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Hoffa Bargains Away Teamster's Future - Anyone know who ISR Is?
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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1108993" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>A cursory search turned up that Joe Allen was or is involved with TDU at some level when he was in Local 705. I've also seen numerous ISR articles linked to or referenced on TDU's web site - but not quite as formal a relationship as, say, LaborNotes.</p><p></p><p>While I have (very) mixed feelings about TDU, the above article is a valid criticism of the contract we're under right now. I don't like it <strong>at all</strong> - but at least I <em>understand</em> a substandard contract (less so the final blow to Central States, but that's another discussion entirely) being signed in exchange for card check and 10,000 new members at UPS freight. </p><p></p><p>What I don't understand now is the fact that we're still negotiating with one of the nastiest, seriously proposed, and prolonged concessionary demands I've seen since I've been a Teamster: the UPS health care proposal. There are no recently acquired subsidiaries that need organizing - or at least any worth trading the farm over. I know we have to bargain in good faith with the company, but we should be willing to make Amazon and other major shippers nervous; volume be damned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1108993, member: 42270"] A cursory search turned up that Joe Allen was or is involved with TDU at some level when he was in Local 705. I've also seen numerous ISR articles linked to or referenced on TDU's web site - but not quite as formal a relationship as, say, LaborNotes. While I have (very) mixed feelings about TDU, the above article is a valid criticism of the contract we're under right now. I don't like it [B]at all[/B] - but at least I [i]understand[/i] a substandard contract (less so the final blow to Central States, but that's another discussion entirely) being signed in exchange for card check and 10,000 new members at UPS freight. What I don't understand now is the fact that we're still negotiating with one of the nastiest, seriously proposed, and prolonged concessionary demands I've seen since I've been a Teamster: the UPS health care proposal. There are no recently acquired subsidiaries that need organizing - or at least any worth trading the farm over. I know we have to bargain in good faith with the company, but we should be willing to make Amazon and other major shippers nervous; volume be damned. [/QUOTE]
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