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<blockquote data-quote="Braveheart" data-source="post: 137044" data-attributes="member: 5831"><p>How are we overpaid when our company makes over 3 billion dollars a year in profit. Should we work for less so they can make 6 billion and give bigger bonuses to managers. Sounds like you want us all picking cotton. We do earn it pal. It is called hard physical labor, manual labor, blood, sweat and tears. You are either a lazy manager sitting in the A/C or a disgruntled employee working elsewhere whining because you make less. Why do some people make a ton of money pushing buttons on a computor with little risk to there bodies, health, and safety. You are right that our union helps get us the fine pay that we deserve. But the type of work requires it too. We have plenty of wanna b's that come in talkin trash just like you and go right back out the door either due to an accident, can't handle the hi-pace, can't handle the heavy boxes, can't handle the hi-volume of work, can't handle the truck and the traffic, can't handle the management, or are just plain lazy. At least we physically earn it with hard work every day. The republicans are the ones sending all the jobs over seas and below the border dipwad. Go look at the Nafta and Cafta votes. They took union jobs from up north and moved it to a southern state paying a pathetic 7 dollars an hour with little to no benefits. The company got tax breaks too. But that was not good enough so to make even more profit they will exploit workers more as they send all the workers home without a job or benefits so they can send their jobs to Costa Rica. The pay there will be a joke, no work place safety, no overtime laws, forced excessive hours, 10, 12, 14, 16 hour shifts, no OSHA protection, no holidays, no vacations, no pensions, no 401k's to match, no social security for seniors, no workers comp, no DOT, no workers rights, no sick days, no medical benefits, no nothing. We union employees have made countless managers into million dollar managers. The market place also determines our pay and benefits. There are a lot of trucking, freight, and delivery jobs paying from starter pay of $15 an hour to around $35 an hour. We have people skills, customer service skills, and driving skills. We do work that most consider beneath them. We deal with nasty customers, crazy or idiot drivers, picky customers, vicious dogs, rain, snow, 100 degree heat and humidity, tropical storms, blizzards, etc etc I bet your liitle ass is hiding in doors. Boxes of birthday presents, mortgage papers, computors, jewelry, medicine, uniforms, prom dresses, Christmas presents, Mother's day and Father's day presents, legal paperwork, paychecks, auto parts, cell phones, electrical equipment, medical equipment, hazordous materials, vitamins, wine, guns, hi-values, etc may seem "not special" to you but our customer's think otherwise. There are two reasons my customers switch back to me at UPS and leave Fed Ex Ground or DHL is A= the overall customer service is far better and B= their stuff has a far higher occurance of damages, theft, and misdeliveries with the far less compensated guys. Who would you trust more, a guy at $10 an hour, or a guy at $25 an hour, to deliver narcotics, cell phones, gold, diamonds, legal paperwork with your entire idenity, etc. Many people either can't do our job or refuse to do so. The company's multi billion dollar profits also determine our pay. We also have to earn the pay. In many professions you go to school for 1-4-7 years and apprentice for a couple years and then you make good money. Some jobs take as little as a few months of training and with in a couple to 4 years you make good money. The average driver at UPS starts at $8 an hour as a part timer working only 20-25 hours a week for 6 to 8 years where I am at and then start at about $15 an hour as a full timer and after another 2 or more years of that they finally make good money. So 8-10 years sure seems like you have paid your dues and earned the good pay. The hi risk of injury as we have the highest workers comp injury problem in the country deems higher pay. Your proctologist called and said he found your head. He said it was empty and threw it out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Braveheart, post: 137044, member: 5831"] How are we overpaid when our company makes over 3 billion dollars a year in profit. Should we work for less so they can make 6 billion and give bigger bonuses to managers. Sounds like you want us all picking cotton. We do earn it pal. It is called hard physical labor, manual labor, blood, sweat and tears. You are either a lazy manager sitting in the A/C or a disgruntled employee working elsewhere whining because you make less. Why do some people make a ton of money pushing buttons on a computor with little risk to there bodies, health, and safety. You are right that our union helps get us the fine pay that we deserve. But the type of work requires it too. We have plenty of wanna b's that come in talkin trash just like you and go right back out the door either due to an accident, can't handle the hi-pace, can't handle the heavy boxes, can't handle the hi-volume of work, can't handle the truck and the traffic, can't handle the management, or are just plain lazy. At least we physically earn it with hard work every day. The republicans are the ones sending all the jobs over seas and below the border dipwad. Go look at the Nafta and Cafta votes. They took union jobs from up north and moved it to a southern state paying a pathetic 7 dollars an hour with little to no benefits. The company got tax breaks too. But that was not good enough so to make even more profit they will exploit workers more as they send all the workers home without a job or benefits so they can send their jobs to Costa Rica. The pay there will be a joke, no work place safety, no overtime laws, forced excessive hours, 10, 12, 14, 16 hour shifts, no OSHA protection, no holidays, no vacations, no pensions, no 401k's to match, no social security for seniors, no workers comp, no DOT, no workers rights, no sick days, no medical benefits, no nothing. We union employees have made countless managers into million dollar managers. The market place also determines our pay and benefits. There are a lot of trucking, freight, and delivery jobs paying from starter pay of $15 an hour to around $35 an hour. We have people skills, customer service skills, and driving skills. We do work that most consider beneath them. We deal with nasty customers, crazy or idiot drivers, picky customers, vicious dogs, rain, snow, 100 degree heat and humidity, tropical storms, blizzards, etc etc I bet your liitle ass is hiding in doors. Boxes of birthday presents, mortgage papers, computors, jewelry, medicine, uniforms, prom dresses, Christmas presents, Mother's day and Father's day presents, legal paperwork, paychecks, auto parts, cell phones, electrical equipment, medical equipment, hazordous materials, vitamins, wine, guns, hi-values, etc may seem "not special" to you but our customer's think otherwise. There are two reasons my customers switch back to me at UPS and leave Fed Ex Ground or DHL is A= the overall customer service is far better and B= their stuff has a far higher occurance of damages, theft, and misdeliveries with the far less compensated guys. Who would you trust more, a guy at $10 an hour, or a guy at $25 an hour, to deliver narcotics, cell phones, gold, diamonds, legal paperwork with your entire idenity, etc. Many people either can't do our job or refuse to do so. The company's multi billion dollar profits also determine our pay. We also have to earn the pay. In many professions you go to school for 1-4-7 years and apprentice for a couple years and then you make good money. Some jobs take as little as a few months of training and with in a couple to 4 years you make good money. The average driver at UPS starts at $8 an hour as a part timer working only 20-25 hours a week for 6 to 8 years where I am at and then start at about $15 an hour as a full timer and after another 2 or more years of that they finally make good money. So 8-10 years sure seems like you have paid your dues and earned the good pay. The hi risk of injury as we have the highest workers comp injury problem in the country deems higher pay. Your proctologist called and said he found your head. He said it was empty and threw it out. [/QUOTE]
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