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<blockquote data-quote="AssistantSanta" data-source="post: 918746" data-attributes="member: 38503"><p>So how exactly do you relate that to helpers who work for state minimum wage and forced to pay union dues for both Nov and Dec? How willing is the union to negotiate to lower wages from some of the highest earning hourlies so helpers and part timers can get something more reasonable than minimum wage or barely above it? </p><p></p><p>How do the helpers working at minimum wage and on schedule for automatic lay off as of last Friday reap ANY benefit from it?</p><p></p><p></p><p>This year, UPS hired something like 56,000 helpers^1</p><p>This season, I lost $30 to mandatory union dues. I don't know how much temps in other areas fared, but if we just use $30 for the discussion sake.</p><p>$30 x 56,000. I'm sure the due assessment varies between states, but under the simple computation that each and every helper was assessed $30 per head, the union derived $1.68 million in revenue from seasonal helpers who do not reap the benefit one bit. No benefits, more or less fast food restaurant wages. </p><p></p><p>What do you suppose the union will do with this $1.68 million in dues collected from temps seeing that those temps will no longer be around to reap ANY benefit from it? I'm guessing they will use the funds to advance the interests of full time high seniority employees. </p><p></p><p>Staffing Talk, Nov, 2011. <a href="http://staffingtalk.com/ups-delivers-55982-seasonal-hires-social-media/" target="_blank">UPS Delivers 55,982 Seasonal Hires With Social Media</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AssistantSanta, post: 918746, member: 38503"] So how exactly do you relate that to helpers who work for state minimum wage and forced to pay union dues for both Nov and Dec? How willing is the union to negotiate to lower wages from some of the highest earning hourlies so helpers and part timers can get something more reasonable than minimum wage or barely above it? How do the helpers working at minimum wage and on schedule for automatic lay off as of last Friday reap ANY benefit from it? This year, UPS hired something like 56,000 helpers^1 This season, I lost $30 to mandatory union dues. I don't know how much temps in other areas fared, but if we just use $30 for the discussion sake. $30 x 56,000. I'm sure the due assessment varies between states, but under the simple computation that each and every helper was assessed $30 per head, the union derived $1.68 million in revenue from seasonal helpers who do not reap the benefit one bit. No benefits, more or less fast food restaurant wages. What do you suppose the union will do with this $1.68 million in dues collected from temps seeing that those temps will no longer be around to reap ANY benefit from it? I'm guessing they will use the funds to advance the interests of full time high seniority employees. Staffing Talk, Nov, 2011. [URL="http://staffingtalk.com/ups-delivers-55982-seasonal-hires-social-media/"]UPS Delivers 55,982 Seasonal Hires With Social Media[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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