UPS tells customers they begin training management today on how to keep packages moving during a strike

[Thebrownblob]

Ah,no. One week then you are on your own.

Ah no, you have bad info.

 

[DELACROIX]

Ah,no. One week then you are on your own.

You are forgetting that Team Care is doing quite well, they currently have enough surplus.. Remember that UPS is just one of their contributors.

If there is a strike the Union is probably counting on it only lasting two weeks similar to the last one. If it lasts more then 3 weeks, expect the feds to get involved big time.

If the Company hires replacement employees with the intent of breaking the Union…we do not even want to think about it…

 

[ManInBrown]

I wish I had Teamcare.

No you don’t. I don’t have it either and even though benefits still continue during a strike the carve out Western/177 is superior. I’ll eat a few weeks with no benefits. Far outweighs having Teamcare. And if it’s more than three weeks no one has benefits because we are all out of a job.

 

[Thebrownblob]

You are forgetting that Team Care is doing quite well, they currently have enough surplus.. Remember that UPS is just one of their contributors.

If there is a strike the Union is probably counting on it only lasting two weeks similar to the last one. If it lasts more then 3 weeks, expect the feds to get involved big time.

If the Company hires replacement employees with the intent of breaking the Union…we do not even want to think about it…

At our joint council meeting, Teamcare said they would cover us for the duration of the strike, if necessary.

 

[Wally]

No you don’t. I don’t have it either and even though benefits still continue during a strike the carve out Western/177 is superior. I’ll eat a few weeks with no benefits. Far outweighs having Teamcare. And if it’s more than three weeks no one has benefits because we are all out of a job.

West/177 insurance ends one week after a strike as per the union. You pay COBRA after that.

 

[Thebrownblob]

West/177 insurance ends one week after a strike as per the union. You pay COBRA after that.

I said TEAMCARE, all others ask your hall.

 

[PT 4 Life]

I am a PT Union member not looking for a big pay raise. Just the same as the FT Union members I work with. Equal pay for equal work.

I don’t agree. I think should be a difference in pay but more options to go full time. Instead having to wait forever.

 

[Wally]

I said TEAMCARE, all others ask your hall.

Expect that bombshell any time now.

Any Teamcare surplus should be shared by all UPS Teamsters.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Expect that bombshell any time now.

Any Teamcare surplus should be shared by all UPS Teamsters.

That’s for lawyers to decide.

 

[anonymous23456]

I just bought something from California, and I picked USPS as my choice of shipping.

 

[Wally]

That’s for lawyers to decide.

Ok, back to work then. These COBRA payments will crush any strike.

 

[ManInBrown]

West/177 insurance ends one week after a strike as per the union. You pay COBRA after that.

Yes unfortunately. I’d still rather have it than teamcare. And like I said if I don’t have insurance for more than three weeks there’s bigger problems. We are all out of a job.

 

[HarryWarden]

If the Company hires replacement employees with the intent of breaking the Union…we do not even want to think about it…

could you further explain this? Do you think that would be bad for them or for us?

 

[upschuck]

Expect that bombshell any time now.

Any Teamcare surplus should be shared by all UPS Teamsters.

I disagree. You gotta pay, to play.

The ones not in Teamcare went way out of the way to find another plan. Now they reap what they sow.

 

[PT Car Washer]

I don’t agree. I think should be a difference in pay but more options to go full time. Instead having to wait forever.

UPS hiring PT is just an excuse to pay less for Union wages.

 

[PT 4 Life]

UPS hiring PT is just an excuse to pay less for Union wages.

They could easily make us full time

 

[PT Car Washer]

They could easily make us full time

Then UPS would have to pay more. See how it works?

 

[cynz]

Was on vacation last week, we already have had three employees pass out, heat stroke. One driver, and two unloaders. I went in today, its like a furnace, no way would new hires stay.

 

[DELACROIX]

could you further explain this? Do you think that would be bad for them or for us?

Bad for us , bad for the Company… terrible for the economy…

Ain’t happening…despite what some are saying about “replacement workers”.

If you study the history of those who are expounding fear you will find out that most of them are management. Why they suddenly re appear and start posting just before a Contract is their issue,

 

[DELACROIX]

Was on vacation last week, we already have had three employees pass out, heat stroke. One driver, and two unloaders. I went in today, its like a furnace, no way would new hires stay.

But… they make (95,000 dollars a year)…

Yea… right.