hall has already conceded the company's point about the additional money they will be paying for healthcare in his March 8th letter. Healthcare has been an issue at negotiations for decades and for decades Teamsters have bargained great insurance. what's different is that now under Obamacare, UPS is being penalized for it.
deluting the definition of socialism to fit your argument isn't going to win many converts especially when the real world consequences of that failed ideology mean taking concessions in this contract and losing thegreat healthcare the Teamsters have fought for and enjoyed for decades. Tell us the truth are you, like Obama, in favor of nationalized healthcare?
No he hasent. Go be a scab somewhere else. You aren't helping us here with your rhetoric. You probably support TDU.hall has already conceded the company's point about the additional money they will be paying for healthcare in his March 8th letter. Healthcare has been an issue at negotiations for decades and for decades Teamsters have bargained great insurance. what's different is that now under Obamacare, UPS is being penalized for it.
No he hasent. Go be a scab somewhere else. You aren't helping us here with your rhetoric. You probably support TDU.
You have no evidence to support that assertion. Unlike last contract, this contract we're faced with the reality that FedEx Ground's significantly cheaper labor costs are fueling its growth.
LOL. Again, zero evidence. Again, because you don't like facts doesn't make them untrue.
http://www.teamster.org/sites/teamst...ionsUpdate.pdf Third paragraph. Can't wait to see what Hall means by "creative solutions to the problem".
I posted the letter for your reading pleasure. Hall mentions the companies increased health care costs but says nothing about FedEx screwing up our contract. And, I asked you a very simple question. Are you, like Obama, in favor of nationalized health care???
The part about FedEx Ground screwing up our contract will come to play when they start discussing the financials.
This has already been discussed---his "creative solution" is for the Union to take over our healthcare.
Thats one creative solution on the table. I wonder where hall would find the $6.1 billion to pay for it...
Screwing up your contract? Didn't your company make a profit of $4 billion last year? Doesn't sound like there is a problem...unless the Teamsters don't have the nerve to buck public sentiment and go on strike.
UPS would pay the Union what it currently spends on healthcare. The Union would then administer the healthcare for the members, who would most likely be asked to pay for any shortfall.
$6.1B---isn't that what UPS paid to bail out of Central States?
I posted the letter for your reading pleasure. Hall mentions the companies increased health care costs but says nothing about FedEx screwing up our contract. And, I asked you a very simple question. Are you, like Obama, in favor of nationalized health care???
Next he'll be blaming it on a spontaneous reaction to a YouTube video. Sounds like damage control to me. Hall & Hoffa may be hoping everyone forgets about the whole "Teamsters for Obama" thing before this contract is presented.Try again.
He was very clear in the conference call that the ncentral woe regarding health care was GAAP issues concerning carried liabilities for retirees huge impending retirements make this critical now) -- and he was clear and reiterated that these GAAP issues are long-standing and not a result of ObamaCare. Nor has he discussed why the company was low balling us on wage, health & welfare increases -- any idiot (well, apparently not all) can recognize the impact of UPS's high labor costs -- e.g. stagnant growth vs. enormous growth at our competitors [this doesn't mean that I feel we shouldn't be rewarded for our record performances.]
Sorry you don't believe in facts .
Next he'll be blaming it on a spontaneous reaction to a YouTube video. Sounds like damage control to me. Hall & Hoffa may be hoping everyone forgets about the whole "Teamsters for Obama" thing before this contract is presented.
Do you have any evidence to support that ObamaCare is the reason UPS is asking its rank-and-file to pay toward their heath care? Consider: - Nationally, on average, health care premiums have soared over the past 30 years; since 2001, they have nearly doubled. - UPS's work force, both management and hourly, is rapidly aging. - FedEx Ground, UPS's largest competitor, pays NOTHING toward health care for its workforce. FedEx Ground's volume continues to rapidly grow while UPS's is more-or-less stagnant. - UPS is a publicly traded company that has to respond to its shareholders. The reality is that even without ObamaCare, UPS would still be asking us to pay toward health care. Don't like it? Stop voting, for example, for right-wing politicians who rule that FedEx Ground's business practices are legal.