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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 890022" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>If one looks at the history of organized labor and attempts to organize labor, there has always been a form of push back by labor against the employer - especially when that employer is being abusive towards its employees. </p><p></p><p>No one can honestly state that during a strike, that no "sabotage" of company processes or assets takes place.</p><p></p><p>It is all part of the reality of labor struggling against corporations who continually push and push for greater productivity while simultaneously dropping compensation bit by bit. </p><p></p><p>If volume gets delivered a bit late, a message is being sent. All the UPSers have constantly stated that the Express employees are going to have to pull their own weight when it comes to organizing and getting union representation certified - well, what do you think is part of the process?</p><p></p><p>When corporations push labor, labor has to push back. </p><p></p><p>Express employess have absolutely NO PROTECTION regarding their jobs, so they are at the mercy of Express for any little thing Express chooses to use against them. </p><p></p><p>So how do you "fight the machine"?</p><p></p><p>So if missorts go up, committment times begin to slip - its all part of the push back by the labor of Express against the abusive demands of the company. </p><p></p><p>When Express Couriers are constantly being threatened with their jobs being placed into jeopardy if they don't hit a productivity requirement which necessitates them speeding, working through unpaid breaks and being absolutely perfect in their execution of the job (robotic) over a very long day (hit one railroad crossing signal and you're cooked) - what do you expect?</p><p></p><p>In an environment where the employer RESPECTS their employees (not through just words but through rational work practices, compensation levels and productivity expectations), then there are no issues between management and labor. </p><p></p><p>Most UPSers have heard the phrase, "bleeds purple". It refers to employees of Express who believe that their treatment by the company (work expectations, compensation levels and ability to perform with a degree of creative expression) is so above par, that the employee will go the extra mile as a matter of reflex to further the performance of FedEx Express as a result of a feeling of intense personal loyalty being created by the employee-employer relationship.</p><p></p><p>Things have deteriorated so much within Express that individuals that are said to "bleed purple" are no longer held in high esteem by the rest of Express employees - they are viewed as having some form of mental illness, incapable of seeing what is going on around them. A "FedEx-er" is someone in the past who bled purple and "made things happen", but now is seen as someone who follows the company line so feverently, that they are blinded to how Express has changed and will actively engage in the process of employee abuse, just to maintain their own employment. </p><p></p><p>This is part of the issue that UPSers that haven't worked in a non-union environment will never understand - and why I'm still taking time even after having left Express to attempt to change things there. </p><p></p><p>There is no process to "grieve" a work requirement. Express determines what the expectation is and employees have three choices, do it, be disciplined for not doing it (leading to termination), or quitting. The work expectation can change at ANY TIME - at the whim of corporate management, or even station level management. There is no negotiation, no stopping to think about it, no nothing. Here's the expectation -meet it or else...</p><p></p><p>There is a process which Express holds so highly - the Guaranteed Fair Treatment process for it employees which have been subject to discipline. It is something that George Orwell had to have named for all the good it does the employee.</p><p></p><p>The "guarantee" is that Express HR and legal will review an disciplinary action (Warning letters only, OLCCs, and other "minor" changes in work requirements AREN'T subject to review) to ensure that Express won't be subject to any adverse legal action if the discipline is to stand. The "Fair Treatment" part of GFT is more a less a euphuism for "the management team which issued the Warning Letter has been cleared of any potential abuse of authority, and the issuance of said discipline is indeed "fair" to Express' interest". If an employee's receiving discipline does open Express to legal consequences, then Express will make the decision to either mitigate or recind the Warning Letter. There is no "steward" that can stand beside the employee when they are going through the process - they are against the machine, standing solo.</p><p></p><p>So what are employees of Express supposed to do, accept getting pushed under the bus further and further until they qualify for food stamps and public housing - or do something to push back against the abuse. </p><p></p><p>The smart Express employees look over to how FedEx compensates the delivery drivers of Ground, and don't want to end up there. There has to be push back. In the end, the only real solution is unionization - the road to get there will be very bumpy and unpleasant. Corporate America doesn't act responsibly unless there is a real threat of them losing profits, this is where labor starts to push back - unions help to keep corporations honest in their dealiings with labor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 890022, member: 22880"] If one looks at the history of organized labor and attempts to organize labor, there has always been a form of push back by labor against the employer - especially when that employer is being abusive towards its employees. No one can honestly state that during a strike, that no "sabotage" of company processes or assets takes place. It is all part of the reality of labor struggling against corporations who continually push and push for greater productivity while simultaneously dropping compensation bit by bit. If volume gets delivered a bit late, a message is being sent. All the UPSers have constantly stated that the Express employees are going to have to pull their own weight when it comes to organizing and getting union representation certified - well, what do you think is part of the process? When corporations push labor, labor has to push back. Express employess have absolutely NO PROTECTION regarding their jobs, so they are at the mercy of Express for any little thing Express chooses to use against them. So how do you "fight the machine"? So if missorts go up, committment times begin to slip - its all part of the push back by the labor of Express against the abusive demands of the company. When Express Couriers are constantly being threatened with their jobs being placed into jeopardy if they don't hit a productivity requirement which necessitates them speeding, working through unpaid breaks and being absolutely perfect in their execution of the job (robotic) over a very long day (hit one railroad crossing signal and you're cooked) - what do you expect? In an environment where the employer RESPECTS their employees (not through just words but through rational work practices, compensation levels and productivity expectations), then there are no issues between management and labor. Most UPSers have heard the phrase, "bleeds purple". It refers to employees of Express who believe that their treatment by the company (work expectations, compensation levels and ability to perform with a degree of creative expression) is so above par, that the employee will go the extra mile as a matter of reflex to further the performance of FedEx Express as a result of a feeling of intense personal loyalty being created by the employee-employer relationship. Things have deteriorated so much within Express that individuals that are said to "bleed purple" are no longer held in high esteem by the rest of Express employees - they are viewed as having some form of mental illness, incapable of seeing what is going on around them. A "FedEx-er" is someone in the past who bled purple and "made things happen", but now is seen as someone who follows the company line so feverently, that they are blinded to how Express has changed and will actively engage in the process of employee abuse, just to maintain their own employment. This is part of the issue that UPSers that haven't worked in a non-union environment will never understand - and why I'm still taking time even after having left Express to attempt to change things there. There is no process to "grieve" a work requirement. Express determines what the expectation is and employees have three choices, do it, be disciplined for not doing it (leading to termination), or quitting. The work expectation can change at ANY TIME - at the whim of corporate management, or even station level management. There is no negotiation, no stopping to think about it, no nothing. Here's the expectation -meet it or else... There is a process which Express holds so highly - the Guaranteed Fair Treatment process for it employees which have been subject to discipline. It is something that George Orwell had to have named for all the good it does the employee. The "guarantee" is that Express HR and legal will review an disciplinary action (Warning letters only, OLCCs, and other "minor" changes in work requirements AREN'T subject to review) to ensure that Express won't be subject to any adverse legal action if the discipline is to stand. The "Fair Treatment" part of GFT is more a less a euphuism for "the management team which issued the Warning Letter has been cleared of any potential abuse of authority, and the issuance of said discipline is indeed "fair" to Express' interest". If an employee's receiving discipline does open Express to legal consequences, then Express will make the decision to either mitigate or recind the Warning Letter. There is no "steward" that can stand beside the employee when they are going through the process - they are against the machine, standing solo. So what are employees of Express supposed to do, accept getting pushed under the bus further and further until they qualify for food stamps and public housing - or do something to push back against the abuse. The smart Express employees look over to how FedEx compensates the delivery drivers of Ground, and don't want to end up there. There has to be push back. In the end, the only real solution is unionization - the road to get there will be very bumpy and unpleasant. Corporate America doesn't act responsibly unless there is a real threat of them losing profits, this is where labor starts to push back - unions help to keep corporations honest in their dealiings with labor. [/QUOTE]
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