Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Union Issues
NLRB Charges by APWA against UPS Going to Hearing
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="JonFrum" data-source="post: 201390"><p><strong>The NLRB is even less effective than OSHA!</strong></p><p></p><p>Cole,</p><p></p><p>I was thinking of the period after the APWA (in their dreamworld) is certified as our new bargaining agent. It will be a dangerous time because the Teamsters' contract will disolve and we will be relying on the "protections" of the NLRB and their difficult system of enforcing the *limited* Status Quo doctrine with Unfair Labor Practice charges. To see how risky this is, read these factsheets that tell how ineffective and slow the NLRB is. . . .</p><p><a href="http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/" target="_blank">http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/</a></p><p></p><p>Exerpts:</p><p>"32% of workers lack a collective bargaining agreement one year after voting for union representation, due to weak [NLRB] labor law enabling employers to avoid bargaining with employees."</p><p></p><p>"$0.00 - the amount the NLRB can fine an employer for willfully bribing, threatening, assaulting, or firing pro-union employees."</p><p></p><p>Under the circumstances, I consider the RLA's reliance on mediation, and avoidance of strikes, a good thing during the "changing of the guard" period, especially if UPS drives a hard bargain and the interim period drags on. Remember, no employer is ever required to agree to anything, they just have to *appear* to be bargaining in "good faith." And if they eventually bargain to an Impasse, they can impliment their plan unilaterally!</p><p></p><p>I wasn't thinking of the RLA's requirement that a company had to be organized nationwide, because UPS is already organized into the "national master" bargaining unit, a single, nationwide unit. [Locals 705 and 710 are seperate units, I know.] [I'm also aware that some FedEx divisions fall under the NLRB and can be organized one building at a time.]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonFrum, post: 201390"] [B]The NLRB is even less effective than OSHA![/B] Cole, I was thinking of the period after the APWA (in their dreamworld) is certified as our new bargaining agent. It will be a dangerous time because the Teamsters' contract will disolve and we will be relying on the "protections" of the NLRB and their difficult system of enforcing the *limited* Status Quo doctrine with Unfair Labor Practice charges. To see how risky this is, read these factsheets that tell how ineffective and slow the NLRB is. . . . [url]http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/[/url] Exerpts: "32% of workers lack a collective bargaining agreement one year after voting for union representation, due to weak [NLRB] labor law enabling employers to avoid bargaining with employees." "$0.00 - the amount the NLRB can fine an employer for willfully bribing, threatening, assaulting, or firing pro-union employees." Under the circumstances, I consider the RLA's reliance on mediation, and avoidance of strikes, a good thing during the "changing of the guard" period, especially if UPS drives a hard bargain and the interim period drags on. Remember, no employer is ever required to agree to anything, they just have to *appear* to be bargaining in "good faith." And if they eventually bargain to an Impasse, they can impliment their plan unilaterally! I wasn't thinking of the RLA's requirement that a company had to be organized nationwide, because UPS is already organized into the "national master" bargaining unit, a single, nationwide unit. [Locals 705 and 710 are seperate units, I know.] [I'm also aware that some FedEx divisions fall under the NLRB and can be organized one building at a time.] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Union Issues
NLRB Charges by APWA against UPS Going to Hearing
Top