3 done 3 to go
In control of own destiny
I am willing to bet. Members will be crossing in droves. If the union finally stands up to UPS. My guess not. Consession galore. While we work and wait for it to come to vote.
What happened after the 97 strike was over?
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I am willing to bet. Members will be crossing in droves. If the union finally stands up to UPS. My guess not. Consession galore. While we work and wait for it to come to vote.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
A scab is a traitor.
He/she ignores the orders of the majority/elected leadership if it suits their own goals/purposes.
dumbmuthertrucker
DR FD
I'll bet I can't name half the drivers in my center of 70+ drivers & I've been there well over 20 years. I show up for work just before my start time, and leave right when I clock out. It's a job to me, not a social club.
UnconTROLLed
perfection
I notice for most drivers, it's a social club and a clique. Very conformist, much like UPS management.
realbrown1
Annoy a liberal today. Hit them with facts.
What is this babble?
Which politicians make a mockery of every picket
line?
Conservatives? Because that's who I vote for.
Democrats are job killing machines.
And how hard is it to be union in a declining job market?
Jobs are growing in states with conservatives running their states.
And not by coincidence, union jobs are growing in states run by conservatives.
Sounds to me, that you supporting those job killing Democrats, that YOU make a mockery of every picket line we put up.
rod
Retired 22 years
After 20 years you should be fishing and hunting together and stopping after work for a couple of beers on a Friday night together. It sounds like the company has you just where they want you. Now if you were upstate I could understand why you have no work friends but how can you work in such an unfriendly atmosphere?
dumbmuthertrucker
DR FD
rod
Retired 22 years
The company is always happier when there is no unity amongst the troops. They have no problem getting their horse s..t contracts passed that way.
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
By The Book
Well-Known Member
There seems to be a similarity between a scab and a lot of drivers then. They seem to have the same traits.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Why are you on this site then?
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Caveat emptor
rod
Retired 22 years
By The Book
Well-Known Member
Ouch! Blunt much?
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Blunt (def) - Cigar hollowed out and filled with marijuana, can be smoked in public (somewhat)inconspicuously.
Montel was sittin' on the porch all day, sippin' his 40 and smokin' blunts.
Not me. I go have a drink with my fellow drivers. I play golf with them on the weekends and sometimes our families vacation together.
Geo926
Well-Known Member
Do you sit in your truck before PCM and plan your whole day? Every center has a few of those guys lol.
Geo926
Well-Known Member
The comradery is probably what I love best about UPS. Have some good people in my center. Always fun bsing before PCM. Depending on the route we can have 5-8 guys sometimes meet for lunch.
Kicked Your Dog
25 Year UPSer/SoCal Feeder
They still wouldn't be able to handle the volume. Too many people let the idea that we can be easily replaced, run crazy in their minds, and most who cave to this fear are scabs in the making. UPS would not be able to effectively replace all the hub, package and feeder employees. A strike would cripple UPS, again, period, and UPS knows this. Tell me how they would be able to hire a brand new workforce, overnight, that would be willing to toil the way we are expected to? A strike is a necessary strategy, at the appropriate time, but there will be consequences on both sides of the table. My Local, 63, has strong solidarity and would band together if a strike was just. We did it in 1997 and aren't afraid to fight for ourselves. We handle our business as the situation calls for.
