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<blockquote data-quote="Bubblehead" data-source="post: 1608729" data-attributes="member: 14176">How was he playing with fire?Are you saying he should have known that the IBT was going to throw autonomy to the wayside and sell out his members by enacting the travesty that is Art 12 sec 6 of the IBT Constitution, imposing the National Master and all its supplements?How could anybody with as significant a bargaining chip as Worldport acquiesce to concessions while not addressing their members needs?In hindsight, isn&#039;t it fair to say that Fred Z was unwittingly bargaining with UPS and IBT officials in the shadows?Perhaps that&#039;s why UPS retreated from the better offer in &quot;anticipation&quot; of the contract being imposed anyway?Or perhaps, they knew all along?After all, they certainly were suspiciously patient while it all unfolded.You&#039;re correct that Fred Z isn&#039;t the one wearing out shoes walking to work, but his continued service to those members is predicated on representing their needs, not feeding from the scraps at the negotiating table.Opportunities were squandered as our union continues its downward spiral.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bubblehead, post: 1608729, member: 14176"] How was he playing with fire? Are you saying he should have known that the IBT was going to throw autonomy to the wayside and sell out his members by enacting the travesty that is Art 12 sec 6 of the IBT Constitution, imposing the National Master and all its supplements? How could anybody with as significant a bargaining chip as Worldport acquiesce to concessions while not addressing their members needs? In hindsight, isn't it fair to say that Fred Z was unwittingly bargaining with UPS and IBT officials in the shadows? Perhaps that's why UPS retreated from the better offer in "anticipation" of the contract being imposed anyway? Or perhaps, they knew all along? After all, they certainly were suspiciously patient while it all unfolded. You're correct that Fred Z isn't the one wearing out shoes walking to work, but his continued service to those members is predicated on representing their needs, not feeding from the scraps at the negotiating table. Opportunities were squandered as our union continues its downward spiral. [/QUOTE]

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