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<blockquote data-quote="Dutch Dawg" data-source="post: 373750" data-attributes="member: 4843">So what are you suggesting here? That Ups/Teamster package employees should be working under the same NMA as Ups/Teamster freight employees? Do we carry this supposition even further and suggest UPS Pilots should become Teamsters and work under the same contract suggested above? How about the mechanics who are currently with a Machiniats Union, should we also demand that they become Teamsters under the same NMA to create unity?&nbsp;The point is there will always be dissention, as that&#039;s just the nature. For anyone to suggest that it somehow damages unity within the Teamsters National is Hogwash. But let&#039;s say you disagree with that, well then why not remove all the supplements throughout the country under the same reasoning?&nbsp;In 25 years, I have witnessed only one work stoppage because of lack of contract. Guess what it wasn&#039;t initated by either 705 or 710, but yet they honored it.&nbsp;What if a contract violation occurs in a small local at some time that&#039;s so egregious to cause them to walk out. Do the rest of us tell them they can&#039;t because of the effect it will have on the other 99%? &nbsp;Problem is most of the people chiming in with an opinion that reflects your&#039;s haven&#039;t even seen what is happening in Chicago, nor have they read the proposals, nor do they even know the language in the NMA.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dutch Dawg, post: 373750, member: 4843"] So what are you suggesting here? That Ups/Teamster package employees should be working under the same NMA as Ups/Teamster freight employees? Do we carry this supposition even further and suggest UPS Pilots should become Teamsters and work under the same contract suggested above? How about the mechanics who are currently with a Machiniats Union, should we also demand that they become Teamsters under the same NMA to create unity? The point is there will always be dissention, as that's just the nature. For anyone to suggest that it somehow damages unity within the Teamsters National is Hogwash. But let's say you disagree with that, well then why not remove all the supplements throughout the country under the same reasoning? In 25 years, I have witnessed only one work stoppage because of lack of contract. Guess what it wasn't initated by either 705 or 710, but yet they honored it. What if a contract violation occurs in a small local at some time that's so e[FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000]gregious to cause them to walk out. Do the rest of us tell them they can't because of the effect it will have on the other 99%? [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [COLOR=#000000]Problem is most of the people chiming in with an opinion that reflects your's haven't even seen what is happening in Chicago, nor have they read the proposals, nor do they even know the language in the NMA.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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