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Message: <blockquote data-quote="member6045" data-source="post: 1186855" data-attributes="member: 42847">You seem to be totally lost on the part time members that you represent. These are the same members that you promised the world too, that you would fix the division and did nothing but put a bigger gap between us with salaries and healthcare.   The members knew about the healthcare problems that where arising and how part timers from this local might be affected. Members of 804 felt that we should All have the same healthcare provider and that our bills and problems would be handled locally bye our fund administrator! Creating the best plan possible for All! We see now that you could have been exempt from Teamcare but the lack being able to position yourself in Washington has put the gap between part time and full time even wider for now. As the executive board you are suppose to be the mouth piece of the rank and file workers that you represent. We elected you to go to the company and intl to protect our best interest. Whether that's what you did or think you did is up for Discussion. You have harmed our relationship with intl with the support of a unknown candidate support for IBT presidency and giving local 804 a name of a TDU local. We want our leader to have views and not to agree on all! But to outright refuse or hate with no dialog?bad deal! That  Leads to us not having a say! Or be invited to talk about issues that are important to ups teamsters hear and across the country! We where always the leaders and everyone always wanted what we had in our supplement, not the other way around!!The part timers that want to go full time that currently deliver packages know how much they can receive as an hourly rate that is explained in previous contract. You have decided that part timers are not worthy of the hourly wage they have received for years? You agree to lower it significantly!!! And have us take time off our other job to fill vacations ? There is no benefit to part timers, we are sacrificing for a bonus that soon to be retirees with 25 years or more will be only receiving and we will not receive! Doesn't seem fair right!! We won't even receive a friend/t pension credit for this hardworking in summer. The board clearly isn't looking out for part timers today or tomorrow. To the bargaining committee. You thought that we didn't understand language and that you need to dumb it down! Don't bother! Please! We are not stupid and clearly see the road ahead and it's nothing we are willing to live with for 5 years that is full of givebacks. You are personally giving them back 22.3 jobs that haven't been replaced bye members that went on truck full time or left job! Why?In closing! If TA isn't  changed! To where I get same wages as a driver and full time benefit package I will be voting no again! Your scare tactics won't work! If you where so concerned you would have took our issues serious and came back with something different to the company instead of concessions.</blockquote>

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