Teamsters election may hold cards for upcoming UPS contract talks
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allahuakbar
She/Her
Doesn’t matter who wins. UPS will always hold the power
542thruNthru
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I was able to meet Karla a few times this week. Really like her. Wish we had her here.
ManInBrown
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While i think O‘Brien would be the best choice, I worry he could be paid off just like Hoffa.
542thruNthru
Well-Known Member
Paid off? Why is that?
ManInBrown
Well-Known Member
Because there’s too much money involved now. No matter who wins, I fear they will be in UPS’s pocket like Hoffa was.
UnionStrong
Sorry, but I don’t care anymore.
It’s possible
I have been lurking
Tired hubrat
They don't sell to baizuos
104Feeder
Phoenix Feeder
Karla is very sharp and tells it exactly as it is.
Swanson
Henry Swanson's my name, and excitement's my game.
There has never been a president from the Western region.Correct me if I am wrong it seems every president was from the Central Region or the East Coast.Does Vairma even stand a chance of being elected? Who is more likely to fight for us? Enforcing our contract,protecting teamster jobs from automation,mandatory vaccines etc. Is Vairma willing to stand up to UPS? O'Brien seems willing to fight it looks like he has the energy.
NAHimGOOD
Nothing to see here.... Move along.
I have been lurking
Tired hubrat
No. Praise Almighty Xi and you can get a Chinese GF with your phone
DriverNerd
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Minnesota here - Central. It is OZ, OZ, OZ everywhere. Like no one else is running.
Just A UPS Guy
Bully.
The thing that concerns me is that OZ really won't be able to deliver on their promises. UPS Teamsters see his list of demands and drool, but it's impossible to get all of them, and I'm not really sure he'll get UPS to concede any of them.
He can't just wish 22.4s away. No idea how he's going to make UPS start PTers at $20/hr AND get catch-up raises for existing PTers. I like his ideas on PVDs and subcontracting, but he's selling these ideas as forgone accomplishments, like he's going to do all of this whether UPS likes it or not, and it just doesn't work that way.
He can't just wish 22.4s away. No idea how he's going to make UPS start PTers at $20/hr AND get catch-up raises for existing PTers. I like his ideas on PVDs and subcontracting, but he's selling these ideas as forgone accomplishments, like he's going to do all of this whether UPS likes it or not, and it just doesn't work that way.
PT Car Washer
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Explain how catch up raises for existing PTers would work.
Just A UPS Guy
Bully.
I take it as if you bump all new-hires up 4 or 5 bucks, you also give the existing PTers a relatable bump, so as to avoid wage compression. So, if you've been here 6 years and make $17/hr, now you bump everyone up to $20, you make as much as the guy who's been here 6 days. That's not "fair" in many minds.
Maybe I'm way off, but that's how I understand it.
PT Car Washer
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That would make me and a couple of other PTers the highest paid Union members in the building. There has to be a ceiling on wages at some point.
Just A UPS Guy
Bully.
Yeah, that's partly why I see it as an impossible hurdle. Where is the line?
DELACROIX
In the Spirit of Honore' Daumier
542thruNthru
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Karla S is local 104 Secretary Treasurer and running for Western Region VP on the Teamster Power Slate.
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