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Explain to me the progression in pay
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<blockquote data-quote="Hroller" data-source="post: 1079090" data-attributes="member: 35060"><p>Why the negativity? This BC is so full of negativity. The line of thinking is so narrow minded. It as if the people here only know of one world - the world of UPS. Even my supe is so afraid of losing his job! I've never worked for a company before where so many people live in fear of losing their job. And let's say for some reason you do lose you job. So what? There are others.</p><p></p><p>Before I became seasonal with UPS I had a whole other career path. I was working in Ohio, and applied for a job in Chicago. After the interview, I was offered the job, the pay was NOT what I felt I needed to justify a move. So we went back and forth until we agreed on my salary and moving expenses. After I arrived in Chicago to work I was informed that I had to join the union! I asked why? Was informed that where I worked was a union shop. My salary was well above the union scale, but none the less I had no choice but to say yes. I was also informed the initiation dues were $900! WTF? I voiced my displeasure and the company said they would pay the initiation dues for me, but I was still responsible for the monthly dues...about $90 a month. I was with this company almost 4 years, never attended a union meeting, never even knew we had a union steward. It was just how they did things in Illinois. The only things I remember about being in this union was that I was not allowed to do certain things that were covered by the other union in the company. Silly things like changing the batteries in a tape recorder.</p><p></p><p>I'm not against the union, but it was other than taking 90 dollars a month from me and sending me a news letter from time to time, I just had no need for that union.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hroller, post: 1079090, member: 35060"] Why the negativity? This BC is so full of negativity. The line of thinking is so narrow minded. It as if the people here only know of one world - the world of UPS. Even my supe is so afraid of losing his job! I've never worked for a company before where so many people live in fear of losing their job. And let's say for some reason you do lose you job. So what? There are others. Before I became seasonal with UPS I had a whole other career path. I was working in Ohio, and applied for a job in Chicago. After the interview, I was offered the job, the pay was NOT what I felt I needed to justify a move. So we went back and forth until we agreed on my salary and moving expenses. After I arrived in Chicago to work I was informed that I had to join the union! I asked why? Was informed that where I worked was a union shop. My salary was well above the union scale, but none the less I had no choice but to say yes. I was also informed the initiation dues were $900! WTF? I voiced my displeasure and the company said they would pay the initiation dues for me, but I was still responsible for the monthly dues...about $90 a month. I was with this company almost 4 years, never attended a union meeting, never even knew we had a union steward. It was just how they did things in Illinois. The only things I remember about being in this union was that I was not allowed to do certain things that were covered by the other union in the company. Silly things like changing the batteries in a tape recorder. I'm not against the union, but it was other than taking 90 dollars a month from me and sending me a news letter from time to time, I just had no need for that union. [/QUOTE]
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