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<blockquote data-quote="DELACROIX" data-source="post: 5578124" data-attributes="member: 49065">BIG differences between the &quot;Public Sector Unions&quot; and &quot;The International Brotherhood of Teamsters&quot;.&nbsp; It would be fair to say that a vast majority of the IBT members are conservatives and vote accordingly no matter what their leadership says.&nbsp; [USER=44954]@DriveInDriveOut[/USER] has got it right by suggesting that this over the board WOKE agenda is going to hurt all the Unions.&nbsp; There is a thing called &quot;Stereotyping&quot; the left thinks that the average Teamster is nothing but a &quot;Dumb Truck Driver&quot; because they only have a High School diploma.&nbsp; This fallacy is far from the truth at UPS, most of the UPS Veterans have college experience, some graduates and majors, some are probably smarter than most of our board members.&nbsp; That was all they were hiring in the 70&#039;s, 80&#039;s and 90&#039;s, me included, the ones that stayed around after 4 years were at a pay level that payed far better than an entry job in their selected majors, so they stayed signed a full time bid and made it a career choice... before the two tier concessions contracts.Any political endorsement from the Union Leadership has to be taken with a grain of salt.&nbsp; The days of following like sheep any suggestions from any power structure are over...the Internet and mass media access has killed any goose stepping to the beat that is currently popular.&nbsp; Trump did try to court the blue collar vote and most of us (Union Types) voted for him, Biden was just a figurehead (boring) but he got in so we have to live with him another 1 1/2 years.&nbsp; He has already did his damage and will be pretty much neutered till the next election. Individually we all would be better off with Trump was still in office, it still vexes me that my own personal assets were controlled by the incidents during the 2020 race.&nbsp; If that overworked, tired police officer did not make an error in judgement in arresting that drug addict and the following political gamesmanship by the Democrats my own retirement funds would probably be 25 percent higher and inflation would be close to normal.&nbsp; Also in the aftermath a lot of innocent people got killed or hurt during these so-called peaceful demonstrations, property damaged and more caused more racial hate. The more the Democrats try to legislate to correct racial and other minorities perceived injustices the more it drives a wedge into the concept of being created equal and being judged on our merits and actions.. not on our appearance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DELACROIX, post: 5578124, member: 49065"] [B]BIG[/B] differences between the "Public Sector Unions" and "The International Brotherhood of Teamsters". It would be fair to say that a vast majority of the IBT members are conservatives and vote accordingly no matter what their leadership says. [USER=44954]@DriveInDriveOut[/USER] has got it right by suggesting that this over the board WOKE agenda is going to hurt all the Unions. There is a thing called "Stereotyping" the left thinks that the average Teamster is nothing but a "Dumb Truck Driver" because they only have a High School diploma. This fallacy is far from the truth at UPS, most of the UPS Veterans have college experience, some graduates and majors, some are probably smarter than most of our board members. That was all they were hiring in the 70's, 80's and 90's, me included, the ones that stayed around after 4 years were at a pay level that payed far better than an entry job in their selected majors, so they stayed signed a full time bid and made it a career choice... before the two tier concessions contracts. Any political endorsement from the Union Leadership has to be taken with a grain of salt. The days of following like sheep any suggestions from any power structure are over...the Internet and mass media access has killed any goose stepping to the beat that is currently popular. Trump did try to court the blue collar vote and most of us (Union Types) voted for him, Biden was just a figurehead (boring) but he got in so we have to live with him another 1 1/2 years. He has already did his damage and will be pretty much neutered till the next election. Individually we all would be better off with Trump was still in office, it still vexes me that my own personal assets were controlled by the incidents during the 2020 race. If that overworked, tired police officer did not make an error in judgement in arresting that drug addict and the following political gamesmanship by the Democrats my own retirement funds would probably be 25 percent higher and inflation would be close to normal. Also in the aftermath a lot of innocent people got killed or hurt during these so-called peaceful demonstrations, property damaged and more caused more racial hate. The more the Democrats try to legislate to correct racial and other minorities perceived injustices the more it drives a wedge into the concept of being created equal and being judged on our merits and actions.. not on our appearance. [/QUOTE]

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