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<blockquote data-quote="BrownSuit" data-source="post: 371075" data-attributes="member: 14437"><p>It's this simple, get on the Master. If there is a problem with the Master, fix it the next time negotiations come around.</p><p></p><p>Times were good in '97 economically. The company suffered greatly though as a result of the strike. Fast forward 11 years later and most customers have forgotten about it. </p><p></p><p>There are however quite a few who dual source or who solely use other carriers because they lost business during the strike. They claim we ruined their business.</p><p></p><p>Times are rougher, we are looking to have any edge possible out there. The fact that the National was signed months before it expired was a major selling point for UPS. No strike concerns. </p><p></p><p>Now a single local wants to divide the company. You say United We Stand, well if your so United, why don't you sign the National?</p><p></p><p>Have your regional supplements covering everything from Education at CACH, to the differences working in a rail yard. Is the national agreement not good enough for you? Do your union brothers and sisters deserve to suffer out of work only receiving strike wages from the Union because you won't cover your self under the same agreement as them?</p><p></p><p>I don't know the particulars, so I can't speak to them. You may want to mention them here for all to see, because it's going to effect everybody here if you do something foolish.</p><p></p><p>If you strike, not only are you going to collapse the company at this point, as there is no coming back for a number of these customers, but I do not believe that the Teamsters can support strike wages this time around and the Unemployment benefits aren't going to put food on the table when Milk is more expensive than gas, and gas is over $4 a gallon.</p><p></p><p>And you wonder why you think the company won't negotiate. Just listen to yourself.</p><p></p><p>Be United, Be on the Master, or Be Divided and Be on your own variation and be forced to beg. Look at what you are going to do to everybody else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownSuit, post: 371075, member: 14437"] It's this simple, get on the Master. If there is a problem with the Master, fix it the next time negotiations come around. Times were good in '97 economically. The company suffered greatly though as a result of the strike. Fast forward 11 years later and most customers have forgotten about it. There are however quite a few who dual source or who solely use other carriers because they lost business during the strike. They claim we ruined their business. Times are rougher, we are looking to have any edge possible out there. The fact that the National was signed months before it expired was a major selling point for UPS. No strike concerns. Now a single local wants to divide the company. You say United We Stand, well if your so United, why don't you sign the National? Have your regional supplements covering everything from Education at CACH, to the differences working in a rail yard. Is the national agreement not good enough for you? Do your union brothers and sisters deserve to suffer out of work only receiving strike wages from the Union because you won't cover your self under the same agreement as them? I don't know the particulars, so I can't speak to them. You may want to mention them here for all to see, because it's going to effect everybody here if you do something foolish. If you strike, not only are you going to collapse the company at this point, as there is no coming back for a number of these customers, but I do not believe that the Teamsters can support strike wages this time around and the Unemployment benefits aren't going to put food on the table when Milk is more expensive than gas, and gas is over $4 a gallon. And you wonder why you think the company won't negotiate. Just listen to yourself. Be United, Be on the Master, or Be Divided and Be on your own variation and be forced to beg. Look at what you are going to do to everybody else. [/QUOTE]
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