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Is the NM too big?
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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1161508" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>I disagree. The National Master Freight Agreement ratified in 1964 covered over 450,000 bargaining unit members working for over 14,000 trucking companies and that was in an era before e-mail. </p><p></p><p>UPS simply bull<img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />ted through the first six months of negotiations; almost nothing was accomplished in the opening period set to address language issues before peak season started in 2012, the health care issue came up in late January/early February during economic discussions and was eventually "settled" near the end of negotiations. There would literally be entire spans of time wherein the company and the union would meet for less than 45 minutes per day. After that, it became a wild scramble to get a deal done by mid-April before big shippers starting shifting volume. If UPS was so worried about about losing volume, it makes you wonder why they tried to introduce a formalized two-tiered wage system for future drivers two days before a tentative agreement was reached. </p><p></p><p>Ultimately, their foot-dragging and bull<img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />ting was rewarded with a concessionary contract. We blinked first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1161508, member: 42270"] I disagree. The National Master Freight Agreement ratified in 1964 covered over 450,000 bargaining unit members working for over 14,000 trucking companies and that was in an era before e-mail. UPS simply bull[IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG]ted through the first six months of negotiations; almost nothing was accomplished in the opening period set to address language issues before peak season started in 2012, the health care issue came up in late January/early February during economic discussions and was eventually "settled" near the end of negotiations. There would literally be entire spans of time wherein the company and the union would meet for less than 45 minutes per day. After that, it became a wild scramble to get a deal done by mid-April before big shippers starting shifting volume. If UPS was so worried about about losing volume, it makes you wonder why they tried to introduce a formalized two-tiered wage system for future drivers two days before a tentative agreement was reached. Ultimately, their foot-dragging and bull[IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG]ting was rewarded with a concessionary contract. We blinked first. [/QUOTE]
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