Strike in August, what say you?

[Coldworld]

They also put little or nothing into the 401k and refinance the house every 5 years

Gotta have the boat, the jet skies, the 70,000 rv with the truck to pull it... something else is having all the kids in sports and gymnastics AND all the extras associated with that... especially if they are good athletes and are on traveling teams and doing expensive clinics and classes that are hundreds of dollars for a weekend... have coworkers who spend every weekend at baseball and lacrosse tournaments... they spend tens of thousands of dollars a year on this...

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Gotta have the boat, the jet skies, the 70,000 rv with the truck to pull it... something else is having all the kids in sports and gymnastics AND all the extras associated with that... especially if they are good athletes and are on traveling teams and doing expensive clinics and classes that are hundreds of dollars for a weekend... have coworkers who spend every weekend at baseball and lacrosse tournaments... they spend tens of thousands of dollars a year on this...

Gotta have the newest toys! Worry about the future tomorrow.

 

[Turdferguson]

Gotta have the newest toys! Worry about the future tomorrow.

Probably the best advice you have given on here

 

[wide load]

This is part of the reason that the Company began autoenrolling new hires at a 3% contribution rate.

Is that a UPS only thing?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Probably the best advice you have given on here

SOB!
Don't take me out of context...

 

[silverbullet2893]

Gotta have the newest toys! Worry about the future tomorrow.

Sounds good to me!

 

[sailfish]

Gotta have the newest toys! Worry about the future tomorrow.

Somehow I manage to do both and be well under my means.

 

[silverbullet2893]

Somehow I manage to do both and be well under my means.

I have a PHAT savings account

 

[sailfish]

I have a PHAT savings account

Hell yeah.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

I have a PHAT savings account

can i borrow some

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

maybe I didnt phrase that correctly. they invested in the success (and failures) of all the businesses in their pension plan.

Depended upon.

 

[silverbullet2893]

can i borrow some

Since I snubbed you on a mention yesterday, yes you can

 

[1989]

The biggest issue seems to he with the multi employer plans and what companies were in that plan.

Maybe other parts of the country should be in the West also. Starting with states that are already in.

 

[brown_trousers]

Maybe other parts of the country should be in the West also. Starting in states that are already in.

That would suck to start over fresh with a new pension and lose everything you had in the previous pension

 

[1989]

That would suck to start over fresh with a new pension and lose everything you had in the previous pension

You would keep what you have earned. Like everybody does once they are vested.(until it fails) And accrue into the new pension.

 

[Turdferguson]

SOB!
Don't take me out of context...

Too late I done went out and bought some new toys

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Too late I done went out and bought some new toys

Sex toys?

 

[Two Tokes]

I am very much of the opinion we will strike in August. I realize my center is but a microcosum of UPS as a whole but this is what I am seeing:

1) WAY too many drivers . 3-6 drivers are given the day off every day. The center is too fat

2) The company refuses to settle grievances. 2013-2016 Local Hearings were held every month and every couple of months we got grievance checks. The current thing for management to do now is to cancel the hearings on the scheduled date and push them off another month while the grievances keep piling up.

3) Alot of extra Management has appeared from Corporate to "assist" our management team

4) After 7 months of negotiating absolutely no movement has been made in the Southern Region Supplement Negotiations


I really think the company is trying to force a strike

Don't think it will happen, but I would not mind a couple of unpaid weeks in August. Teach us all a lesson

 

[Two Tokes]

Don't think it will happen, but I would not mind a couple of unpaid weeks in August. Teach us all a lesson

It would be a real storm

 

[Tony Q]

I could see the Company letting us walk. This could be that backbreaker to officially break the Union. If you look at all the technology they have since 1997, it sure looks like they have tuned up the Brown Machine just in case. Our industry leading wages could also put members in a bind if we were locked out for a week. I could see a lot of full-time employees not being able to sit out more than one week. We'll have to wait and see, but I don't exactly have the faith I had in 1997 in my Union brothers and sisters. This is a different workforce altogether.