Ok, guys. A freight driver is here. Let's go ahead and clarify this. We DID NOT ask for more money. The only few things we wanted was the subcontracting to be addressed and reduced, raises that keep up with inflation and better language in the contract. That's all.... I personally feel that they are testing the waters to see how much they can take from us in 2023.
You should be asking for more money...What UPS is offering to you guys and gals is far below what the cost of living inflation will be over the next 5 years...If they offered the same GWI to the package division it would be a no brainer that we would of been striking on 1 August.
If it is voted down they will go back to the table, any bad press at this time would not be worth it for the company. Any subcontracting language is concessionary and at one time was never, never put on the table.
It would conceivable that the 2023 contract is currently and quietly being negotiated and timetables are being put in place, subject to change with the change of leadership that will occur in 2021.
Whatever the vote happens to be, you have vast support from the package division by the people who matter..