Will there be a national strike at UPS?
- Thread starter Whither
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UnionStrong
Sorry, but I don’t care anymore.
I’ll go to the picket line, retired or not.
542thruNthru
Well-Known Member
Sure you will...You don't live in little RI anymore. August in AZ. You'll go to the picket line in your car and sit in the AC giving everyone a thumbs up.
UnionStrong
Sorry, but I don’t care anymore.
Exactly, while sipping a nice cold beverage,Sure you will...You don't live in little RI anymore. August in AZ. You'll go to the picket line in your car and sit in the AC giving everyone a thumbs up.
those AZ scabsPT Car Washer
Well-Known Member
No two tier wages. Unless you are a PT Union member and than you can work for minimum wages with no benefits.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
What is going on?
We keep hearing "strike talk", but what are the issues? More importantly, what are the top 3-5 issues of those most likely to vote? They will be deciding. This might upset part-time workers who have concerns, but they do not vote in numbers to matter.
Some issues are local matters. The forced 6th day for example or the day after Thanksgiving. Any local can stand firm and clear up those problems.
Whither
Scofflaw
If you don't know what the issues are, then either you work for a different company or you've "overlooked" an awful lot.
BigUnionGuy
Got the T-Shirt
Supplemental provisions.... aren't going to be "overridden" at a Local level. Not on these issues.
nWo
Well-Known Member
MY UnIoN BroTHerS aNd SisTeRS DoNT MaTTer durrr.
We have a very important contract coming up . There is no room for SCAB talk.
worldwide
Well-Known Member
Biden could potentially create a Presidential Emergency Board to put in place a 60-day cooling off period as he did with the railroads. The President may exercise his discretion to create an emergency board when the labor dispute threatens “substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive any section of the country of essential transportation service.” PEB's are formed to address rail and air carriers and UPS Airlines is the 2nd largest cargo airline in the world and the 8th largest in the US in terms of fleet size. UPS also likes to boast that they move ~6% of the US GDP in their network so any potential interruption to the US economy would certainly get the administrations attention.
nWo
Well-Known Member
So much for brotherhood.
Sounds like the way to do it.Sure you will...You don't live in little RI anymore. August in AZ. You'll go to the picket line in your car and sit in the AC giving everyone a thumbs up.
728ups
All Trash No Trailer
In 1997 my son was 10 and i took him to walk the Picket Line with us to see what Fighting for your Rights looked like. He was hired in 2009 and I'll gladly walk with him if there is a strike in 2023
UnionStrong
Sorry, but I don’t care anymore.
Why not? Support is support.
allahuakbar
She/Her
I haven’t heard one good reason to strike yet.
Part timers don’t vote. I’m not gonna sway my vote to help them either.
22.4’s know the job they applied to. They can die with the part timers.
Part timers don’t vote. I’m not gonna sway my vote to help them either.
22.4’s know the job they applied to. They can die with the part timers.
Pullman Brown
Well-Known Member
You can only draw conclusions based on your current experience at your building! You then project that and assume that everybody is going through the same thing. It’s hard not do. Some have it a lot better, worse, or somewhere in between. This forum helps but doesn’t give the full experience of everybody. In my building alone the forced six punch fiasco is something that we want fixed or it’s a no vote! This has to be dealt with nationally because we can’t count on our supplements fixing it!
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allahuakbar
She/Her
I do think it’s hilarious there’s a line out the door to go home here while dudes are out there in other buildings rotting 60+ hours a week.
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