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<blockquote data-quote="Orion inc." data-source="post: 2342717" data-attributes="member: 58808"><p>Sorry it's been a rough week....</p></blockquote><p>You seem to have some hell bent anger and chip on your shoulder about your situation at ups. [/QUOTE]</p><p></p><p>YOU WOULD BE CORRECT ABOUT THAT. Lol</p><p></p><p>[/QUOTE]Why don't you channel that aggression into something more useful that could actually change the situation, like voting and getting involved with the union more?[/QUOTE]</p><p></p><p>I am channeling that anger to make the situation better! Lol</p><p></p><p>[/QUOTE]" Obviously from the last few days posting on here I've figured out the problem is green horns don't engage and or vote. "</p><p> </p><p> So yes I'm very interested in discussing all sides of a possible strike and figuring out what all I can do to help make some type of change. [/QUOTE][/QUOTE]</p><p></p><p>I'm assuming you're young and haven't been at ups that long. Best advice I can give you is to figure out what direction you want your time at ups to go. Do you want to go FT? Do you want to be a career PTer? Whatever you decide that works, focus on that. </p><p></p><p>Sign bid sheets and take what job direction serves you best. You don't have any type of authority to call a strike so don't worry about it. Get involved with the union if you want to change those things. </p><p></p><p>But as far a strike, it's above yours and most of our pay grades. And a strike in this day and age won't be like 97. It'll put guys like you out of work completely. </p><p></p><p>It's good leverage as a threat but you don't want one to happen. It won't be pretty in our industry and we don't have the solidarity we did in 97. </p><p></p><p>It's a whole different world sadly.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Orion inc., post: 2342717, member: 58808"] Sorry it's been a rough week.... [/QUOTE]You seem to have some hell bent anger and chip on your shoulder about your situation at ups. [/QUOTE] YOU WOULD BE CORRECT ABOUT THAT. Lol [/QUOTE]Why don't you channel that aggression into something more useful that could actually change the situation, like voting and getting involved with the union more?[/QUOTE] I am channeling that anger to make the situation better! Lol [/QUOTE]" Obviously from the last few days posting on here I've figured out the problem is green horns don't engage and or vote. " So yes I'm very interested in discussing all sides of a possible strike and figuring out what all I can do to help make some type of change. [/QUOTE][/QUOTE] I'm assuming you're young and haven't been at ups that long. Best advice I can give you is to figure out what direction you want your time at ups to go. Do you want to go FT? Do you want to be a career PTer? Whatever you decide that works, focus on that. Sign bid sheets and take what job direction serves you best. You don't have any type of authority to call a strike so don't worry about it. Get involved with the union if you want to change those things. But as far a strike, it's above yours and most of our pay grades. And a strike in this day and age won't be like 97. It'll put guys like you out of work completely. It's good leverage as a threat but you don't want one to happen. It won't be pretty in our industry and we don't have the solidarity we did in 97. It's a whole different world sadly. [/QUOTE]
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