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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4347667" data-attributes="member: 63706">Clearly UPS was concerned enough about a strike, and what it would mean to their stock price, that they offered to reopen negotiations. That advantage was completely thrown out the window. I mention Denis simply because he was the figurehead and mouthpiece of the negotiations, whoever is to blame didn&#039;t represent the members properly.I don&#039;t think 22.4&#039;s were the solution to OT that anyone was asking for. Stronger and better enforced 9.5 language, language that would incentivize the company to hire more ground drivers, would have been more in line with the members&#039; interests. That should have been the opener, not 22.4.And if you remove the uninterested part timers from the equation, we would have easily met the 50% threshold (which would also have authorized a strike). So I can blame it at least partly on them. And you can&#039;t blame the members who did bother to vote, so who is left? Interested members who didn&#039;t vote, and those whose job it is to organize them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4347667, member: 63706"] Clearly UPS was concerned enough about a strike, and what it would mean to their stock price, that they offered to reopen negotiations. That advantage was completely thrown out the window. I mention Denis simply because he was the figurehead and mouthpiece of the negotiations, whoever is to blame didn't represent the members properly. I don't think 22.4's were the solution to OT that anyone was asking for. Stronger and better enforced 9.5 language, language that would incentivize the company to hire more ground drivers, would have been more in line with the members' interests. That should have been the opener, not 22.4. And if you remove the uninterested part timers from the equation, we would have easily met the 50% threshold (which would also have authorized a strike). So I can blame it at least partly on them. And you can't blame the members who did bother to vote, so who is left? Interested members who didn't vote, and those whose job it is to organize them. [/QUOTE]

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