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<blockquote data-quote="qdg2" data-source="post: 5332150" data-attributes="member: 100309"><p>What it was like in 1997....I was there.</p><p></p><p>We went on strike. Walked the picket line to get $50 a week....you read that right....$50 A WEEK.</p><p></p><p>The strike lasted 2 weeks in reality.</p><p></p><p>There were some picket line crossers(scabs so-called). A few. Mgt, tried to run some feeders and pkg cars at first. Just a day or so.</p><p></p><p>It settled into a waiting game. Pretty benign where we were. I happened to be on vacation for the first week....so no problem. I went to work for a customer for the other week. Missed no money. A little less but no interruption.</p><p></p><p>Had to be careful about activities that might cause catastrophic injury(no insurance).</p><p></p><p>We ultimately went back to work and it was friend upped for awhile. Lot of anger in public.</p><p></p><p>The strike spawned Fed-Ex ground and ultimately hurt UPS and hourlies......of which we have not recovered to this day.</p><p></p><p>IMO, it was a stupid move on the Teamsters and MGT to let it happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="qdg2, post: 5332150, member: 100309"] What it was like in 1997....I was there. We went on strike. Walked the picket line to get $50 a week....you read that right....$50 A WEEK. The strike lasted 2 weeks in reality. There were some picket line crossers(scabs so-called). A few. Mgt, tried to run some feeders and pkg cars at first. Just a day or so. It settled into a waiting game. Pretty benign where we were. I happened to be on vacation for the first week....so no problem. I went to work for a customer for the other week. Missed no money. A little less but no interruption. Had to be careful about activities that might cause catastrophic injury(no insurance). We ultimately went back to work and it was friend upped for awhile. Lot of anger in public. The strike spawned Fed-Ex ground and ultimately hurt UPS and hourlies......of which we have not recovered to this day. IMO, it was a stupid move on the Teamsters and MGT to let it happen. [/QUOTE]
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