Why shouldn't we strike?

[Wilson1397]

As long as the company keeps turning record profits, I say we are underpaid!!

 

[Wilson1397]

We gave away a ton of business that we never got back. I got to use all of my Personal days in November of 97. That's how slow we were.

I was a cover driver back then. I know I didn't drive much for a while after the strike.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I was a cover driver back then. I know I didn't drive much for a while after the strike.

I'm still in the same freaking route

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

As long as the company keeps turning record profits, I say we are underpaid!!

You do pretty good for a part timer.

 

[Wilson1397]

You do pretty good for a part timer.

An under paid part timer D*

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

An under worked part timer D*

fixed it for you

 

[Jackburton]

Is it bad I just want to strike for the sake of striking? I want to be on a picket line yelling corny little chants.

You do that, call me when we need to be back at work, I'll need to book a flight back.

 

[MyTripisCut]

if you guys strike, I'll be there . maybe go to Costco and get burgers and dogs and cold drinks.

we'll party like it's 1997.! big turnout at first and the attendance dwindled everyday. One day I was the only one on the picket line along with a pilot that wasn't on strike but spent the day on line for solidarity.

What'd you guys do after that?

 

[cosmo1]

What'd you guys do after that?

Sat naked in her leather recliner, what else would they have done?

 

[burrheadd]

Sat naked in her leather recliner, what else would they have done?

I thought they may have went to the "club"

 

[cosmo1]

I thought they may have went to the "club"

The "club" is her recliner.

 

[rod]

You think it's a joke ??
You have wife , kids , mortgage???
For those of us who lived it , it's not a fn party or a joke !!!
Grow up !!!

It is serious business BUT for those of us that were prepared it was still one big party. First strike (lock out) I went through was two weeks (we were told that was how long it was going to be so no body gave a crap. It was party, party, party. Second one was just short of 3 weeks and had a few more unprepared ones shaking in their boots but there was still plenty of partying going on in our big Army surplus "strike tent".

 

[iruhnman630]

Maybe we shouldn't strike because...

....oh, I don't know...

....gimme a sec....


....NOTHING HAS HAPPENED YET???

 

[Covemastah]

It is serious business BUT for those of us that were prepared it was still one big party. First strike (lock out) I went through was two weeks (we were told that was how long it was going to be so no body gave a crap. It was party, party, party. Second one was just short of 3 weeks and had a few more unprepared ones shaking in their boots but there was still plenty of partying going on in our big Army surplus "strike tent".

I had some put away , but was young and a young family , put most of my savings into the house I bought few months earlier , wife's mom was sick so she left job tend to her and our two little ones, would be. Different story today , but no one won that strike in my opinion

 

[rod]

I had some put away , but was young and a young family , put most of my savings into the house I bought few months earlier , wife's mom was sick so she left job tend to her and our two little ones, would be. Different story today , but no one won that strike in my opinion

When the dust settled we had lost

 

[Covemastah]

@rod did you do the one day strike over the over 70 increase back in 94?? Was crazy , some locals walked , others didnt ! Threatened to fire us on a wildcat unauthorized strike ,, we went back next day , got us no where

 

[1989]

When the dust settled we had lost

I won that year... got my only summer vacation. And $300 a week in strike pay. More than I was making working.

 

[PT Car Washer]

When the dust settled we had lost

The strike was a clear victory in my Local. Compared to what UPS last and final offer to what we settled for, I don't know how you figure we lost.

 

[rod]

The strike was a clear victory in my Local. Compared to what UPS last and final offer to what we settled for, I don't know how you figure we lost.

We fought for the right to keep the pension in the Teamsters hands----that didn't work out so good for Central States

 

[rod]

@rod did you do the one day strike over the over 70 increase back in 94?? Was crazy , some locals walked , others didnt ! Threatened to fire us on a wildcat unauthorized strike ,, we went back next day , got us no where

We weren't included in the over 70 strike but I remember hearing about it. Our Local did call a one day strike in the 70's because the company was refusing to honor their life insurance policy for a part timer who died hanging himself while choking his chicken.. (its seems funny but it isn't)