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<blockquote data-quote="The Range" data-source="post: 5638233" data-attributes="member: 51803">Look at some of the justification and anger here for PT minimum wage. This mentality has been ingrained because of the garbage contracts HOFFA was responsible for - the only way many FT feel they can get paid is to keep PT @ minimum wage and justify it because &quot;the benefits are great&quot; and &quot;it shouldn&#039;t be a livable wage&quot;. All of us risked our necks through the pandemic as &quot;essential workers&quot;. UPS can pay all of us this time around. The last contracts were a travesty. I started @ 8.50 over a decade ago and I&#039;ve made zero gains. The minimum wage has chased us the entire time. I cannot stomach UPS paying +10/hour over what the union negotiates via MRA because of &quot;supply and demand&quot;. We&#039;re teamsters, do better.I think the only group more disgruntled than tenured PTers are the people going into full-time, getting prog-locked, and eating a fat pay cut. A 17-year employee goes 22.3 and is making $5 less than a seasonal/new hire for the next 4 years. We&#039;re union-busting ourselves here. This contract should include mandatory therapy for the trauma endured during the HOFFA reign.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Range, post: 5638233, member: 51803"] Look at some of the justification and anger here for PT minimum wage. This mentality has been ingrained because of the garbage contracts HOFFA was responsible for - the only way many FT feel they can get paid is to keep PT @ minimum wage and justify it because "the benefits are great" and "it shouldn't be a livable wage". All of us risked our necks through the pandemic as "essential workers". UPS can pay all of us this time around. The last contracts were a travesty. I started @ 8.50 over a decade ago and I've made zero gains. The minimum wage has chased us the entire time. I cannot stomach UPS paying +10/hour over what the union negotiates via MRA because of "supply and demand". We're teamsters, do better. I think the only group more disgruntled than tenured PTers are the people going into full-time, getting prog-locked, and eating a fat pay cut. A 17-year employee goes 22.3 and is making $5 less than a seasonal/new hire for the next 4 years. We're union-busting ourselves here. This contract should include mandatory therapy for the trauma endured during the HOFFA reign. [/QUOTE]

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