Is Brotherhood and Solidarity Dying in America?

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If this is what is truly being offered you guys are friend'ed----Big Time.

Yep. If this one passes, imagine what a future Contract might look like if negotiated during an economic downturn.

My generation of Teamsters fought for what they got

I just don't see the majority of the current crop of Teamsters having balls enough to take it all the way to a strike.

To be fair, it is 77 year old Hoffa Jr. calling the shots on the concessions during the negotiations. 90+% of members who voted on the strike authorization voted for it.

 

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Yep. If this one passes, imagine what a future Contract might look like if negotiated during an economic downturn.




To be fair, it is 77 year old Hoffa Jr. calling the shots on the concessions during the negotiations. 90+% of members who voted on the strike authorization voted for it.

Hoffa has to go---he was bought off years ago.

 

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Hoffa has to go---he was bought off years ago.

I should have said Hoffa Jr. ------his old man would have slapped him silly over some of the things he has done with the Union.

 

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So which of these 10 points of fact regarding the pending Contract are just younger folks crying “the world owes me a living” and “woe is me”? What would you like current UPSers to swallow so your retirement might be better funded?

I’m tired of these no seniority guys getting everything they want. BULLSHI