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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Fenimore" data-source="post: 1290148" data-attributes="member: 52463">I retired 25 years ago from 43rd st. I was there for 11 years and had Tony Magrene for my steward then Business agent. I had a close relationship with John Long and was involved in many wildcats. The last one had the Local fined about $100k. Just one more comment about this, no one lost their jobs and became cops or firemen or any other b...s... like that because of these wildcats.I have just read about 500 postings and this firing of 250 drivers is very disturbing. What is just as disturbing is the internal anger, much of well deserved. You should not pull a wildcat as a BA without knowing the consequences and you should never put the employment of your people, the security of their families in harms way. They made it easy for UPS to hand the membership a huge blow and create a doubt in every members mind about their representation. To divide is to conquer.I don&#039;t want to preach and I know that a lot has changed in 25 years. In my day in Manhattan the driver was king. We did not have GPS up our butts and all this electronic surveillance. What we did have was the same group of miserable managers. The day after they gave you your book they were looking to fire you. But the difference between us and what I read as you today is that they never divided us. We were a pack. You&#039;ve got to have discipline. You need to work everyday like your on a ride. No matter what they put in your truck work it like you&#039;re on a ride and as long as it takes, that&#039;s how long it takes. If you do that and don&#039;t give into the pressure they put on people you&#039;ll be alright. If they are all over a co-driver then give them a taste of their own medicine. Do I have to give you examples? Break a key in a lock, get stuck in an elevator for two hours, pull a sick load. Don&#039;t give them the upper hand by dividing you. I am not preaching insubordination, I am preaching the art of survival when you work for these miserable people who do not care what type or how much stress they put on &quot;their&quot; people. My memories of the representation I received and what my co-workers received from the leadership when I was there makes me proud of my membership in Local 804. Ledger #7284 retired</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warren Fenimore, post: 1290148, member: 52463"] I retired 25 years ago from 43rd st. I was there for 11 years and had Tony Magrene for my steward then Business agent. I had a close relationship with John Long and was involved in many wildcats. The last one had the Local fined about $100k. Just one more comment about this, no one lost their jobs and became cops or firemen or any other b...s... like that because of these wildcats. I have just read about 500 postings and this firing of 250 drivers is very disturbing. What is just as disturbing is the internal anger, much of well deserved. You should not pull a wildcat as a BA without knowing the consequences and you should never put the employment of your people, the security of their families in harms way. They made it easy for UPS to hand the membership a huge blow and create a doubt in every members mind about their representation. To divide is to conquer. I don't want to preach and I know that a lot has changed in 25 years. In my day in Manhattan the driver was king. We did not have GPS up our butts and all this electronic surveillance. What we did have was the same group of miserable managers. The day after they gave you your book they were looking to fire you. But the difference between us and what I read as you today is that they never divided us. We were a pack. You've got to have discipline. You need to work everyday like your on a ride. No matter what they put in your truck work it like you're on a ride and as long as it takes, that's how long it takes. If you do that and don't give into the pressure they put on people you'll be alright. If they are all over a co-driver then give them a taste of their own medicine. Do I have to give you examples? Break a key in a lock, get stuck in an elevator for two hours, pull a sick load. Don't give them the upper hand by dividing you. I am not preaching insubordination, I am preaching the art of survival when you work for these miserable people who do not care what type or how much stress they put on "their" people. My memories of the representation I received and what my co-workers received from the leadership when I was there makes me proud of my membership in Local 804. Ledger #7284 retired [/QUOTE]

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