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Puff piece to get some scabs for the strike
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<blockquote data-quote="Superteeth2478" data-source="post: 5398139" data-attributes="member: 73024"><p>Have to admit that I didn't read all 16 pages of this thread, but surely someone has pointed this out: Although a strike would hurt both sides, a lot, I think it's safe to say that it'll hurt UPS more. UPS Teamsters make up, last figure I saw, about 350,000 members. That's about 25% of the approximately 1.4 million Teamsters.</p><p></p><p>The Teamsters can always get more members, especially in this political climate where even places like Starbucks and Amazon are beginning to unionize.</p><p></p><p>UPS, on the other hand, will have to deal with the repercussions of a strike for a long time, potentially until it becomes a shadow of what it currently is. Amazon and FedEx will cannibalize a lot of accounts if UPS has to deal with a nationwide strike again like in 1997. The current IBT leadership has a ton of leverage this time around.</p><p></p><p>While UPS does have the argument that they will potentially break the union by locking out the members and going about their own way, The IBT has the argument that even if UPS does that they're still going to be <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />ed in the long run. Hard. Much harder than in 1997 when Amazon didn't even exist as a delivery service and FedEx didn't control as much of the share of logistics business.</p><p></p><p>There's really no reason that this contract shouldn't be toeing the fine line between asking for too much and asking for just enough. At the end of the day I'm certain UPS knows it can afford a strike even less than the IBT can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Superteeth2478, post: 5398139, member: 73024"] Have to admit that I didn't read all 16 pages of this thread, but surely someone has pointed this out: Although a strike would hurt both sides, a lot, I think it's safe to say that it'll hurt UPS more. UPS Teamsters make up, last figure I saw, about 350,000 members. That's about 25% of the approximately 1.4 million Teamsters. The Teamsters can always get more members, especially in this political climate where even places like Starbucks and Amazon are beginning to unionize. UPS, on the other hand, will have to deal with the repercussions of a strike for a long time, potentially until it becomes a shadow of what it currently is. Amazon and FedEx will cannibalize a lot of accounts if UPS has to deal with a nationwide strike again like in 1997. The current IBT leadership has a ton of leverage this time around. While UPS does have the argument that they will potentially break the union by locking out the members and going about their own way, The IBT has the argument that even if UPS does that they're still going to be :censored:ed in the long run. Hard. Much harder than in 1997 when Amazon didn't even exist as a delivery service and FedEx didn't control as much of the share of logistics business. There's really no reason that this contract shouldn't be toeing the fine line between asking for too much and asking for just enough. At the end of the day I'm certain UPS knows it can afford a strike even less than the IBT can. [/QUOTE]
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