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Just curious... how irreplaceable do you think we are here, in case of a strike??
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<blockquote data-quote="PobreCarlos" data-source="post: 1019664" data-attributes="member: 16651"><p>oldupsman;</p><p></p><p>From my perspective, the short answer is that the Teamsters were able to temporarily retain UPS in Central States...albeit by virtue of a "bribe" in the form of rebated contributions. And, ultimately, that wasn't a "win" either; UPS eventually withdrew from CSPF anyway, although at a higher cost to both the company and its employee pension participants. In truth, the UPS members of the union would have probably been better off (even without considering the 3 weeks pay lost) if they had accepted the initial offer. If nothing else, many of their pensions would have been more secure. And I've little doubt that there would have been more friend/t jobs available today; FedEx (and its employees) was able to eat a lot of future Teamster lunch as a result of that strike.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PobreCarlos, post: 1019664, member: 16651"] oldupsman; From my perspective, the short answer is that the Teamsters were able to temporarily retain UPS in Central States...albeit by virtue of a "bribe" in the form of rebated contributions. And, ultimately, that wasn't a "win" either; UPS eventually withdrew from CSPF anyway, although at a higher cost to both the company and its employee pension participants. In truth, the UPS members of the union would have probably been better off (even without considering the 3 weeks pay lost) if they had accepted the initial offer. If nothing else, many of their pensions would have been more secure. And I've little doubt that there would have been more friend/t jobs available today; FedEx (and its employees) was able to eat a lot of future Teamster lunch as a result of that strike. [/QUOTE]
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