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<blockquote data-quote="Undertow" data-source="post: 5624976" data-attributes="member: 4550">Very possible and UPS was probably paying close attention and taking notes during recent and often acrimonious negotiations between the railroads and it&#039;s workers where the companies didn&#039;t have to come anywhere near halfway on the very contentious issue of sick days.&nbsp; That&#039;s why it&#039;s up to us as workers to leave no room for doubt in their minds.&nbsp; And to be fair, the workers here haven&#039;t done that in the past which is why I&#039;m not at all surprised at how low the first offer was.&nbsp; The company isn&#039;t going to roll over at the sight of a 97% strike vote when only 22% of the membership can be counted on to vote for the very people that same membership sends to the bargaining table.&nbsp; If I were the company and seen that pathetic of a level of engagement by the workforce, I&#039;d be beyond tempted to offer as little as possible when the talks turned to money.&nbsp; That&#039;s why it&#039;s critical we do our part as the front line workers over these next couple of weeks and take the 5 extra minutes to stand together before or after a shift.&nbsp; If we make it loud and clear to the company that we will lock in arms then they will get the message that there&#039;s no opening to drive a wedge through.&nbsp; Want a stronger deal sooner?&nbsp; Then give O&#039;Brien a stronger hand to deal with.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Undertow, post: 5624976, member: 4550"] Very possible and UPS was probably paying close attention and taking notes during recent and often acrimonious negotiations between the railroads and it's workers where the companies didn't have to come anywhere near halfway on the very contentious issue of sick days. That's why it's up to us as workers to leave no room for doubt in their minds. And to be fair, the workers here haven't done that in the past which is why I'm not at all surprised at how low the first offer was. The company isn't going to roll over at the sight of a 97% strike vote when only 22% of the membership can be counted on to vote for the very people that same membership sends to the bargaining table. If I were the company and seen that pathetic of a level of engagement by the workforce, I'd be beyond tempted to offer as little as possible when the talks turned to money. That's why it's critical we do our part as the front line workers over these next couple of weeks and take the 5 extra minutes to stand together before or after a shift. If we make it loud and clear to the company that we will lock in arms then they will get the message that there's no opening to drive a wedge through. Want a stronger deal sooner? Then give O'Brien a stronger hand to deal with. [/QUOTE]

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