Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
Is there really a possibility of a strike?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="scratch" data-source="post: 3529794" data-attributes="member: 1674"><p>We were told during negotiations that UPS wasn't going to raise weights from 70 lbs. to 100. For once the company didn't lie, they were planning for 150 all along. UPS had already printed up new Rate and Zone Charts with 150 lbs., they expected us to deliver them by ourselves.</p><p></p><p>My prediction is that there isn't going to be a strike. We will continue working past the deadline with extensions until something gets worked out. I think the company will get weekend hybrid drivers that are new hires only. Everybody now working will be grandfathered in with their current positions. The company will give up something that doesn't cost anything, like giving in to beards and tattoos. Maybe we will get double-time after ten hours. The IBT really can't afford for us to strike. The volume we will lose will mean dues-paying members will lose their jobs so the IBT will lose money. In '97, UPS owned the small parcel market. The post office was slower and Fedex Ground and Amazon didn't exist. The competition is different now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scratch, post: 3529794, member: 1674"] We were told during negotiations that UPS wasn't going to raise weights from 70 lbs. to 100. For once the company didn't lie, they were planning for 150 all along. UPS had already printed up new Rate and Zone Charts with 150 lbs., they expected us to deliver them by ourselves. My prediction is that there isn't going to be a strike. We will continue working past the deadline with extensions until something gets worked out. I think the company will get weekend hybrid drivers that are new hires only. Everybody now working will be grandfathered in with their current positions. The company will give up something that doesn't cost anything, like giving in to beards and tattoos. Maybe we will get double-time after ten hours. The IBT really can't afford for us to strike. The volume we will lose will mean dues-paying members will lose their jobs so the IBT will lose money. In '97, UPS owned the small parcel market. The post office was slower and Fedex Ground and Amazon didn't exist. The competition is different now. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
Is there really a possibility of a strike?
Top