Catatonic
Nine Lives
You ignoring them ... more like a reward!
What happened after the 97 strike was over?
- Thread starter ManInBrown
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You ignoring them ... more like a reward!
dumbmuthertrucker
DR FD
FTFY!
Catatonic
Nine Lives
I did that with 9 -10 drivers.
Harry Manback
Robot Extraordinaire
Ah, the good ole days... When, management viewed hourly employees as individuals and graded them upon merit.
Fast forward to today when, we're just expensive tools to be used and abused till broken and, a cheaper one be bought.
Who's the bad guy? @Dragon
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Ron Carey
realbrown1
Annoy a liberal today. Hit them with facts.
My building took a real serious view on harassing scabs.
Can you imagine almost never talking to your co-workers for 18 years now.
That would be torture to me.
Thank god no driver in my center crossed.
Harry Manback
Robot Extraordinaire
Meh.
ManInBrown
Well-Known Member
During the PCM the other day they are handing out safe driving awards. I'm standing next to a 20 year employee. They hand one out to a driver for 14 years safe driving. The 20 year employee turns to me and says I never knew what his name was. I thought it was odd. Now I'm not in a huge center. But it's not small either. Maybe 60 drivers. And the 14 year employee wasn't a transfer. They both have spent their whole careers at this center.
retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
I walked the picket lines about 10 or 11 days straight. And let's just say I was getting pressure from home about my choices. That $50.00/week strike pay wasn't going very far and it was delayed on top of that. Some of our union competitors were hammered with volume, and the union offered work, and I took it. It was delivering packages for consolidated. I think I worked 2 days and the strike was settled. They had offered OTR work to California with team drivers, but I had an idea the strike wasn't going to last long, and I didn't want to be thousands of miles away when the call came to go back to work.
JL 0513
Well-Known Member
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Drivers talk to one another? When?
Jackburton
Gone Fish'n
Daily, gotta show them how to fill out Art 37.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Paint between the lines?
Ms.PacMan
Well-Known Member
Not one person, full or part time crossed at my center.
One part timer with a lot of years in was going to cross because mgmt told him he would lose his job. Some of the senior drivers talked to him and he drove home. Just the act of contemplating crossing the picket line made him a pariah for quite awhile.
As I recall they didn't even call the strike until midnight. I was dropped off in the middle of the night at a podunk center in IL. on a highway - either a 705 or 710 local (they weren't on strike). Just little ol me with a lawn chair and a picket sign. All thru the night semi drivers honked at me. The first employee I saw was a feeder driver who parked the semi in the lot and left. The first driver I saw couldn't believe what he was seeing and stopped in the middle of the road for a second laughing. He pulled into a gas station across the street and was followed by the other drivers showing up for work. They huddled around waving at me from across the street then decided to one by one call in from the pay phone there at the gas station. One of supes tried moving the abandoned semi into position at the dock and hit the building. Good times!
One part timer with a lot of years in was going to cross because mgmt told him he would lose his job. Some of the senior drivers talked to him and he drove home. Just the act of contemplating crossing the picket line made him a pariah for quite awhile.
As I recall they didn't even call the strike until midnight. I was dropped off in the middle of the night at a podunk center in IL. on a highway - either a 705 or 710 local (they weren't on strike). Just little ol me with a lawn chair and a picket sign. All thru the night semi drivers honked at me. The first employee I saw was a feeder driver who parked the semi in the lot and left. The first driver I saw couldn't believe what he was seeing and stopped in the middle of the road for a second laughing. He pulled into a gas station across the street and was followed by the other drivers showing up for work. They huddled around waving at me from across the street then decided to one by one call in from the pay phone there at the gas station. One of supes tried moving the abandoned semi into position at the dock and hit the building. Good times!
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
I pretty much ignore the scabs to this day. they don't belong to the union either and I consider them thieves as well. one package driver crossed into management and is a feeder stupe.
all the old timers hate his guts and he really doesn't understand why. he makes friends with all the young feeder drivers who came on after the strike.
he has a pathetic existence. its only right.
all the old timers hate his guts and he really doesn't understand why. he makes friends with all the young feeder drivers who came on after the strike.
he has a pathetic existence. its only right.
brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
I had twin 4 year olds and one 9. Never considered working or needed the money. After 6 months I might have started to worry. Nobody in my building crossed although some were getting itchy after a few days.
brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
Management tried to deliver the scraps left in the building. There was no work to deliver because nothing moved.
Jackburton
Gone Fish'n
With a green marker, they like to draw lines through their S's as well.
Ms.PacMan
Well-Known Member
Mgmt tried the first day but it was a total cluster. They unloaded the semis and made big piles around the building and attempted to deliver bulk stops/businesses. Customers came to the center throughout the strike, trying in vain to retrieve their packages but it was useless. Most customers left and talked to us on the way out realizing UPS could no longer function.
Supes reported that people on the street were yelling SCAB at them and one lady followed a truck to every stop harassing them! We definitely had public support.
