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<blockquote data-quote="olroadbeech" data-source="post: 3577308" data-attributes="member: 52145">I agree with the starting wages part. Mcdonalds in my town starts you off at 12 bucks an hour. What did you want? Double the starting wage for unskilled workers? If wages for this group got too high UPS would just replace them with robots and mechanization which they are slowly doing anyway. In the future there will be no warehouse workers anyway.The thing about starting out with UPS was the opportunity for promotion and high paying jobs. I know many only work here for college or the health benefits but the carrot of the 80-125k job is held out in front of you as a motivating factor.This is only a tentative agreement. You can vote no and tell the Teamsters to do better. We haven&#039;t seen all the details. All I am trying to say is that the 1997 strike may be a factor.&nbsp; In 1997 the first proposals by the company was not only a joke but an insult. I kept every piece of propaganda that the company handed out before and during that strike.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="olroadbeech, post: 3577308, member: 52145"] I agree with the starting wages part. Mcdonalds in my town starts you off at 12 bucks an hour. What did you want? Double the starting wage for unskilled workers? If wages for this group got too high UPS would just replace them with robots and mechanization which they are slowly doing anyway. In the future there will be no warehouse workers anyway. The thing about starting out with UPS was the opportunity for promotion and high paying jobs. I know many only work here for college or the health benefits but the carrot of the 80-125k job is held out in front of you as a motivating factor. This is only a tentative agreement. You can vote no and tell the Teamsters to do better. We haven't seen all the details. All I am trying to say is that the 1997 strike may be a factor. In 1997 the first proposals by the company was not only a joke but an insult. I kept every piece of propaganda that the company handed out before and during that strike. [/QUOTE]

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