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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 1146945" data-attributes="member: 7966"><p>From what I have heard around the halls of Corporate:</p><p></p><p>1) Top management never understood the revengeful nature of Ron's relationship with UPS.</p><p>He was a petty person in many ways that was only understood after the fact.</p><p>I only learned after the strike that Ron had his customers coming down to his package car to get their packages while he sheeted them up as if he went to their apartments and offices.</p><p>UPS found out about this and changed his time study to reflect actual conditions.</p><p>He vowed at that time that he would get even with UPS and he certainly did.</p><p></p><p>2) UPS thought the drivers were more loyal to UPS than to the Teamsters especially since the reason for the strike was that UPS was going to take over the "cash" cow of the Central States pension fund. Which, by the way, UPS did less than a decade later.</p><p>Prior to 1997, UPS had a paternalistic attitude towards their employees.</p><p>I think we all understand the relationship is not the same since.</p><p></p><p>3) Based on the above, UPS never thought there would be a strike,</p><p>Definitely a miscalculation by the 1997 Management Committee and in particular Jim Kelley who knew Carey before coming to Corporate.</p><p>So, yep, I agree with you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 1146945, member: 7966"] From what I have heard around the halls of Corporate: 1) Top management never understood the revengeful nature of Ron's relationship with UPS. He was a petty person in many ways that was only understood after the fact. I only learned after the strike that Ron had his customers coming down to his package car to get their packages while he sheeted them up as if he went to their apartments and offices. UPS found out about this and changed his time study to reflect actual conditions. He vowed at that time that he would get even with UPS and he certainly did. 2) UPS thought the drivers were more loyal to UPS than to the Teamsters especially since the reason for the strike was that UPS was going to take over the "cash" cow of the Central States pension fund. Which, by the way, UPS did less than a decade later. Prior to 1997, UPS had a paternalistic attitude towards their employees. I think we all understand the relationship is not the same since. 3) Based on the above, UPS never thought there would be a strike, Definitely a miscalculation by the 1997 Management Committee and in particular Jim Kelley who knew Carey before coming to Corporate. So, yep, I agree with you. [/QUOTE]
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