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Is UPS just a poor negotiator?
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<blockquote data-quote="MC4YOU2" data-source="post: 846210" data-attributes="member: 5485"><p>I see the point you are driving at here and I wont dispute it's theory, however the issue is not just a profit based one, and this was only a part of my overall point. There is an ethical issue as well. I said it before, I'll ask this of you as well. If routes need to be cut due to low volume, as long as the contract is followed so far as limiting overtime, then so be it. But why treat the remaining employees as if there isn't <em>enough of a saving</em> already in laying off their co workers? Why try and squeeze the work of 100% of the workers out of only 75% left in attendance? Why cheat and rig the 3 day rides with a systematic plan that undermines the loyalty and drive of the employees? </p><p></p><p> I really believe that somewhere "up there on the upper floors in Atlanta" that the feeling is that they can basically print their own money by creating an atmosphere that many hourly employees find simply too intimidating to stand up to and so just buckle to the pressure and work unsafely. This in turn creates a situation in which the thirst for more free money is never satisfied and so on and on it goes. These same folks when given the chance to protect themselves from these tactics better in 2013 are being given the impetus to do so more each day, and it's my belief that UPS is shooting itself in the foot with this totally unnecessary campaign of terror.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MC4YOU2, post: 846210, member: 5485"] I see the point you are driving at here and I wont dispute it's theory, however the issue is not just a profit based one, and this was only a part of my overall point. There is an ethical issue as well. I said it before, I'll ask this of you as well. If routes need to be cut due to low volume, as long as the contract is followed so far as limiting overtime, then so be it. But why treat the remaining employees as if there isn't [I]enough of a saving[/I] already in laying off their co workers? Why try and squeeze the work of 100% of the workers out of only 75% left in attendance? Why cheat and rig the 3 day rides with a systematic plan that undermines the loyalty and drive of the employees? I really believe that somewhere "up there on the upper floors in Atlanta" that the feeling is that they can basically print their own money by creating an atmosphere that many hourly employees find simply too intimidating to stand up to and so just buckle to the pressure and work unsafely. This in turn creates a situation in which the thirst for more free money is never satisfied and so on and on it goes. These same folks when given the chance to protect themselves from these tactics better in 2013 are being given the impetus to do so more each day, and it's my belief that UPS is shooting itself in the foot with this totally unnecessary campaign of terror. [/QUOTE]
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