Strike

[Covemastah]

What were you doing on August 4 1997 ??
The day the big strike started !!

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

What were you doing on August 4 1997 ??
The day the big strike started !!

Drinking beer carrying a picket sign

 

[bottomups]

1st on the picket line at my old center. Good times!

 

[olroadbeech]

Was driving home . Then on picket line for 2 weeks. Helped out at the Reno Airport picket and the South lake Tahoe picket.
One Sunday at the airport I was the only one who showed up until one of the UPS pilots showed up to help . They were not
on strike but he was a great guy for doing that.

i do remember at first it was a light hearted atmosphere. Most of the public supported us. As time went on it got more stressful. If the company had gone one more week or so they would have broken us. A lot of feeder drivers were talking about caving if it went a month.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

What were you doing on August 4 1997 ??
The day the big strike started !!

@scratch already have 30 years of service in....

 

[Just A UPS Guy]

Sitting in Cheyenne, Wyoming doing whatever the * Uncle Sam said I was gonna do...

 

[Covemastah]

I was picketing in 3 different buildings , was crazy In Somerville Ma. , the national news was broadcasting from there

 

[Covemastah]

@scratch already have 30 years of service in....

@oldngray had 40

 

[Jones]

The week before customers kept asking me if we were gonna strike and I was like "Nah, they'll work it out like they always do.."

 

[Covemastah]

Same here

 

[Just A UPS Guy]

@Covemastah you "thumbs down" me for being in the military during the strike? I mean, not so sure how my boss woulda felt about me picketing instead of keeping track of nukes...

 

[542thruNthru]

@Covemastah you "thumbs down" me for being in the military during the strike? I mean, not so sure how my boss woulda felt about me picketing instead of keeping track of nukes...

I'm giving you a thumbs down because you look like a penis with a little hat on.

 

[Just A UPS Guy]

I'm giving you a thumbs down because you look like a penis with a little hat on.
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[Off the leash]

What were you doing on August 4 1997 ??
The day the big strike started !!

Striking

 

[scratch]

@scratch already have 30 years of service in....

I'm still on strike......permanently now.

 

[Off the leash]

Was driving home . Then on picket line for 2 weeks. Helped out at the Reno Airport picket and the South lake Tahoe picket.
One Sunday at the airport I was the only one who showed up until one of the UPS pilots showed up to help . They were not
on strike but he was a great guy for doing that.

i do remember at first it was a light hearted atmosphere. Most of the public supported us. As time went on it got more stressful. If the company had gone one more week or so they would have broken us. A lot of feeder drivers were talking about caving if it went a month.

If it had gone longer I heard New England was bringing in heavy hitters, strike breakers. But who knows

 

[Off the leash]

I was picketing in 3 different buildings , was crazy In Somerville Ma. , the national news was broadcasting from there

Ma was whacked. I was in R.I. Lots of fights

 

[Off the leash]

You do not want another strike, trust me. Ask anyone with a brain that went through it. No one really wins, only brings bad blood for a long time.

 

[Off the leash]

The week before customers kept asking me if we were gonna strike and I was like "Nah, they'll work it out like they always do.."

Wishful thinking

 

[542thruNthru]

If it had gone longer I heard New England was bringing in heavy hitters, strike breakers. But who knows

I heard they were going to deflate all the tires.

Isn't that what you heard also @Covemastah