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<blockquote data-quote="hondo" data-source="post: 251190" data-attributes="member: 8661">Brothers and Sisters, CALM DOWN! Please take a step back and a deep breath. We&#039;ve seen enough rumors and innuendo for now. Over the next few days (until you get all the cold, hard facts), take some time to review what&#039;s most important to you in the next contract. CS people, you know what&#039;s important to you. Art 22.3 &amp; 40 employees, I&#039;m sure you have your own agendas. PC, Feeder, part-timers like myself, those close to retirement, look carefully at what you&#039;ll be gaining/giving up and try and balance what&#039;s best for you with what&#039;s good for&nbsp; us all (even take a second to consider the current and retired Teamsters who will remain in CS). There are a whole lot of pieces to this puzzle: CS, wages, benefits,&nbsp; contract language, UPS Freight (they seems to be tied in, too), etc. Please stay back, see it all, get the big picture. As I see it the only item requiring a sense of urgency is the pension reforms going into effect. Please be careful what you wish for, you just might get it, but at what cost?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hondo, post: 251190, member: 8661"] Brothers and Sisters, [B]CALM DOWN! [/B]Please take a step back and a deep breath. We've seen enough rumors and innuendo for now. Over the next few days (until you get all the cold, hard facts), take some time to review what's most important to you in the next contract. CS people, you know what's important to you. Art 22.3 & 40 employees, I'm sure you have your own agendas. PC, Feeder, part-timers like myself, those close to retirement, look carefully at what you'll be gaining/giving up and try and balance what's best for you with what's good for us all (even take a second to consider the current and retired Teamsters who will remain in CS). There are a whole lot of pieces to this puzzle: CS, wages, benefits, contract language, UPS Freight (they seems to be tied in, too), etc. Please stay back, see it all, get the big picture. As I see it the only item requiring a sense of urgency is the pension reforms going into effect. Please be careful what you wish for, you just might get it, but at what cost? [/QUOTE]

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