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<blockquote data-quote="MC4YOU2" data-source="post: 3006421" data-attributes="member: 5485">I saw exactly what Bubble said at my small center and once visited a local beer distributer to post a notice for our BA who was in another city. Apathy. Ups&nbsp; very successfully uses a carrots and sticks approach to divide up the troops. It works because many of the &quot;come in an hour early off the clock&quot; crew makes sure it does. I personally got hit with a lot of sticks while my brothers ate their carrots. Several others I worked with got hit too, and I&#039;ll always be proud of their personal sacrifice in the face of the manufactured split between those who will man up and take the hits while others eat the pizza and go golfing with those mgmt that courted their loyalty to their own personal interests over the good of the entire group. There will always be a division at UPS among drivers who will work for free to impress mgmt and those who won&#039;t. How big the spilt is is what will decide the future. Maybe freight has better loyalty among its members. Maybe so. I met a lot of great freight drivers over my career. Maybe they can keep the wheels on the Teamsters. I don&#039;t think it does any good to compare their work effort or&nbsp; bricklayers,&nbsp; carpenters etc working conditions as a way to further divide us. That&#039;s a failed strategy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MC4YOU2, post: 3006421, member: 5485"] I saw exactly what Bubble said at my small center and once visited a local beer distributer to post a notice for our BA who was in another city. Apathy. Ups very successfully uses a carrots and sticks approach to divide up the troops. It works because many of the "come in an hour early off the clock" crew makes sure it does. I personally got hit with a lot of sticks while my brothers ate their carrots. Several others I worked with got hit too, and I'll always be proud of their personal sacrifice in the face of the manufactured split between those who will man up and take the hits while others eat the pizza and go golfing with those mgmt that courted their loyalty to their own personal interests over the good of the entire group. There will always be a division at UPS among drivers who will work for free to impress mgmt and those who won't. How big the spilt is is what will decide the future. Maybe freight has better loyalty among its members. Maybe so. I met a lot of great freight drivers over my career. Maybe they can keep the wheels on the Teamsters. I don't think it does any good to compare their work effort or bricklayers, carpenters etc working conditions as a way to further divide us. That's a failed strategy. [/QUOTE]

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