there are exceptions to every rule but generally those who are the screw ups are those that need a union.
The exceptions are the kicker, for me at least. I'm sure it doesn't happen everywhere, but I have seen managers that will target people for ridiculous things, stuff that really doesn't have much to do with being an overall good employee and in general is overlooked when anyone else does that same. These people need a union as much as a screw up and actually deserve the union's protection more so. I have very little sympathy for a driver that refuses to go out everyday and do his/her best to get the job done properly. However anyone can have a bad day every now and then.
Keep in mind most of the world is non-union and those people generally live in the same neighborhoods we live in and somehow seem to survive without the mighty union protecting them.
Have you taken a poll of your neighborhood? What jobs do these people hold that lets them earn the wages and benefits that match ours? I really would like to know what kind of jobs the people dp. How many are, in actuality, just surviving with both spouses working, when as you can read on here many UPSers wives are stay at home Moms? On one side of me the neighbor owns a couple of business that do very well, his wife works a job outside of his businesses to provide insurance for the family. On the other side of me is a retired gentleman that his wife still has to work to make ends meet, I don't know how old she is but he is 82 years old.
Most of the world doesn't work for UPS.
Those people make wages that are as much or more as we make and beni's as good or better as ours.
How do you know this? Really, do you know or you speculating?
The union tells you what a great job they do but in many ways the beni's for non-union employees at ups are better.
I am seriously interested to know how the non-union" beni's" are better, keeping in mind that money directly from their paycheck is paying for them?
Many companies keep their compensation and benifits at a certain level to ensure their employees do not become dissatisfied and join a union. So in reality the threat of unionization may do more for employee compensation plans then unionization itself.
Now we are getting somewhere, it would seem that the employees of these many companies can thank the Teamsters, UAW, AFL-CIO and other unions for encourageing the companies to provide decent wages and benefits.