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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 250734" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>An article I found in the archives:</p><p></p><p>From: National Center for Policy Analysis</p><p></p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070207233822/http://www.ncpa.org/pd/unions/pduni/pduni6.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070207233822/http://www.ncpa.org/pd/unions/pduni/pduni6.html</a></p><p></p><p>Rank-and-File Hurt Most in UPS Strike</p><p></p><p>Economic analysis shows that the recently settled United Parcel Service strike hurt rank-and-file workers the most -- even though they appear to have won.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Drivers lost up to $3,000 in pay -- money they will never get back.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Profit-sharing bonuses UPS originally offered were lost, valued at $1,500 to $3,000 per worker.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">UPS estimates about 15,000 workers will lose their jobs through layoffs because of a permanent 5 percent reduction in business.</li> </ul><p>The strike did not reduce the number of part-time workers:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">UPS's pledge to add 10,000 more full-time jobs was conditioned on volume increases -- while the strike decreased volume.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Even if these jobs were added, the number of part-time workers would decrease by only 2 percent, from 57 to 55 percent.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Forty percent of UPS's part-time workers are college students, and a number are parents with young kids.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The bulk of the part-time workers actually prefer the flexibility in hours over the time restraints of a full-time job.</li> </ul><p>Matthew Miller (syndicated columnist), "Paradox in the UPS Fine Print," Washington Times, August 28, 1997.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 250734, member: 1"] An article I found in the archives: From: National Center for Policy Analysis [url]https://web.archive.org/web/20070207233822/http://www.ncpa.org/pd/unions/pduni/pduni6.html[/url] Rank-and-File Hurt Most in UPS Strike Economic analysis shows that the recently settled United Parcel Service strike hurt rank-and-file workers the most -- even though they appear to have won. [LIST] [*]Drivers lost up to $3,000 in pay -- money they will never get back. [*]Profit-sharing bonuses UPS originally offered were lost, valued at $1,500 to $3,000 per worker. [*]UPS estimates about 15,000 workers will lose their jobs through layoffs because of a permanent 5 percent reduction in business. [/LIST] The strike did not reduce the number of part-time workers: [LIST] [*]UPS's pledge to add 10,000 more full-time jobs was conditioned on volume increases -- while the strike decreased volume. [*]Even if these jobs were added, the number of part-time workers would decrease by only 2 percent, from 57 to 55 percent. [*]Forty percent of UPS's part-time workers are college students, and a number are parents with young kids. [*]The bulk of the part-time workers actually prefer the flexibility in hours over the time restraints of a full-time job. [/LIST] Matthew Miller (syndicated columnist), "Paradox in the UPS Fine Print," Washington Times, August 28, 1997. [/QUOTE]
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