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<blockquote data-quote="Its_a_me" data-source="post: 5638235" data-attributes="member: 93115">One decade ago. July 2013 UPS starting wage $8.50. Federal minimum wage $7.25 (the same it had been since 2009). Adjusted for inflation, 1968&#039;s federal minimum wage of $1.60 has the highest purchasing power. In recent years the purchasing power is about 35% less than it was of the late &#039;60&#039;s and 25% than it was of the early 80&#039;s (when today&#039;s Trump/Biden inflation rates would have been considered an improvement).Long-time PT&#039;ers have long gotten the shaft by Hoffa&#039;s best contracts ever. To the point the Company had to raise the starting wages on their own without union prodding. That&#039;s how bad it got.As recently as 2022 peak, long-time PT&#039;ers were making less than people off-the-streets who were getting MRA&#039;s and attendance bonuses (as not all areas of the country paid MRA&#039;s or attendance bonuses). And those off-the-street part-timers were quitting saying the company was not paying enough for what was expected of them. They weren&#039;t even bothering to call or tell sups--just stopped showing up.If anyone here thinks someone off the streets should be making more than a 10 year PT&#039;er, then the union is doomed.The current teamsters bargain unit thinks UPS offer is so awful they unanimously rejected it rather than give it to the membership to shoot down. That&#039;s all I need to know about how bad this contract offer was.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Its_a_me, post: 5638235, member: 93115"] One decade ago. July 2013 UPS starting wage $8.50. Federal minimum wage $7.25 (the same it had been since 2009). Adjusted for inflation, 1968's federal minimum wage of $1.60 has the highest purchasing power. In recent years the purchasing power is about 35% less than it was of the late '60's and 25% than it was of the early 80's (when today's Trump/Biden inflation rates would have been considered an improvement). Long-time PT'ers have long gotten the shaft by Hoffa's best contracts ever. [B]To the point the Company had to raise the starting wages on their own without union prodding. That's how bad it got. As recently as 2022 peak, long-time PT'ers were making less than people off-the-streets[/B] who were getting MRA's and attendance bonuses (as not all areas of the country paid MRA's or attendance bonuses).[B] And those off-the-street part-timers were quitting saying the company was not paying enough for what was expected of them.[/B] They weren't even bothering to call or tell sups--just stopped showing up. If anyone here thinks someone off the streets should be making more than a 10 year PT'er, then the union is doomed. [U]The current teamsters bargain unit thinks UPS offer is so awful they unanimously rejected it rather than give it to the membership to shoot down. That's all I need to know about how bad this contract offer was.[/U] [/QUOTE]

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