Thank you for introducing me to Jamie Fleming. Interesting bio at
Organizers and Communications .
While I respect Jamie's degree and experience, I do not trust her financial analysis of UPS. UPS is not in financial distress. With no disrespect for Jamie, if she were a top notch financial analyst with 4 years of experience with the IBT, she would not be doing webmaster work for Local 174. Her video is more reminiscent of a video job application for UPS in Atlanta more than anything else....IMHO.
Jamie's downtrending graphs of UPS's financial status fail to consider the huge capital investments that UPS makes in technological advances for future growth. If you want a true financial overview of UPS and where it is headed, get it right from the "horses mouth" Richard Peretz. United Parcel Service Inc. chief financial officer at
How UPS Plans to Turn Around Tumbling Stock Price – Bloomberg. These capital expenditures are huge tax write offs for the company. Jamie is simply out of her league when it comes to doing a financial analysis of UPS....especially when she is not privy to a significant amount of inside financial information.
Jamie may reach credibility with me after she actually works handling packages for awhile and/or driving with the current qualification standards. She may even want to give management a try to see how difficult UPS is on their own non-bargaining unit employees. Being proficient at Xcel and knowing how to make promo videos simply does not impress me and certainly would not influence my vote either way.