Six weeks!!!
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We will probably be working under an extension
1989
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Strike notice given August 1st at midnight. Picking starts midnight on Saturday August 4th right? Is it possible to give a strike notice July 29?
I doubt it . We would still be under contract
brown_trousers
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Im betting that our negotiators will decide to push a bad contract, instead of using the strike authorization
MyTripisCut
Tiyeeee-gyyyeah!
That’s like betting on Justify to win the triple crown, you’ll get bad odds and it’s a done deal. We are screwed.
542thruNthru
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Or betting that @Gumby will miss spell at least 2 words in a post.
We're all screwed trying to read it!
Indecisi0n
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STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE
brown_trousers
Well-Known Member
Yes. I believe the strike authorization was a bluff, and UPS knows it.
Our negotiators would never even consider using that authorization to call a strike.
Eat Sleep Fish
Jig Master
This has been the least amount of info I have heard about negotiations since I have been with the company. Call me crazy but I feel we are going to get a good contract.
DriverNerd
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Agreed; I think it was intended to be used as a scare tactic, but with over 90% voting for it, they actually have it to use as such. I think UPS realizes now with that vote that maybe their employees really are pissed off at the way things are done.
On the second point, UPS is gonna have to say "last, best, and final offer" again if there is any chance the Teamsters would strike. And I don't think UPS is dumb enough to say that again. They'll just continue going back and forth until the contract is ratified, even if it goes past the expiration date.
Blackstream
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Is your logic behind this that if we were in danger of getting a bad contract that the union would be leaking the
ty proposals to rile us up against UPS, like they did last contract? Like the $90 per week healthcare premium thing.
Eat Sleep Fish
Jig Master
Just a hunch. Society today shames companies that crap on employees, all the while handsomely rewarding CEO's and the like. I feel like UPS doesn't want that shame. They certainly don't need it. I guess we will find out in 6 weeks. I hope I am right, obviously. It's a much different time now than '97.Is your logic behind this that if we were in danger of getting a bad contract that the union would be leaking the
Eat Sleep Fish
Jig Master
I can see us working peak without a contract as well. How long have they strung along mechanics and pilots? Could we be next? It's definitely possible.Agreed; I think it was intended to be used as a scare tactic, but with over 90% voting for it, they actually have it to use as such. I think UPS realizes now with that vote that maybe their employees really are
On the second point, UPS is gonna have to say "last, best, and final offer" again if there is any chance the Teamsters would strike. And I don't think UPS is dumb enough to say that again. They'll just continue going back and forth until the contract is ratified, even if it goes past the expiration date.
Coldworld
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Our numbers crush the pilots and airline mechanics.... it’s not even close... we won’t be working 2 years without a contract....can you imagine the backcheck for something like that???
Eat Sleep Fish
Jig Master
The last mechanic contract I heard of some guys getting $100,000 retro checks. I work on the planes every night, particularly the 747's. We are always talking to those mechanics. A lot of those guys worked a crap ton of OT because they knew a big check was coming.
johnny_hotdog
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I say we work out an extension that expires Nov. 1. They would have to give us a good contract if we could threaten a strike just before peak.
zubenelgenubi
I'm a star
I suppose it would be better to continue to work under the current contract indefinitely than to have a crappy new contract imposed on us.
1989
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Walking out on Black Friday would be symbolistic
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