You know most Irish people were affected by inbreeding?
Slainte
I'm wish you good health as well.
That's where collective bargaining comes in.
Are you saying that the Teamsters "over-negotiated" contracts that were responsible for the financial woes at YRC?
BUG isn't having trouble grasping anything as putting forth "Safer" language isn't the issue. You want dollars spent to improve equipment. What do you think are the chances the membership would forego a pay raise for additional safety features in trucks?
Things can always be worse. The membership is looking for things to get better, and when a negotiating committee negotiates a concessinary contract when UPS was recoding record profits is inexcusable. Although I guess....it could of been worse?To a certain degree ?
Sure.
Just don't forget the "operative term".... Bargaining.
Everyone gets something. That's the purpose.
Nope.
Just saying.... things could be worse.
-Bug-
Entitled.......your damn right I am entitled! I pay Union dues that entitle me to get the best contract humanly possible. I don't pay Union dues to have a "Big Union Guy" tell me that I cry and whine and am "entitled" because I want a good contract. UPS was recoding record profits during the last contract negotiations. Our negotiating committee had all the leverage and were afraid to use it. Instead, they sold out and were taken advantage of, by a smarter, better educated, more aggressive, Company negotiating committee. Do you think that Professional Baseball players refuse to get the best money and benefits available because they don't want to seem entitled to the rest of the players? No, they pay their agents to get the most pay and benefits possible and if that agent fails to do that, they fire him. The only difference is, we elect our agents. Whereas, Baseball players hire theirs. Bug, you and your opinions are a shining example of why "We the members" need to rid ourselves of our sell out IBT officials and vote them all out! They work for us, and damn it, we our entitled to strong, smart, competent leaders, who will stand up to a company recording record profits and not accept one concession from a company who has more money than God!There have been improvements in every contract, and each one is better than the last.
Better wages, increased contributions to Health & Welfare, Pensions, plus....
Stronger language to enforce the contract.
It says a lot about the state of mind (of some members) who complain about TeamCare.
Gee, can't run to the emergency room for every little thing.
And really, having to work 1 day a week for your benefits to be paid ? Wow.
TeamCare has been good enough, for how many other fellow Teamsters ? For how long ?
Funny, most of them have to work 3 days a week for their benefits to be paid.
And speaking of pensions....
Are you aware, of how many different benefit levels there are in Central States ?
Not every company negotiated in to the fund can afford the top tier.
There's that UPS "entitlement" attitude again.
No wonder.... members in freight think UPS people are a bunch of babies, and have
absolutely no respect for them. Including people running with FZ.
Didn't know that one.... did ya ?
-Bug-
*Rant off*
Due to past practice for the past 20 years of not requiring UPS socks, can they then decide they want Drivers to now wear UPS socks?
