Repercussions for crossing a picket line?

[retiredTxfeeder]

I walked the picket line in '97. The day before they settled, the union came around and offered us work if we wanted. Several of us went down to the Airborne Express terminal. They were completely swamped with packages. It looked like peak X2. I took a uhaul full of packages and delivered all of them. It took me like 12 hours. The airborne terminal manager offered me a job on the spot. I told him I already had one. lol.

 

[Wally]

Why is it always delivery drivers that cross?

Truck payments and expensive new phones... no savings.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Truck payments and expensive new phones... no savings.

Worse than that probably three ex wives. Lol

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Truck payments and expensive new phones... no savings.

Baby they should save something at Dollar 82 raise what we got last year?

 

[BrownFlush]

Plenty unfortunately living week to week.

Doesn't have anything to do with whether you strike or not or honor the picket line or not.

 

[Wally]

Doesn't have anything to do with whether you strike or not or honor the picket line or not.

Need that pay. The company could starve the union out very quickly.

We all knew this day was coming but I have a feeling few are prepared from our side.

 

[BrownFlush]

Need that pay. The company could starve the union out very quickly.

Yep.
Doesn't matter.
Again, don't miss the point.

 

[BadIdeaGuy]

Need that pay. The company could starve the union out very quickly.

We all knew this day was coming but I have a feeling few are prepared from our side.

The company would starve just as fast.

If you think the shareholders are willing to lose billions of dollars just to try to get rid of the union, I think you've got another thing coming.

We have a better strike fund, and are better prepared than they were in 97.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

The company would starve just as fast.

If you think the shareholders are willing to lose billions of dollars just to try to get rid of the union, I think you've got another thing coming.

We have a better strike fund, and are better prepared than they were in 97.

But the members were more willing in 1997

 

[Wally]

The company would starve just as fast.

If you think the shareholders are willing to lose billions of dollars just to try to get rid of the union, I think you've got another thing coming.

We have a better strike fund, and are better prepared than they were in 97.

Would they starve if long term the potential for less union involvement was theirs?

 

[BadIdeaGuy]

But the members were more willing in 1997

I’m banking on the feeder drivers not moving the volume. I don’t have much faith in the package car drivers or part timers.

 

[BadIdeaGuy]

Would they starve if long term the potential for less union involvement was theirs?

If the company and shareholders were playing that long of a game, we wouldn’t have let Amazon sneak up on us the way they have.

They’re terrified of having one bad quarter. I just don’t see them being willing to take that much of a hit to restructure.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Need that pay. The company could starve the union out very quickly.

We all knew this day was coming but I have a feeling few are prepared from our side.

Wally, once again, you fail to realize no one is going to take these jobs in large enough numbers it does not bleed the company, both sides will come together and make an agreement that is reasonable.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Would they starve if long term the potential for less union involvement was theirs?

Well, the way you talk the union involvement doesn’t do anything anyway, so why would the company care? After all UPS is very profitable with union involvement.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I’m banking on the feeder drivers not moving the volume. I don’t have much faith in the package car drivers or part timers.

Fortunately our building is pretty strong I would believe very few if any would cross

 

[728ups]

Easy to go on strike until it’s time to pay the bills. Plenty unfortunately living week to week.

thats why you put money away in the year leading up to a strike.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Fortunately our building is pretty strong I would believe very few if any would cross

I think the labor climate is more labor friendly now than any time in my working career.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I think the labor climate is more labor friendly now than any time in my working career.

Because nobody wants to work.... LoL

 

[Thebrownblob]

Because nobody wants to work.... LoL

Hey, whatever it takes lol

 

[Wally]

For sure, how many heed that advice?

thats why you put money away in the year leading up to a strike.

I wrote this in 2013...

l always thought the union should offer a strike fund savings plan. Five bucks a week into an account with your name on it. This would be a private account like a simple savings plan. Sell it as "strike fund" so it is not touched.

Five bucks a week since 1997 would now be worth $5300 at 4%.