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<blockquote data-quote="alwaysoverallowed" data-source="post: 770314" data-attributes="member: 30645"><p>I'm a short time reader (6 mo.) but a first time poster; from what I infer from the OP is we would strike not because we are being paid too little but that we are being worked too much.i I believe that this true in most of America, and IMO most people are being asked too much of what that they have to offer. Union became about in this country because the work force could not handle the demand of what was asked of them; thus the 40 hr work week, weekend time off, and child labor laws. The way UPS is treating its' workers in indicative of the way the working class is being treated in this country. The TEA party is trying to triumph the cause by saying that we are taxed too much, but is it we are worked too hard? I believe this is true. My wife is currently being asked to do the job of her's plus that of another position which they eliminated. I think now is the time that those of us who are unionized to take a stand and say "Enough is Enough," we can't give any more and honor what you promised us in a contract. Recently a local electricians union went on strike and I took a personal day to walk with them, not because I wanted to show support for my friend but because I wanted to take a stand and say the working class who is unionized will take a stand and say "Treat us fairly." We our not asking for the equal pay of our supervisors' or managers' but give us pay and hours (i.e. family time, alone time, personal time) that is in proportion to the time given to our company. In times like these I often remember a sermon given by a Catholic priest give during the second World War: When they came for the Gypsies I said nothing because I wasn't a Gyps When they came for the Jews I said nothing because I was not a Jew When they came for the Communist I said nothing because I wasn't a Communist Now they have come for me and there is no one else to speak</p><p>We must come together and unite against harsh over time, lose of jobs and benefits if not for ourselves but to say stop taking from us and giving to you (shareholders) and let us live as we can so that we can show others that we don't have to be treated this way and an honest days work should equal and honest days pay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alwaysoverallowed, post: 770314, member: 30645"] I'm a short time reader (6 mo.) but a first time poster; from what I infer from the OP is we would strike not because we are being paid too little but that we are being worked too much.i I believe that this true in most of America, and IMO most people are being asked too much of what that they have to offer. Union became about in this country because the work force could not handle the demand of what was asked of them; thus the 40 hr work week, weekend time off, and child labor laws. The way UPS is treating its' workers in indicative of the way the working class is being treated in this country. The TEA party is trying to triumph the cause by saying that we are taxed too much, but is it we are worked too hard? I believe this is true. My wife is currently being asked to do the job of her's plus that of another position which they eliminated. I think now is the time that those of us who are unionized to take a stand and say "Enough is Enough," we can't give any more and honor what you promised us in a contract. Recently a local electricians union went on strike and I took a personal day to walk with them, not because I wanted to show support for my friend but because I wanted to take a stand and say the working class who is unionized will take a stand and say "Treat us fairly." We our not asking for the equal pay of our supervisors' or managers' but give us pay and hours (i.e. family time, alone time, personal time) that is in proportion to the time given to our company. In times like these I often remember a sermon given by a Catholic priest give during the second World War: When they came for the Gypsies I said nothing because I wasn't a Gyps When they came for the Jews I said nothing because I was not a Jew When they came for the Communist I said nothing because I wasn't a Communist Now they have come for me and there is no one else to speak We must come together and unite against harsh over time, lose of jobs and benefits if not for ourselves but to say stop taking from us and giving to you (shareholders) and let us live as we can so that we can show others that we don't have to be treated this way and an honest days work should equal and honest days pay. [/QUOTE]
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