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<blockquote data-quote="DELACROIX" data-source="post: 3497878" data-attributes="member: 49065">I believe that those who happen to make less than 500 a week and little benefits will be the ones cheering the loudest.&nbsp; Wage stagnation and benefit cuts and not just a UPS/Teamster thing.&nbsp; UPS will not be shouting to media about how much the membership makes not when I see the new hires being dropped off by their parents because they make a minimum wage.&nbsp; When I started many moons ago as a part timer, I was able to buy and insure a car, rent an apartment and buy food.&nbsp; The standard back them was a Union Job, whether it was part time or full was twice the state minimum wage, times sure changed.Besides, the Teamster&#039;s leadership will be shouting the exact opposite on just how much Corporate and the Partners have been lining their pockets over the decades (secretly and quietly)...Research just how much a manager with 35 years in will get on their retirement and MIP stock options..Roughly twice what their fellow union members will be getting.What we did to the retirees last contract was totally inexcusable, they should of been grandfathered with their Health and Welfare monetary contributions.&nbsp; It was apparently never fought for during the last contract negotiations, or if it was done it was just for appearances or token..I am sure getting tired of our membership seeing fellow brothers and sisters getting the shaft and get into the mindset of saying &quot;Well that is the way it has always been done, what can we do&quot;.&nbsp; The defeatist attitude will prevent us from questioning and taking action every time, our leadership&#039;s salaries are paid by us, they are to be working and listening to us, if they don&#039;t or won&#039;t they have forfeited the right as a leader no matter what their title happens to be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DELACROIX, post: 3497878, member: 49065"] I believe that those who happen to make less than 500 a week and little benefits will be the ones cheering the loudest. Wage stagnation and benefit cuts and not just a UPS/Teamster thing. UPS will not be shouting to media about how much the membership makes not when I see the new hires being dropped off by their parents because they make a minimum wage. When I started many moons ago as a part timer, I was able to buy and insure a car, rent an apartment and buy food. The standard back them was a Union Job, whether it was part time or full was twice the state minimum wage, times sure changed. Besides, the Teamster's leadership will be shouting the exact opposite on just how much Corporate and the Partners have been lining their pockets over the decades (secretly and quietly)...Research just how much a manager with 35 years in will get on their retirement and MIP stock options..Roughly twice what their fellow union members will be getting. What we did to the retirees last contract was totally inexcusable, they should of been grandfathered with their Health and Welfare monetary contributions. It was apparently never fought for during the last contract negotiations, or if it was done it was just for appearances or token.. I am sure getting tired of our membership seeing fellow brothers and sisters getting the shaft and get into the mindset of saying "Well that is the way it has always been done, what can we do". The defeatist attitude will prevent us from questioning and taking action every time, our leadership's salaries are paid by us, they are to be working and listening to us, if they don't or won't they have forfeited the right as a leader no matter what their title happens to be. [/QUOTE]

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