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<blockquote data-quote="Just A UPS Guy" data-source="post: 3651869" data-attributes="member: 73174">The sad truth is that UPS is much better at the long game than the membership is, as a whole. The company most likely doesn&#039;t care how they get 22.4 into this contract, as long as they get it. They will immediately go to work on how to expand their role for the next contract. They don&#039;t want huge wins, they want to eat the IBT elephant one bite at a time.This may be the last negotiation we have this kind of leverage, economically. And by next contract more automation will be in hubs and we will have turn-by-turn directions in the cab, they will be ever closer to their utopia of &quot;anyone&quot; being able to do our jobs. They don&#039;t want a strike in the midst of record profits. Nither do we, that would cost us more jobs than any new class of employee. No one gets everything they want in a negotiation, but we really need to be cautious on what we let through and what we stand staunch on this go &#039;round. 2 cents.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Just A UPS Guy, post: 3651869, member: 73174"] The sad truth is that UPS is much better at the long game than the membership is, as a whole. The company most likely doesn't care how they get 22.4 into this contract, as long as they get it. They will immediately go to work on how to expand their role for the next contract. They don't want huge wins, they want to eat the IBT elephant one bite at a time. This may be the last negotiation we have this kind of leverage, economically. And by next contract more automation will be in hubs and we will have turn-by-turn directions in the cab, they will be ever closer to their utopia of "anyone" being able to do our jobs. They don't want a strike in the midst of record profits. Nither do we, that would cost us more jobs than any new class of employee. No one gets everything they want in a negotiation, but we really need to be cautious on what we let through and what we stand staunch on this go 'round. 2 cents. [/QUOTE]

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