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<blockquote data-quote="Brown Spider" data-source="post: 1302344" data-attributes="member: 52461">I don&#039;t think that anyone at Local 804, including Liam, believes that a BA is worth &quot;more than 250 times the value of a driver&quot;.&nbsp; They may believe that Liam was right to take the action that he took.&nbsp; I do.&nbsp; That aside, an elected BA can&#039;t be fired.&nbsp; Check the IBT Constitution.&nbsp; Local 804 understands that and I&#039;m sure that UPS understands that.&nbsp; All that aside, would it really make sense to allow a BA to be used as a bargaining chip in order to appease UPS?&nbsp; The same UPS that triggered this incident with their violation of Article 18, Section 4?&nbsp; Ron Carey&#039;s 1982 strike was triggered in Maspeth when a called in sick on the workday before a holiday and the workday after that holiday.&nbsp; Claimed his back was bothering him.&nbsp; UPS wanted him examined by a company doctor, he refused and Ron shut them down.&nbsp; Ron acknowledged the contract violation and justified it by stating that UPS can do it, we can do it.&nbsp; UPS got an injunction, but I&#039;m just guessing that they would have preferred to have Ron&#039;s head rather than an injunction.&nbsp; And Maspeth, of all places!&nbsp; And here we are 32 years later!(Google ron carey local 804 new York times 1982 strike)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brown Spider, post: 1302344, member: 52461"] I don't think that anyone at Local 804, including Liam, believes that a BA is worth "more than 250 times the value of a driver". They may believe that Liam was right to take the action that he took. I do. That aside, an elected BA can't be fired. Check the IBT Constitution. Local 804 understands that and I'm sure that UPS understands that. All that aside, would it really make sense to allow a BA to be used as a bargaining chip in order to appease UPS? The same UPS that triggered this incident with their violation of Article 18, Section 4? Ron Carey's 1982 strike was triggered in Maspeth when a called in sick on the workday before a holiday and the workday after that holiday. Claimed his back was bothering him. UPS wanted him examined by a company doctor, he refused and Ron shut them down. Ron acknowledged the contract violation and justified it by stating that UPS can do it, we can do it. UPS got an injunction, but I'm just guessing that they would have preferred to have Ron's head rather than an injunction. And Maspeth, of all places! And here we are 32 years later! (Google ron carey local 804 new York times 1982 strike) [/QUOTE]

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