check for $55 and then had to pay union dues for two weeks in a row to get caught up.
The atmosphere in our building changed after the strike. There was no animosity but there was a definite difference in the way mgt and hourlies interacted.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Did it?
upschuck
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I don't think they had us pay dues that month. I could be wrong on that one though. Long time ago.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
That was in Atlanta which is North Central.
Other than Savannah and Brunswick, which are strong union areas due to ports, Georgia seemed to be luke warm as a whole. There were always a few hotheads though.
They took them out. But ups mailed the money back to us.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
I remember union members in Georgia complaining about that.
I think all of the Union management or employees were still paid during the strike.
Bringing back a lot of memories. Really haven't thought about this for a while.
upschuck
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Wu*?
Mugarolla
Light 'em up!
Nobody crossed here.
A few wanted to, but thought better of it. No violence threatened, but the peer pressure really got to them.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Certainly changed UPS in many ways and changed my job as well.
Before the strike, I was a Project Manager working on technology projects in the US and around the world.
After the strike, I think maybe 90% of the projects were canceled and/or pushed back.
The year before the strike, I was in the office 12 days in 14 months.
After the strike, I was out of office about 12 days in 14 months.
I hated traveling so that was a positive outcome.
