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<blockquote data-quote="Undertow" data-source="post: 5650799" data-attributes="member: 4550">It would be a huge headache for many and not just those of us directly involved.&nbsp; The company might directly move 6% of GDP, which is big just on it&#039;s own, bit once a bunch of chips and parts don&#039;t arrive at the factories or assembly lines, perhaps the percentage of GDP adversely affected reaches 20%?&nbsp; Perhaps more?&nbsp; No doubt the repercussions would reach far and wide.But unless a decent percentage of companies that are in ALEC suffer like the rest of the country would if that scenario plays out, I&#039;m not convinced UPS would care especially if they have a good idea that a large portion of the volume really has nowhere else to go.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen plenty of people insist they&#039;d never fly with United ever again when a couple of goons forcibly removed a passenger from his seat to make room for dead-headers but once they really focused on what other choices were available, they quickly reversed course.&nbsp; Same with the 737 Max.&nbsp; Once the alternatives became clear, it didn&#039;t look so bad once all the bad press faded in the rear view mirror.The company will survive a strike even if a majority of the public hates it for allowing one to happen.&nbsp; If it thinks there&#039;s a chance for it to have far more control over employees for as much as a generation to come in exchange for inflicting something between uncertainty to chaos on the present economy from now until Christmas, it might see that as an acceptable risk for a reward they covet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Undertow, post: 5650799, member: 4550"] It would be a huge headache for many and not just those of us directly involved. The company might directly move 6% of GDP, which is big just on it's own, bit once a bunch of chips and parts don't arrive at the factories or assembly lines, perhaps the percentage of GDP adversely affected reaches 20%? Perhaps more? No doubt the repercussions would reach far and wide. But unless a decent percentage of companies that are in ALEC suffer like the rest of the country would if that scenario plays out, I'm not convinced UPS would care especially if they have a good idea that a large portion of the volume really has nowhere else to go. I've seen plenty of people insist they'd never fly with United ever again when a couple of goons forcibly removed a passenger from his seat to make room for dead-headers but once they really focused on what other choices were available, they quickly reversed course. Same with the 737 Max. Once the alternatives became clear, it didn't look so bad once all the bad press faded in the rear view mirror. The company will survive a strike even if a majority of the public hates it for allowing one to happen. If it thinks there's a chance for it to have far more control over employees for as much as a generation to come in exchange for inflicting something between uncertainty to chaos on the present economy from now until Christmas, it might see that as an acceptable risk for a reward they covet. [/QUOTE]

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