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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 4372812" data-attributes="member: 58386"><p>The biggest issue would appear to be too much capacity not enough boxes to go around with the result being rate destruction along with the inevitable wage destruction. The only safe haven from the wage destruction will be UPS but you'll wait 5+ years to get a full week and upwards of 10 to get a bid route and while a few might get on with USPS but even they won't be spared the ongoing march to an all part time work force.</p><p></p><p>The inescapable reality facing Express employees is that ground contractors are not your pals. They are your adversary. For many years they stayed in their market while you stayed in yours. Ground has breached that defensive perimeter and is now in your market. ISP/CSP contractors are like locusts. They come in devour what's there and move on.</p><p></p><p>The harshest reality is that because they are non union Express drivers simply have no effective counter measures at their disposal .</p><p>Some of you I'm sure will simply try to hang on to the end. Many others will be faced with short hours, minimal wage progression and continued benefit cuts.</p><p>These individuals fortunately for them still have plenty of productive contribution left in them .</p><p></p><p>By far the biggest injustice in all of this would for them to waste it going to work for some pariah contractor for half the wages and zero benefits.</p><p>The time for them to begin preparing themselves to make the jump into another segment of the economy is this very moment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 4372812, member: 58386"] The biggest issue would appear to be too much capacity not enough boxes to go around with the result being rate destruction along with the inevitable wage destruction. The only safe haven from the wage destruction will be UPS but you'll wait 5+ years to get a full week and upwards of 10 to get a bid route and while a few might get on with USPS but even they won't be spared the ongoing march to an all part time work force. The inescapable reality facing Express employees is that ground contractors are not your pals. They are your adversary. For many years they stayed in their market while you stayed in yours. Ground has breached that defensive perimeter and is now in your market. ISP/CSP contractors are like locusts. They come in devour what's there and move on. The harshest reality is that because they are non union Express drivers simply have no effective counter measures at their disposal . Some of you I'm sure will simply try to hang on to the end. Many others will be faced with short hours, minimal wage progression and continued benefit cuts. These individuals fortunately for them still have plenty of productive contribution left in them . By far the biggest injustice in all of this would for them to waste it going to work for some pariah contractor for half the wages and zero benefits. The time for them to begin preparing themselves to make the jump into another segment of the economy is this very moment. [/QUOTE]
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