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<blockquote data-quote="InsideUPS" data-source="post: 1108980" data-attributes="member: 31414"><p>Does anyone know who the ISR is or what they are about? Are they connected with TDU? I came across this article while "surfing" the Internet... Not the most flattering article on Hoffa.....however...as always...I try to consider the "source". So any info on IRS would be appreciated.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://isreview.org/issues/56/report-upsellout.shtml" target="_blank">International Socialist Review</a></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]<span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #660000"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Concessions at UPS</strong></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Hoffa bargains away the Teamsters’ future</em></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>By JOE ALLEN</strong></span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px">TEN YEARS after the historic strike by the Teamsters at United Parcel Service (UPS), a strike that electrified workers in the U.S. and put fear into the hearts of America’s CEOs, Teamster leader James P. Hoffa has tentatively negotiated a new national contract with UPS that can only be described as a historic defeat, and, if passed by the membership, may permanently cripple the ability of future union activists to recover the union’s once formidable position at the world’s largest transportation company.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px">“While other unions are struggling against employers, this tentative agreement with UPS addresses our members’ concerns and is an example of how the Teamsters are moving forward faster and stronger than ever,” claims Hoffa. These otherworldly, bombastic boasts are a perfect example of Hoffa-speak, where defeats are portrayed as victories, and sellouts as masterful leadership. The only direction the Teamsters are moving in is backward, and at top speed, with the proposed contract.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px">Among the major union concessions:</span></span></span><br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px">• The withdrawal of 44,000 UPS/Teamsters from the Central States Pension Fund, the largest pension in the Teamsters union that could bankrupt the fund in the future.• Starting pay for part-timers would remain at $8.50 per hour for the life of the proposed contract (until 2013), which would mean that starting pay would remain where it has roughly stood since 1981.<br /> • No new full-time jobs would be created out of existing part-time positions (two-thirds of the jobs at UPS are part-time) this was one of the important victories coming out of the 1997 strike.<br /> • No health coverage for part-timers during their first year of employment, and no health coverage for their family members for their first eighteen months of employment.<br /> </span></span></span></p> </span></span></span></span>[/FONT]</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsideUPS, post: 1108980, member: 31414"] Does anyone know who the ISR is or what they are about? Are they connected with TDU? I came across this article while "surfing" the Internet... Not the most flattering article on Hoffa.....however...as always...I try to consider the "source". So any info on IRS would be appreciated. [url=http://isreview.org/issues/56/report-upsellout.shtml]International Socialist Review[/url] [TABLE="width: 940"] [TR] [TD="width: 100%"][TABLE="width: 100%"] [TR] [TD][TABLE="width: 540"] [TR] [TD][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica][SIZE=1][COLOR=#660000][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4][B]Concessions at UPS[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][SIZE=3][I]Hoffa bargains away the Teamsters’ future[/I][/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][SIZE=3][SIZE=2][B]By JOE ALLEN[/B][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]TEN YEARS after the historic strike by the Teamsters at United Parcel Service (UPS), a strike that electrified workers in the U.S. and put fear into the hearts of America’s CEOs, Teamster leader James P. Hoffa has tentatively negotiated a new national contract with UPS that can only be described as a historic defeat, and, if passed by the membership, may permanently cripple the ability of future union activists to recover the union’s once formidable position at the world’s largest transportation company.[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]“While other unions are struggling against employers, this tentative agreement with UPS addresses our members’ concerns and is an example of how the Teamsters are moving forward faster and stronger than ever,” claims Hoffa. These otherworldly, bombastic boasts are a perfect example of Hoffa-speak, where defeats are portrayed as victories, and sellouts as masterful leadership. The only direction the Teamsters are moving in is backward, and at top speed, with the proposed contract.[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]Among the major union concessions:[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][SIZE=3][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE] [INDENT][SIZE=4][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]• The withdrawal of 44,000 UPS/Teamsters from the Central States Pension Fund, the largest pension in the Teamsters union that could bankrupt the fund in the future.• Starting pay for part-timers would remain at $8.50 per hour for the life of the proposed contract (until 2013), which would mean that starting pay would remain where it has roughly stood since 1981. • No new full-time jobs would be created out of existing part-time positions (two-thirds of the jobs at UPS are part-time) this was one of the important victories coming out of the 1997 strike. • No health coverage for part-timers during their first year of employment, and no health coverage for their family members for their first eighteen months of employment. [/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/INDENT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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