Teamsters union keeps 240,000 UPS workers on the job as contract expires

[Hethatbeking]

Do you realize that wage increases tied to inflation would mean your raises would be less than actual increases?

Consumer price index rose 2.7 percent in the last year alone. And that's just one indicator of what we pay to live here in the U.S.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Consumer price index rose 2.7 percent in the last quarter....

That 2.7% is not just for June or the quarter but projected for one year.
Don't look at short term.
2.9% in the last year ending June 30, 2018
2.5% for the calendar year 2018 for the first 6 months.
Average of 1.73% since 2007.

 

[Tony Q]

Teamsters union keeps 240,000 UPS workers on the job as contract expires

" The proposed agreement includes:

* The creation of a new “hybrid” class of “22.4” driver/warehouse workers, who will be paid far less than current drivers and are not guaranteed full-time hours. The new position, which the Teamsters union boasted arose from its own proposal, is designed to destroy the last remaining decent-paying full-time jobs at the company and extend part-time “flexibility” from the warehouses to the delivery drivers.

Just to be honest with you, the companies initial proposal was for the weekends to be like the USPS has, $15.00 an hour with Part-Time workers delivering the weekends. The Union has to counter in this scenario. Their counter ended up being the HYBIDE DRIVERS. Drivers that would have a cost affixed to them of $68 dollars an hour at the end of this contract, as long as they have reached top rate. If anyone thinks they will garner the court of public opinion"s sympathy, making $ 68 an hour as a concession, then vote no. FYI

 

[Turdferguson]

That 2.7% is not just for June or the quarter but projected for one year.
Don't look at short term.
2.9% in the last year ending June 30, 2018
2.5% for the calendar year 2018 for the first 6 months.
Average of 1.73% since 2007.

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[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Just to be honest with you, the companies initial proposal was for the weekends to be like the USPS has, $15.00 an hour with Part-Time workers delivering the weekends. The Union has to counter in this scenario. Their counter ended up being the HYBIDE DRIVERS. Drivers that would have a cost affixed to them of $68 dollars an hour at the end of this contract, as long as they have reached top rate. If anyone thinks they will garner the court of public opinion"s sympathy, making $ 68 an hour as a concession, then vote no. FYI

Why don't you propose some of them garbage language in your own contract. 25% of the union officials should be a hybrid job.

 

[Tony Q]

Why don't you propose some of them garbage language in your own contract. 25% of the union officials should be a hybrid job.

Do you think every Union Official makes what a driver at UPS makes? I would like to educate you, respectfully.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Do you think every Union Official makes what a driver makes?

Don't cry poor to me. They only physical work you gutg do is lifting your fat asses out of a chair.

 

[Tony Q]

Don't cry poor to me. They only physical work you gutg do is lifting your fat asses out of a chair.

Do you understand that some of these BA's salary is based off of Dairy, and freight Wages?

 

[Time for change]

Do you think every Union Official makes what a driver at UPS makes? I would like to educate you, respectfully.

Do you think every union official deserves half of what a driver makes? Lol we know the workload is minimal and in the case of many, the IQ also.

 

[Time for change]

Just to be honest with you, the companies initial proposal was for the weekends to be like the USPS has, $15.00 an hour with Part-Time workers delivering the weekends. The Union has to counter in this scenario. Their counter ended up being the HYBIDE DRIVERS. Drivers that would have a cost affixed to them of $68 dollars an hour at the end of this contract, as long as they have reached top rate. If anyone thinks they will garner the court of public opinion"s sympathy, making $ 68 an hour as a concession, then vote no. FYI

Public sympathy? I’m not voting no for sympathy from the public, maybe public should know there are part timers that make over 20 dollars less an hour than the next person while working in trailers that can be over 130 degrees. Maybe they will be sympathetic towards that? If not, too bad, they don’t have a say in the vote.

 

[Tony Q]

Public sympathy? I’m not voting no for sympathy from the public, maybe public should know there are part timers that make over 20 dollars less an hour than the next person while working in trailers that can be over 130 degrees. Maybe they will be sympathetic towards that? If not, too bad, they don’t have a say in the vote.

No offense, but you are functionally special needs.

 

[Tony Q]

Do you think every union official deserves half of what a driver makes? Lol we know the workload is minimal and in the case of many, the IQ also.

What your perceptions are, are functionally special needs, respectfully.

 

[Time for change]

The only need I have beyond food, water, and shelter is for those negotiating the contract for a quarter million plus members to have higher than a high school education.

 

[silenze]

Do you realize that wage increases tied to inflation would mean your raises would be less than actual increases?

Not if your a driver

 

[Smashmouth]

Do you realize that wage increases tied to inflation would mean your raises would be less than actual increases?

I think they may be confusing inflation with cost of living...not the same thing.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

I think they may I think you are confusing cost of living with Consumer Price Index. be confusing inflation with cost of living...not the same thing.

What is the current consumer price index rate?
The Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) is compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and is based upon a 1982 Base of 100. Therefore, a Consumer Price Index of 158 would indicate 58% inflation since 1982. The commonly quoted inflation rate of say 3% is actually the change in the Consumer Price Index from a year earlier. May 10, 2018

Current Consumer Price Index - InflationData.com
Current Consumer Price Index

CPIbased raises are usually less than inflation now that you mention it.
Even more reason not to go with CPI.
I remember when inflation was 3 and 4 % and the CPI was less than 1% ... everybody was bitching about that.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Not if your a driver

Oh Yeah ... the Part-timers get screwed every time ... until this contract.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

I think they may be confusing inflation with cost of living...not the same thing.

I think you are confusing cost of living with Consumer Price Index.

What is the current consumer price index rate?
The Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) is compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and is based upon a 1982 Base of 100. Therefore, a Consumer Price Index of 158 would indicate 58% inflation since 1982.

 

[Grey]

40 bucks an hour and 22.4’s going around taking work off you?

 

[cachmeifucan]

That's what workers comp is for not insurance. Insurance pays for your wife's medication, your kids check ups

So what does health insurance do in the first 12 months nothing and most young people want money they can stay on parents health insurance until 26 now and in majority of young people don't use it.