Irishman Collins
Well-Known Member
I was thinking about the recent issues with U.P.S. and the Union. The supplemental contracts to the master and the local 804 firings. The way I see it as far as the supplements are concerned. Is that either a particular supplement is trying to stall the Master from taking affect due to concerns over the health care or other language in it, or there is a particular area issue, I.e., the local 89 shuttle issue that is the root of this contract dispute. As far as the local 804 issue. I believe that peer pressure and a honest mistake by that local is the root of that issue. So I ask, take all politics aside and ask yourself what should the leader of our Union do in relationship to these two serious issues? Here is How I see it. Issue 1, the supplement issue. Our leader should support and back the autonomy of these respective areas and get behind fixing them. If the issue is health care negotiate with the company to allow these areas to remain in their current plans. Issue 2, support 804 publicly and negotiate with the company to get these drivers back to work. If the I.B.T. doesn't agree and thinks the strike action was illegal or a contract violation then punish said local within our own due process but to not back them publicly shows weakness and a lack of Solidarity. In the end both issues come down to one thing. Support your members and their families and do the right thing all of the time not just when it suits your political agenda.
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