MyTripisCut
Never bought my own handtruck
If they eliminated PT jobs, would you work FT in the building?
Should part time employees make the same rate as full time employees?
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TeltBender
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We are paid OT after 8 because they force meal breaks
HarryWarden
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Lot of projection in this comment.
So you think Sean is fighting for higher part time wages to hurt the union? You think Hoffa had the right idea and O’Brien is trying to hurt the union by raising wages?
Please explain your math for me one more time. You think higher turnover of initiation fees does more compared to long term higher wage union dues MONTHLY? And I’m the stupid one? LOL
So please explain to me how in 1980 the starting wage for a loader at ups was $8.50 an hour, equivalent to $25 an hour after inflation today, and 30 years later it was the exact same wage? How could they afford to do it back then but can’t now?
Awfully strange how workers wage have nearly stagnated, while corporate shareholder pay has sky rocketed. Highest paid employee used to get 10x more than the lowest paid in the 1950s, now it’s 500x.
TeltBender
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Definitely.
MyTripisCut
Never bought my own handtruck
Good
MyTripisCut
Never bought my own handtruck
What did the CEO of UPS make back then? Hmmmmmmm. Prolly not as much as Carol. That’s how they “afforded it”. You are a drooling imbecile.
HarryWarden
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Thank you for making my point. So very ironic that you’re the one calling me stupid.
Generic UPS Monkey
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It's more complicated than that. You're not quite correct. Sure the CEO would want to compensate to ensure the same or higher executive pay, but they literally cannot as long as competition exists in the free market.
UPS for instance can't raise rates, because they would lose competitive contracts with businesses like Target and Macy's which are crucial to the company.
It looks like Carol and our share holder friends are going to be taking massive paycuts
HarryWarden
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Why would the company create full time jobs when they can hire multiple part time workers for less cost?
clarnzz
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The strike in 97 got them to add some more even though we had to go to court to make them honor it, but I’d rather fight that battle again.
HarryWarden
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Start at a competitive and fair wage, then do 4 year progression until they receive top pay
HarryWarden
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It’s a company issue? Ups has a union, that’s a union issue
HarryWarden
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Yea and part of taking care of people is paying them a good wage
clarnzz
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It’s so hard for me to feel sorry for any of my co workers. I started at $8 an hour and the medical benefits alone were even worth it back then. I don’t think we are even arguing, yes yes and yes, the people who go out there and do the actual work deserve their fair share of the profits, but $25 an hour with full benefits as a part time worker seems excessive to me, but maybe I’m just jealous.
HarryWarden
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I think it is a jealousy thing, although that’s maybe not the perfect word for it, but it’s more from because you also work so hard and although well paid, to be honest are also probably STILL underpaid for your hard work
Just look at the massive amount of profits this company makes, from OUR labor, and you’ll realize even the highest paid employees at this company are still underpaid
In one year alone UPS paid $4 billion dollars In stock buybacks, to line their pockets of $20 million a year
$4 billion in that stock buyback could have given every single ups employee $10,000
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