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<blockquote data-quote="noril" data-source="post: 5578425" data-attributes="member: 105754"><p>Thank you for this thoughtful post. I have been keeping up with the twice daily updates on UPS Teamsters and have been having thoughts that I sense are quite similar to yours. O'Brien has definitely been making a push for MLK Day and Juneteenth and that is a big part of what inspired me to start this thread here on BC. I can't imagine he would be one to hang out or at least lurk here on BC, though if he learned about and read through this thread, it might actually be helpful and give him some worthwhile points to consider.</p><p></p><p>All that said, I keep reminding myself that it is ultimately impossible to get inside someone's head and some people do put on a public persona that is quite different from who they are in a more private setting. Additionally, I remind myself that I have never played even the smallest role in the negotiation of a labor contract so my expertise here is limited...I voted for O'Brien and he has my support, though not a signed blank check.</p><p></p><p>I get what you are saying about tradeoffs... For me personally, I don't struggle...um I mean live... paycheck to paycheck so to me this whole thing as a numbers game. For me, I wouldn't have a huge problem with trading all 9 of my discretionary days in exchange for some higher hourly wage at the negotiating table where the end result would be an equal number of dollars earned at the end of the year, because losing out a day of pay here and there is simply not an issue for me. In fact, if I take a discretionary day early in the year I almost hope the supervisor forgets to note the day as such so that when I ultimately get the payout in December, the payment will have the August raise included. </p><p></p><p>Now I fully realize and respect that there are plenty of people for whom losing a day of pay creates some serious and immediate problems, and also, since I want to try and stand behind my union president who has concluded that MLK Day is really important to some people, I have put forth this alternative of an additional discretionary day where hopefully everyone who is really yearning to have MLK Day off can get it without the loss of a day of pay and UPS won't be disadvantaged by having their whole operation paused.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="noril, post: 5578425, member: 105754"] Thank you for this thoughtful post. I have been keeping up with the twice daily updates on UPS Teamsters and have been having thoughts that I sense are quite similar to yours. O'Brien has definitely been making a push for MLK Day and Juneteenth and that is a big part of what inspired me to start this thread here on BC. I can't imagine he would be one to hang out or at least lurk here on BC, though if he learned about and read through this thread, it might actually be helpful and give him some worthwhile points to consider. All that said, I keep reminding myself that it is ultimately impossible to get inside someone's head and some people do put on a public persona that is quite different from who they are in a more private setting. Additionally, I remind myself that I have never played even the smallest role in the negotiation of a labor contract so my expertise here is limited...I voted for O'Brien and he has my support, though not a signed blank check. I get what you are saying about tradeoffs... For me personally, I don't struggle...um I mean live... paycheck to paycheck so to me this whole thing as a numbers game. For me, I wouldn't have a huge problem with trading all 9 of my discretionary days in exchange for some higher hourly wage at the negotiating table where the end result would be an equal number of dollars earned at the end of the year, because losing out a day of pay here and there is simply not an issue for me. In fact, if I take a discretionary day early in the year I almost hope the supervisor forgets to note the day as such so that when I ultimately get the payout in December, the payment will have the August raise included. Now I fully realize and respect that there are plenty of people for whom losing a day of pay creates some serious and immediate problems, and also, since I want to try and stand behind my union president who has concluded that MLK Day is really important to some people, I have put forth this alternative of an additional discretionary day where hopefully everyone who is really yearning to have MLK Day off can get it without the loss of a day of pay and UPS won't be disadvantaged by having their whole operation paused. [/QUOTE]
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