Voting Starts Next Week! How will you vote and why.

Trailer monkey

Well-Known Member
Folks ,

We , the people , the backbone,heart eat and spirit of this beloved corporation are being sold down river , very , very cheap . We can do so much better than what is being shoved down our throats or up our rear ends . What our Teamster negotiation committee members are tentatively agreeing to is so beneath what we deserve . Let's start with the wages , yes we are already paid nicely but we "earn" it , dont we !!! . What is $4.15 over 5 years , roughly 83 cents a year . What happened to the days of $1.00 , $1.25 , hell 95 cent raises ? U.P.S. recieved such a nice tax cut , from 35% to 21% , and this is the best they can do ? , "NO" !!! . They are forecasted to net 6 , six , BILLION dollar profit this year alone (then add newly added tax cuts ) . We live in the most prosperous nation in the world , our economy is exploding . I'm not getting into politics ,however we have a "BILLION" dollar President , a businessman at that . Why should we vote "NO" is a no brainer ? It's our time , we deserve more , the economy is ripe, tax cuts on businesses , labor shortages, CDL driver shortage , we control the shipping industry all adds up to "it's there for the taking " . This might be our last time in a while to capitalize on all that is front of us . The most that can happen if we fail to vote "no" is we move ahead with this subpar contract , BUT if we were to overwhelmingly vote "NO" we send our representatives back to the table with so much more to gain , folks U.P.S. will bend , but we have to ask for it . We have to continue to engage our fellow coworkers, we have to use all tools available such as SOCIAL MEDIA , flyers , text , emails , parking lot meetings , Union hall meetings. We can do this folks , dont settle for this low ball offer , when we have so much more to gain at such a fruitful time . A vote "NO" does not mean we will go on strike , they still have til July 31st to wrap this up , but if a yes vote now will only get you what is being offered , and our representatives get to go back to playing golf and fancy dinners and vacays. Let's make them work for us , is that to much to ask ?? Remember this , what might be a nice contract for a senior feeder driver looking forward to retirement in a couple years , might look like crap to a new hire part time who is paying his dues , same thing for a combo employee and a package car driver . All that glitters , is not gold . Lastly , I will leave you with this , U.P.S. wants to succeed, so do you , corporate wants the numbers to keep going up , we want our bank accounts to keep thriving , our time with our families going up . Right now what is being offered is only a scratching of the surface of what we could have . And "NO" , I do not want a strike , that's why we send them back to the table to negotiate, but if we dont come together you will never no what you could have had . Unity folks , we can do this !!!!
"VOTE NO "
I love their clever little ploy of sending ballots out 10 days before the vote, obviously hoping for ballots to be misplaced or forgotten about. Contracts are defeated when people vote, they are ratified when people don't vote
 

just chillin'

Rest in peace wooba
Would you feel better if I said retarded? I was thinking of you when I went with the politically correct version.

sir with all due respect, and taking your age and generation into consideration, you MUST stop using references that pertain to developmentally challenged individuals. union official, management, or just a troll your a human being first. it is so wrong man. just stop.
 

Tony Q

Well-Known Member
sir with all due respect, and taking your age and generation into consideration, you MUST stop using references that pertain to developmentally challenged individuals. union official, management, or just a troll your a human being first. it is so wrong man. just stop.
I originally termed it special needs.
 

zubenelgenubi

I'm a star
In your opinion would you be okay with giving the full timers a quarter a year and the rest to the part timers? This would be the right thing to do using your logic.

I'd be ok with 50 cents a year for this contract, if the midrange seniority part timers were taken care of a little better. Part timers don't deserve more or less money based on how involved they are in the vote, they deserve it because they work hard.
 
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Frankie's Friend

Guest
Sometimes you just need a little spice in your life .Go take a day trip , have dinner and a few drinks and sleep over at a cheap motel.
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zubenelgenubi

I'm a star
We took a strike authorization vote that passed by 93%. I realize you might be some sort of special needs but you have to understand how that works.

I do understand, and I'm not scared. I'm making fun of you for even bringing it up. If the union disentigrates because they failed to negotiate a passable contract with one company, then they have no one to blame but the leadership. You can't blame members for not accepting the unacceptable.
 
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Tony Q

Well-Known Member
Says the teamster “official” wishing bad things on the people you “represent”. You’re a real piece of :censored2: and I hope you get what you deserve.
I don’t know what you don’t get about they offer as they strike but they will be getting what they asked for by voting no this is the last best and final offer
 

zubenelgenubi

I'm a star
I don’t know what you don’t get about they offer as they strike but they will be getting what they asked for by voting no this is the last best and final offer

Is that official? I call BS. The first is also the last, best, and final? I'm sure the NLRB would be interested to find out how that came about.
 
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