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<blockquote data-quote="Bubblehead" data-source="post: 2009527" data-attributes="member: 14176">I don&#039;t think the company cared either way, as long as they had every UPSer in their HC plan, for maximum buying power.The union did care however and could not afford to let UPS out of many multi-employer local and regional HC plans, or they would go belly up.This is when UPS realized they had the leverage over the Teamsters during our present contract&#039;s negotiations.Instead of the union taking over the HC being a bargaining chip for the Teamsters, UPS flipped the script and made it a chip in their stack, and parlayed it into killing. Didn&#039;t it strike anybody as odd how UPS waited patiently while we sorted it all out?The only time they got a little nervous was when Amazon did.It was seemingly like UPS didn&#039;t care either way, because they didn&#039;t, they couldn&#039;t lose.Record profits were destined and realized either way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bubblehead, post: 2009527, member: 14176"] I don't think the company cared either way, as long as they had [I][U]every[/U][/I] UPSer in their HC plan, for maximum buying power. The union [U][I]did [/I][/U]care however and could not afford to let UPS out of many multi-employer local and regional HC plans, or they would go belly up. This is when UPS realized they had the leverage over the Teamsters during our present contract's negotiations. Instead of the union taking over the HC being a bargaining chip for the Teamsters, UPS flipped the script and made it a chip in their stack, and parlayed it into killing. Didn't it strike anybody as odd how UPS waited patiently while we sorted it all out? The only time they got a little nervous was when Amazon did. It was seemingly like UPS didn't care either way, because they didn't, they couldn't lose. Record profits were destined and realized either way. [/QUOTE]

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