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<blockquote data-quote="brownelf" data-source="post: 4317487" data-attributes="member: 27863"><p>As a retired former PT and FT steward I believe the focus should be to engage every new employee on the importance of being an active member of their local union by attending membership meetings. UPS has always based contract negotiations on attendance at local membership meetings especially in the years prior to contract expiration. Poor attendance gives UPS an immediate advantage in negotiations as its shown in the past the level of commitment by the membership to strike to get or keep the benefits they are asking for. In 1997 we went on strike IMA because of the commitment and participation of both the PT and FT membership in the local meetings leading up to the contract negotiations. Still remember going to the contract demands and strike vote meetings and not having a empty seat in the largest hall the local had access to. Also remember being told by the district manager that if we walked off the job at 1201 none of us would ever be back. The next few weeks were the both the worst and best of times in my years at UPS. Never before or since 1997 did I feel the commitment and willingness to sacrifice for the benefit of all. Since then the mentality among many teamsters has been to place blame upon everyone but themselves for the failures in contract negotiations or enforcement of them. The teamsters union will rise or fall by the commitment of each and every one of its members.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brownelf, post: 4317487, member: 27863"] As a retired former PT and FT steward I believe the focus should be to engage every new employee on the importance of being an active member of their local union by attending membership meetings. UPS has always based contract negotiations on attendance at local membership meetings especially in the years prior to contract expiration. Poor attendance gives UPS an immediate advantage in negotiations as its shown in the past the level of commitment by the membership to strike to get or keep the benefits they are asking for. In 1997 we went on strike IMA because of the commitment and participation of both the PT and FT membership in the local meetings leading up to the contract negotiations. Still remember going to the contract demands and strike vote meetings and not having a empty seat in the largest hall the local had access to. Also remember being told by the district manager that if we walked off the job at 1201 none of us would ever be back. The next few weeks were the both the worst and best of times in my years at UPS. Never before or since 1997 did I feel the commitment and willingness to sacrifice for the benefit of all. Since then the mentality among many teamsters has been to place blame upon everyone but themselves for the failures in contract negotiations or enforcement of them. The teamsters union will rise or fall by the commitment of each and every one of its members. [/QUOTE]
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