How have you been getting the information to your people? We are prepping for a parking lot meeting this week to inform people on the status of the contract. Just trying to find what others have been doing and if it was successful in spreading the word.
Who said strike? What lead you to that perception? At first, everyone thought that there was a "brown out" because the negations were slow . Now we have some stuff settled on and people need to know where we are at. But with that being said, there is an issue of peoples health care on the table. We are not talking about calling up radio stations and TV. This is for our people only. Just look on this site alone, the amount of speculation is crazy. I'm not going to detail the issues on here but I will tell you that "STRIKE" will not come out of any of our mouths.How have you been getting the information to your people? We are prepping for a parking lot meeting this week to inform people on the status of the contract. Just trying to find what others have been doing and if it was successful in spreading the word.
Just curious as to what you plan on telling them. At this point, nothing is set in stone and nothing has been finalized. I've kept them all in the loop, but the last thing I want them thinking at this point is "Strike". Don't get me wrong, if the time comes to stike I'll be there and so won't others in my building, but in the court of public opinion if we keep talking stike we are going to look to like the bad guys. Just in case it gets to that point, we need to be perceived as the ones negotiating in good faith. Perception is reality!
Who said strike? What lead you to that perception? At first, everyone thought that there was a "brown out" because the negations were slow . Now we have some stuff settled on and people need to know where we are at. But with that being said, there is an issue of peoples health care on the table. We are not talking about calling up radio stations and TV. This is for our people only. Just look on this site alone, the amount of speculation is crazy. I'm not going to detail the issues on here but I will tell you that "STRIKE" will not come out of any of our mouths.
Brown, PM me and I'll send you and outline I put together instead of driving 2 hours.
I wasn't referring to you when I mentioned the word stike. It just seems like every other thread is discussing it. Can you fill me in as to what issues they have settled on?
I wasn't referring to you when I mentioned the word stike. It just seems like every other thread is discussing it. Can you fill me in as to what issues they have settled on?
Nothing has been settled, nor will it be until we vote on it. But if we wait until then, it may be too late to spread the information and gather support. All we know at this point is what direction UPS wants to go with these negotiations. They have set precedence that they are gunning for our healthcare and are pushing for little to no wage improvements from our last contract, which was a very weak one itself.
The threat of a strike is the only real bargaining chip we have. WIthout that threat, UPS could do whatever they want with our wages and benefits. It is my opinion, that with a real threat of strike, UPS will be more willing to negotiate. If you take that threat off the table..... then what do they have to lose by sticking with their original offer?
So are we talking the same type of raises as the last contract? Or are we talking little to no raises at all.
We as stewards need to talk it up get a ground swell of negativity against this stupid offer. The company has to know now it will not fly. We need to get it off the table no compromise. If they think we will wait they will come back with something less costly but pick our pockets never the less and we will have to vote. Now is the time to say NO. The message has to be loud a clear and today do not delay .Their tactic is we will wait until the union has to bring us a less than good offer to vote on.Tell your sup and or manager the UPS offer sucks and you will not have it.