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Is there anybody at the wheel at UPS that can pay attention to the real world?
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<blockquote data-quote="PobreCarlos" data-source="post: 544734" data-attributes="member: 16651"><p>DannyBoy;</p><p> </p><p>Somewhat agreed...although of the 450,000 or so individuals employed world-wide by UPS, I've heard no authority that convinces me that "a majority" of them "are part timers". But, in any case, you DO realize what you're saying with your...</p><p> </p><p>"The majority of which are part timers, who as the point of this thread, make less than the wage at Wendy's.</p><p> </p><p>...comment, don't you? Far from "distort[ing] such facts, I relish pointing them out. In fact, they're part 'n' parcel of my argument. Why SHOULD employees belong to an organization that has, figuratively at least, sold them down the river? Don't think pension contributions to a union made in their names, but that they'll never realize the benefit of, isn't behavior that contributes [and contributes MIGHTILY!] to their low wages, for example? Do you think that they're not aware of the preference the union has shown over them when it comes to negotiations? Remember the union is presented with an economic basket...and how it chooses to dispense with the contents of that basket is pretty much at it's discretion. And sometime after I myself was a p/t'er, the union decided that, given the transient nature of part-time employees, it felt safe in screwing them over in favor of the full-timers...who could be depended upon to keep paying those dues which that maintains the union bureaucracy. It wasn't for no reason that the original wall-bangers of TDU precursor organization (like UPSurge, for example) were primarily p/t'ers. They saw that the union was screwing them over, and wanted to change it.</p><p> </p><p>Sorry, "danny" but "diamond honesty" demands that you look at such facts objectively...and the fact "the majority" (using your term) "make less" says something about the union that is supposed to be representing them. Or don't you think so?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PobreCarlos, post: 544734, member: 16651"] DannyBoy; Somewhat agreed...although of the 450,000 or so individuals employed world-wide by UPS, I've heard no authority that convinces me that "a majority" of them "are part timers". But, in any case, you DO realize what you're saying with your... "The majority of which are part timers, who as the point of this thread, make less than the wage at Wendy's. ...comment, don't you? Far from "distort[ing] such facts, I relish pointing them out. In fact, they're part 'n' parcel of my argument. Why SHOULD employees belong to an organization that has, figuratively at least, sold them down the river? Don't think pension contributions to a union made in their names, but that they'll never realize the benefit of, isn't behavior that contributes [and contributes MIGHTILY!] to their low wages, for example? Do you think that they're not aware of the preference the union has shown over them when it comes to negotiations? Remember the union is presented with an economic basket...and how it chooses to dispense with the contents of that basket is pretty much at it's discretion. And sometime after I myself was a p/t'er, the union decided that, given the transient nature of part-time employees, it felt safe in screwing them over in favor of the full-timers...who could be depended upon to keep paying those dues which that maintains the union bureaucracy. It wasn't for no reason that the original wall-bangers of TDU precursor organization (like UPSurge, for example) were primarily p/t'ers. They saw that the union was screwing them over, and wanted to change it. Sorry, "danny" but "diamond honesty" demands that you look at such facts objectively...and the fact "the majority" (using your term) "make less" says something about the union that is supposed to be representing them. Or don't you think so? [/QUOTE]
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