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Message: <blockquote data-quote="olroadbeech" data-source="post: 3467947" data-attributes="member: 52145">It wasn't tough. The smart ones used good ol common sense. However people don't realize that if the company had held on for just one more week , the hourlies would have caved in. There was plenty of tell-tale signs on the picket line during the second week in 97.hourlies today do not have the back bone for a strike and both sides know it. UPS will win at the negotiation table. SAD.We never took the pension as a "given." nor social security. we maxed out the 401k and Ira's every year. also cash savings and paid off house in almost half the time. I think it was something I learned from my parents whose families had an actual tough time during the 30's depression.</blockquote>