Posted on 07/23/2023 6:58:09 AM PDT by dynachrome
“How did we get here?
We got here like we get here every five years, the typical duration of a UPS-Teamsters contract. But this has been a different cycle. For the first time in 25 years, there is new blood at the top of the Teamsters food chain — a combative, aggressive, longtime Teamster named Sean O’Brien. O’Brien succeeded James P. Hoffa, a leadership fixture who many in the UPS rank and file thought had grown too cozy with the company and less with its workers. O’Brien isn’t that type, as he has made clear leading up to and throughout the negotiations. “
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/5-things-know-ups-teamsters-110012142.html?.tsrc=rss
That might be true in a perfect world, the reality is the workforce is unionized and it will always be that way.
Why try to eliminate the union when you are making record profits at the current pay scale, the pilots have already said, they will not cross the picket line meaning UPS will be in a world of hurt if the strike happens.
I don’t know this for sure, I would be willing to bet, because UPS pays a premium wage and benefits, they have far less turnover compared to their non-union package delivery competitors, IOWs you get what you pay for.
Mob activity isn't protected by the 1935 National Labor Relations Act. However, the NLRA does protect labor unions engaging in extortion, price fixing, and conspiracy to damage a private business through criminal activity.
I don’t oppose Unions, done right they can be a good thing. But like most things, they get corrupted.
Benefits that nearly all American workers used to enjoy until about 30 years ago.
Can't really blame Teamsters for wanting to hold on to what used to be commonplace.
I do have a real issue with public sector unions because they’re not two opposing sides, trying to find an acceptable solution, in public sector unions a politician usually a Democrat promises a great deal for the unions in exchange for their support, the politicians are spending other people’s money and will be gone when the bill has to get paid.
At least in theory, in a private sector union like the Teamsters and UPS, one side is for the most pay and benefits and the other is trying to get a deal for the company and still make a profit, if they fail the company will be gone or the executives will be gone, that never happens in public sector unions.
I’m with you there.
Appreciate the first-hand insight.
A tentative agreement between UPS and its unionized workforce was hailed as “historic” this week, with Teamsters leadership boasting that they “changed the game.”
President Biden congratulated contract negotiators and shipping customers everywhere, breathing a sigh of relief that a massive strike would likely be averted. The agreement boosts starting pay for part-timers to $21 an hour, raises the top rate for-time drivers to $49, eliminates a hated “two-tier” wage system that paid some drivers less than others for identical work and includes heat protections and air conditioning for new trucks.
But the deal must still be ratified by UPS’ 340,000 unionized workers, most of whom are part-time, and some of whom say it wouldn’t fix decades of falling pay in a physically exhausting job. Those workers are calling for a “no” vote on the agreement, raising the possibility that ratification will fail.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ups-teamsters-contract-unions-agreement-part-time-pay-debate/
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