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<blockquote data-quote="Inthegame" data-source="post: 968935" data-attributes="member: 37112"><p>To paraphrase Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes who said "taxes are the price we pay for civilized society" union dues are the necessary requirement for effective contracts and representation. </p><p>Would you encourage your daughter to drive without auto insurance? She could keep more of what she earns by not buying insurance. How about not paying taxes because some money supports wars she doesn't believe in. I'd encourage my daughter to work anywhere but the preload at UPS for extra money with the present wage structure, but if she insisted on UPS, I'd strongly encourage her to join the union if she were in a RTW state. I'd also encourage her to get involved with the union and raise hell over the low wages. If everyone took your advice (a full timer benefitting from negotiated agreements that skew to full timers) there would be less negotiation power available to all Teamsters, therefore your full time and future pt'ers wages/bennys would be compromised. Strength comes from numbers, and lowering those numbers doesn't get one stronger. Even if your daughters original intention was to work a couple years and move on, many of us had that same intention but made UPS a career. In my area, there are many college degreed drivers. The best route to full time is through part time. </p><p>Wisconsin is <strong>not</strong> RTW. Act 10 stripped <em>public</em> employees of all collective bargaining rights with a slight exception to wages capped at CPI. As a close to home comparison that's one page left in the UPS agreement. No seniority, no bidding, no grievance procedure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Inthegame, post: 968935, member: 37112"] To paraphrase Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes who said "taxes are the price we pay for civilized society" union dues are the necessary requirement for effective contracts and representation. Would you encourage your daughter to drive without auto insurance? She could keep more of what she earns by not buying insurance. How about not paying taxes because some money supports wars she doesn't believe in. I'd encourage my daughter to work anywhere but the preload at UPS for extra money with the present wage structure, but if she insisted on UPS, I'd strongly encourage her to join the union if she were in a RTW state. I'd also encourage her to get involved with the union and raise hell over the low wages. If everyone took your advice (a full timer benefitting from negotiated agreements that skew to full timers) there would be less negotiation power available to all Teamsters, therefore your full time and future pt'ers wages/bennys would be compromised. Strength comes from numbers, and lowering those numbers doesn't get one stronger. Even if your daughters original intention was to work a couple years and move on, many of us had that same intention but made UPS a career. In my area, there are many college degreed drivers. The best route to full time is through part time. Wisconsin is [B]not[/B] RTW. Act 10 stripped [I]public[/I] employees of all collective bargaining rights with a slight exception to wages capped at CPI. As a close to home comparison that's one page left in the UPS agreement. No seniority, no bidding, no grievance procedure. [/QUOTE]
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