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<blockquote data-quote="35years" data-source="post: 5297048" data-attributes="member: 60822">1. UPS will not be able to function in any reasonable capacity during&nbsp; a strike...Feeders and pilots cannot be found, and would shut us down completely.2. A strike is a real possibility, and I would say probable since the last contract vote would have us rejecting the contract under the new rules.3. Starting part time pay raise is not a real issue. UPS took away the wage bump just to have an issue that the Union can claim victory for when it is written in the new contract. Don&#039;t be fooled, part timers don&#039;t vote and new hires are not even employed here yet. It is a false flag on both sides.4. A real COLA (not 1/4 of inflation) and pension gains for the Central and Southern are strikable issues.5. 9.5 and sixth punch improvements are achievable. Back in 97 these were not even issues. That is how far backwards we have gone.6. The public opinion of a strike is meaningless. Anyways, 27 million for Carol up from 6, and tens of thousands in bonus pay for managers would be an effective counter argument. The only public opinion that matters is Wall Street, and that pressure helps our side.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="35years, post: 5297048, member: 60822"] 1. UPS will not be able to function in any reasonable capacity during a strike...Feeders and pilots cannot be found, and would shut us down completely. 2. A strike is a real possibility, and I would say probable since the last contract vote would have us rejecting the contract under the new rules. 3. Starting part time pay raise is not a real issue. UPS took away the wage bump just to have an issue that the Union can claim victory for when it is written in the new contract. Don't be fooled, part timers don't vote and new hires are not even employed here yet. It is a false flag on both sides. 4. A real COLA (not 1/4 of inflation) and pension gains for the Central and Southern are strikable issues. 5. 9.5 and sixth punch improvements are achievable. Back in 97 these were not even issues. That is how far backwards we have gone. 6. The public opinion of a strike is meaningless. Anyways, 27 million for Carol up from 6, and tens of thousands in bonus pay for managers would be an effective counter argument. The only public opinion that matters is Wall Street, and that pressure helps our side. [/QUOTE]

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