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<blockquote data-quote="dannyboy" data-source="post: 55513"><p>You know Clever, I guess you need to know where my heart and mind lies. </p><p> </p><p>I think it would be a great tragedy, almost akin to the tsunami, if the CS went under and all of you hard working UPSers like me ended up with squat. Your lives and plans for the future will have vaporized. Of that I am aware. To have to work for walmart as a greeter just to make ends meet, and to get healthcare coverage, would not only be degrading and humbling for a once proud UPS man, but it would break my heart to see a freind that had put 30 or more years into working for Brown having to do that. </p><p> </p><p>That is not to say, for those of you that aspire to that type of service after retirement, that there is anything wrong with the job. </p><p> </p><p>If UPS could/would buy the pensions out for the drivers, that would be too cool for those that would benefit from that action. Just not sure how it would affect those that do not. </p><p> </p><p>One thing is for sure. The pension issue was purposely buried under part time jobs for two elections now. And I know that the majority of UPS teamsters are part time workers, so they will cater to them just to get the vote. But we need to make pension reform a #1 priority this time around, and we need to start now. </p><p> </p><p>Reform like ours. When you have UPS personel making up a majority of the workers in a joint council, and UPS funds a majority of the fund, how is it there is no UPS representation on the board? No one to stand up for us and our issues. The other members of the board take care of who they want with our money and there is no way to stop them? That is wrong. And several managment members of the board represent companies that are long out of business, so what the hell are they telling the rest of us how and what to do? </p><p> </p><p>Carey and Hoffa both knew about the problems but chose to ignore them as local problems. It now needs to be pushed as a national problem. And that push ought to land us in a union of our own. </p><p> </p><p>d</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dannyboy, post: 55513"] You know Clever, I guess you need to know where my heart and mind lies. I think it would be a great tragedy, almost akin to the tsunami, if the CS went under and all of you hard working UPSers like me ended up with squat. Your lives and plans for the future will have vaporized. Of that I am aware. To have to work for walmart as a greeter just to make ends meet, and to get healthcare coverage, would not only be degrading and humbling for a once proud UPS man, but it would break my heart to see a freind that had put 30 or more years into working for Brown having to do that. That is not to say, for those of you that aspire to that type of service after retirement, that there is anything wrong with the job. If UPS could/would buy the pensions out for the drivers, that would be too cool for those that would benefit from that action. Just not sure how it would affect those that do not. One thing is for sure. The pension issue was purposely buried under part time jobs for two elections now. And I know that the majority of UPS teamsters are part time workers, so they will cater to them just to get the vote. But we need to make pension reform a #1 priority this time around, and we need to start now. Reform like ours. When you have UPS personel making up a majority of the workers in a joint council, and UPS funds a majority of the fund, how is it there is no UPS representation on the board? No one to stand up for us and our issues. The other members of the board take care of who they want with our money and there is no way to stop them? That is wrong. And several managment members of the board represent companies that are long out of business, so what the hell are they telling the rest of us how and what to do? Carey and Hoffa both knew about the problems but chose to ignore them as local problems. It now needs to be pushed as a national problem. And that push ought to land us in a union of our own. d [/QUOTE]
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