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Eastern Railroad Discussion > OT: Teamsters prepare for UPS strikeDate: 02/01/23 15:22 OT: Teamsters prepare for UPS strike Author: Lackawanna484 The Wall Street Journal has an article about the preparations being made for a possible stike by the Teamsters & Warehouse employees if an agreement isn't reached at UPS. That may happen as early as this Summer. UPS is a major shipper on the railroads.
"The company is making record amounts of money", one member said. "We want some of that" The company once described as "family" and "a great place to work" has recently been speeding up the pace of work, applying discipline for minor infractions and other grievances, the workers say. One key element in the workers' favor, the article says, is continued close contact between the individual members and the customers. In the past strike, that contact, and pressure by shippers brought the stike talks to a successful conclusion. The contract goals are relatively straightforward. Better wages and advancement for part time workers, work life balance, better control of work schedules with limits on forced overtime, air conditioning on the package cars (guys have collapsed working in 110 degree vehicles), and more employee engagement in the algorithms which define the delivery sequence. There are a number of demands for the warehouse workers. Including reasonable quotas for hourly lifts of packages in the sort, air conditioning, staffing, etc. The Teamsters have also helped out where requested by Amazon employee organizers Date: 02/01/23 16:48 Re: OT: Teamsters prepare for UPS strike Author: shadetree Bet they've got sick days.
Eng.Shadetree Date: 02/01/23 17:28 Re: OT: Teamsters prepare for UPS strike Author: dan How are the TForce guys doing?
Date: 02/01/23 20:10 Re: OT: Teamsters prepare for UPS strike Author: pdt 6 months out? Nothing will happen till its a day before, unless mgmt is afraid that the rumor of a strike will hurt them too much, and they have a ton of money, so be cheap, but settle.
Meanwhile, Its never too early to warm up the political posturing machine. Date: 02/04/23 17:25 Re: OT: Teamsters prepare for UPS strike Author: coach dan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > How are the TForce guys doing? So-so. They can't stand the new name--T Force--as one of them told me "It sounds like a testosterone supplement." Coach LTL driver |