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<blockquote data-quote="DELACROIX" data-source="post: 5076373" data-attributes="member: 49065"><p>This election was a beat down to the nigh degree...Similar to what Ohio State did to Michigan State yesterday..It was 49-0 heading into Canada, the Vairma team did not have a pass defense, whereas O'Brien slate had 4 pro ready receivers, plus two all star running backs.</p><p></p><p>The <strong>HOFFA</strong> factor can not be underplayed, his 20 years of weak leadership and subpar contracts was in play during this election, Vairma never had a chance, face it a major shift has occurred with our Union. Sure only 15 % of all the eligible Teamster members even turned in a vote but those again are only ones that count, the other 85 % chose to not participate and will continue to pay Union dues for nothing. If we could study the history of the Teamster elections when the rank and file were permitted to cast votes would it be fair to say a message was sent to every Corporation and Company involved, or will be involved with the Teamsters in the future.</p><p></p><p>Another factor is the <strong>COVID </strong>pandemic. It has changed everything and will probably will affect the next the 2023 contract, the leadership on both sides have already studied and planned for it. The Company wants to expand into same day delivery, 7 day 24 hour delivery and pick up..the Central States bail out which they lobbied for releases them from covering their retirees and future retirees, saving themselves roughly 2.5 billion a year. They are eliminating their management plan which will save them a similar amount annually, their profits are up, their shareholders are happy as their stock duplicated. Their project volume over the next 5 years will be skyrocketing and they are continuing to rise their revenue through added costs and the usual 5 to 6 % annual increases.</p><p></p><p>The <strong>UNION</strong> now under <strong>O'BRIEN </strong>will be going into these next negotiations as true leaders, if a strike vote is taken it will not just be a facade...He means it, whereas Hoffa no so. These concessions over the years will be on the table, the OZ team has already stated that these 22.4 positions will be RPCD's plain and simple, and from I heard most of the operational management teams hate dealing with the 22.4's because of the turnover. It is a bad sign when the Company has to pay more than what the Contract speculates, starting hourly rate will be close to 25 dollars an hour for off the street full timers, part timers off the street will start at 20 bucks an hour. Progression can be negotiated down from 4 years, this progression business started out in the 80's and it was originally one year. </p><p></p><p>My own issue is and has been with the pension disparity...as an example a 30 year full time pension; one conference pays close to 6,000 whereas another pays 4,000...This IBT/UPS pension plan has to improve, that 25 and out formula of 2,000 before age 57 is pathetic compared to most of the Conferences. Those part time years that most of the full timers have vested under the IBT/UPS are under a separate company controlled pension plan that pays peanuts, it should be set up similar to the West were that service time is formulated into your full time years. You can transfer funds from one pension plan to another, those years under the UPS Pension Plan for part timers can be added to hour full time years easily, the Company has done it in the past.</p><p></p><p>In closing I have to state a fact ... Last year we had a 50 year full time Teamster Member over 70 years old retire with a grand total retirement benefit of <strong>($2250)</strong> under the Ohio Rider. The Brother fought tooth and nail over the years to get those numbers up to his fellow members, the Union leadership failed him and his fellow members because they were not willing to fight on their behalf or so weak that they had concerns of retaliation from the Company, so they cut and run, and also hid. After all it is only a handful of it's members, who cares...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DELACROIX, post: 5076373, member: 49065"] This election was a beat down to the nigh degree...Similar to what Ohio State did to Michigan State yesterday..It was 49-0 heading into Canada, the Vairma team did not have a pass defense, whereas O'Brien slate had 4 pro ready receivers, plus two all star running backs. The [B]HOFFA[/B] factor can not be underplayed, his 20 years of weak leadership and subpar contracts was in play during this election, Vairma never had a chance, face it a major shift has occurred with our Union. Sure only 15 % of all the eligible Teamster members even turned in a vote but those again are only ones that count, the other 85 % chose to not participate and will continue to pay Union dues for nothing. If we could study the history of the Teamster elections when the rank and file were permitted to cast votes would it be fair to say a message was sent to every Corporation and Company involved, or will be involved with the Teamsters in the future. Another factor is the [B]COVID [/B]pandemic. It has changed everything and will probably will affect the next the 2023 contract, the leadership on both sides have already studied and planned for it. The Company wants to expand into same day delivery, 7 day 24 hour delivery and pick up..the Central States bail out which they lobbied for releases them from covering their retirees and future retirees, saving themselves roughly 2.5 billion a year. They are eliminating their management plan which will save them a similar amount annually, their profits are up, their shareholders are happy as their stock duplicated. Their project volume over the next 5 years will be skyrocketing and they are continuing to rise their revenue through added costs and the usual 5 to 6 % annual increases. The [B]UNION[/B] now under [B]O'BRIEN [/B]will be going into these next negotiations as true leaders, if a strike vote is taken it will not just be a facade...He means it, whereas Hoffa no so. These concessions over the years will be on the table, the OZ team has already stated that these 22.4 positions will be RPCD's plain and simple, and from I heard most of the operational management teams hate dealing with the 22.4's because of the turnover. It is a bad sign when the Company has to pay more than what the Contract speculates, starting hourly rate will be close to 25 dollars an hour for off the street full timers, part timers off the street will start at 20 bucks an hour. Progression can be negotiated down from 4 years, this progression business started out in the 80's and it was originally one year. My own issue is and has been with the pension disparity...as an example a 30 year full time pension; one conference pays close to 6,000 whereas another pays 4,000...This IBT/UPS pension plan has to improve, that 25 and out formula of 2,000 before age 57 is pathetic compared to most of the Conferences. Those part time years that most of the full timers have vested under the IBT/UPS are under a separate company controlled pension plan that pays peanuts, it should be set up similar to the West were that service time is formulated into your full time years. You can transfer funds from one pension plan to another, those years under the UPS Pension Plan for part timers can be added to hour full time years easily, the Company has done it in the past. In closing I have to state a fact ... Last year we had a 50 year full time Teamster Member over 70 years old retire with a grand total retirement benefit of [B]($2250)[/B] under the Ohio Rider. The Brother fought tooth and nail over the years to get those numbers up to his fellow members, the Union leadership failed him and his fellow members because they were not willing to fight on their behalf or so weak that they had concerns of retaliation from the Company, so they cut and run, and also hid. After all it is only a handful of it's members, who cares... [/QUOTE]
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