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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 800517" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>Nah, they actually need people to deliver their packages. That's where our real power lies. They can't just take anyone off the street, hand them a PowerPad, and let them loose. That level of inefficiency would cost them huge money. They depend on us being willing to be extremely efficient and productive at a less than marketplace wage. That's why Express is still the most profitable division, in spite of what bbsam might think.</p><p> </p><p>It's well-known, and easily observable, that our CTV fleet is rolling crap, and very prone to "breakdowns". If we are smart, we will try and get the RTD folks to slow it down and occasionally get "lost" or have a mechanical issue. "Traffic" can also be really bad some days. It would be very easy to delay inbound freight by 30 mins or more every day without management even asking why. All the RTD has to say is "traffic" or an accident delayed them. You can forget about our pilots cooperating, because they're in Fat City with their top of the industry UNION pay scale. It won't be a problem finding pissed-off RTDs who will gum-up the works if we get the union movement in motion.</p><p> </p><p>As long as we believe that FedEx has penultimate power over us, Fred will continue to bend us over at every opportunity. We need to eff him back for a change.</p><p> </p><p>Losing the PPP wouldn't be much of a loss. The first item in any future negotiatons should be the immediate return of the old retirement plan. It sucked too, but at least it would be an improvement over the PPP and a starting point for something a hell of a lot better in the future. FedEx makes huge money off us because we're too scared to stand-up against their intimidation tactics, which have worked well for them over the last 30 years. </p><p> </p><p>I hear the term "smoke and mirrors" every day now at the station. Employees have had just about enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 800517, member: 12508"] Nah, they actually need people to deliver their packages. That's where our real power lies. They can't just take anyone off the street, hand them a PowerPad, and let them loose. That level of inefficiency would cost them huge money. They depend on us being willing to be extremely efficient and productive at a less than marketplace wage. That's why Express is still the most profitable division, in spite of what bbsam might think. It's well-known, and easily observable, that our CTV fleet is rolling crap, and very prone to "breakdowns". If we are smart, we will try and get the RTD folks to slow it down and occasionally get "lost" or have a mechanical issue. "Traffic" can also be really bad some days. It would be very easy to delay inbound freight by 30 mins or more every day without management even asking why. All the RTD has to say is "traffic" or an accident delayed them. You can forget about our pilots cooperating, because they're in Fat City with their top of the industry UNION pay scale. It won't be a problem finding pissed-off RTDs who will gum-up the works if we get the union movement in motion. As long as we believe that FedEx has penultimate power over us, Fred will continue to bend us over at every opportunity. We need to eff him back for a change. Losing the PPP wouldn't be much of a loss. The first item in any future negotiatons should be the immediate return of the old retirement plan. It sucked too, but at least it would be an improvement over the PPP and a starting point for something a hell of a lot better in the future. FedEx makes huge money off us because we're too scared to stand-up against their intimidation tactics, which have worked well for them over the last 30 years. I hear the term "smoke and mirrors" every day now at the station. Employees have had just about enough. [/QUOTE]
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