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<blockquote data-quote="Bubblehead" data-source="post: 1595365" data-attributes="member: 14176">I&#039;m in the Central Region and don&#039;t recall being presented with any other opportunities.Instead we were misinformed, lied to and sold a bill of goods.It was quite a production.A political power play by who?Most Local&#039;s including mine were &quot;neutral&quot; or in favor of the contract offers.The Vote No movement was a grass roots movement that was born and perpetuated in the realms of social media and boots on the ground.Informed members with an inkling of intelligence saw accepting any concessions from a company recording record profits in a down economy as ludicrous.That provision in the ACA has been changed and pushed back many times over.Hell, some say we the employees may soon be taxed?Under previous contracts UPS could have renegotiated the plan at any time.In the Central Region, the Teamsters could strike if they tried.Again, how can UPS a company recording record profits, justify not continuing to fund their healthcare plan?In the end, it was just a smokescreen designed to let the Teamsters prop up their multi-employer healthcare funds on the backs of UPSer&#039;s.They rebranded it as TeamCare, but in the end it&#039;s still Central States, a name now synonymous with failure.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bubblehead, post: 1595365, member: 14176"] I'm in the Central Region and don't recall being presented with any other opportunities. Instead we were misinformed, lied to and sold a bill of goods. It was quite a production. A political power play by who? Most Local's including mine were "neutral" or in favor of the contract offers. The Vote No movement was a grass roots movement that was born and perpetuated in the realms of social media and boots on the ground. Informed members with an inkling of intelligence saw accepting any concessions from a company recording record profits in a down economy as ludicrous. That provision in the ACA has been changed and pushed back many times over. Hell, some say we the employees may soon be taxed? Under previous contracts UPS could have renegotiated the plan at any time. In the Central Region, the Teamsters could strike if they tried. Again, how can UPS a company recording record profits, justify not continuing to fund their healthcare plan? In the end, it was just a smokescreen designed to let the Teamsters prop up their multi-employer healthcare funds on the backs of UPSer's. They rebranded it as TeamCare, but in the end it's still Central States, a name now synonymous with failure. [/QUOTE]

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