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<blockquote data-quote="SteeltownBrown" data-source="post: 1128185" data-attributes="member: 29222"><p><strong>Re: Teamsters Reach Tentative Agreements Covering 250,000 Workers At UPS, UPS Freight</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think it is far more indicative of the problem we have in this union today. Hey! I'm full time and make a lot of money so I don't care about anyone else. But here are the problems with this contract proposal as I see it now: 1) Raises do not keep pace with real inflation just as they did not in the last contract. And please don not quote me government statistics that exclude food and energy as we know they are not based on reality. 2) Do we have a binding contract with the union so that our benefits will not change for the life of the contract? This is something that I really need explained to me as I have heard from some full timers that the Teamsters have made changes to the retirement provisions for them. 3) New part timers will start at a much higher wage of $15/hr. Is this fair to the people who have busted their a** for 5 or 6 years to get to that rate when someone just coming in the door will make the same or more than them? 4) They will create XXX number of full time jobs! Never has happened when they made that promise before and never will. 5) Though we have not seen any specific language, is there anything in there that can force the company to actually honor the contract. SurePost was a prime example of how very specific language will be ignored by the company. We all have known for years that UPS wants to become like WalMart with an all part time work force with little or no benefits. They are not a struggling company. The only chance we have is to make it unprofitable of unreasonable for them to do this. I did not start with UPS when I was 18 or 20 years old and have been around the block more than a few times. I have worked in mills and factories. Never have I seen a group of harder working and dedicated individuals as I have here. The company is very lucky to have the workforce it does and these workers deserve everything they can get.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SteeltownBrown, post: 1128185, member: 29222"] [b]Re: Teamsters Reach Tentative Agreements Covering 250,000 Workers At UPS, UPS Freight[/b] I think it is far more indicative of the problem we have in this union today. Hey! I'm full time and make a lot of money so I don't care about anyone else. But here are the problems with this contract proposal as I see it now: 1) Raises do not keep pace with real inflation just as they did not in the last contract. And please don not quote me government statistics that exclude food and energy as we know they are not based on reality. 2) Do we have a binding contract with the union so that our benefits will not change for the life of the contract? This is something that I really need explained to me as I have heard from some full timers that the Teamsters have made changes to the retirement provisions for them. 3) New part timers will start at a much higher wage of $15/hr. Is this fair to the people who have busted their a** for 5 or 6 years to get to that rate when someone just coming in the door will make the same or more than them? 4) They will create XXX number of full time jobs! Never has happened when they made that promise before and never will. 5) Though we have not seen any specific language, is there anything in there that can force the company to actually honor the contract. SurePost was a prime example of how very specific language will be ignored by the company. We all have known for years that UPS wants to become like WalMart with an all part time work force with little or no benefits. They are not a struggling company. The only chance we have is to make it unprofitable of unreasonable for them to do this. I did not start with UPS when I was 18 or 20 years old and have been around the block more than a few times. I have worked in mills and factories. Never have I seen a group of harder working and dedicated individuals as I have here. The company is very lucky to have the workforce it does and these workers deserve everything they can get. [/QUOTE]
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