UPS Teamsters Take On Two-Tier

[Omaha Steve]

A national “no” vote on the whole enchilada is a very real possibility. “UPS overplayed their hand,” said Nick Perry, a delivery driver in Columbus, Ohio. Credit: UPS Teamsters United

July 30, 2018 / Alexandra Bradbury

There are no flashy special effects in Tyler Binder’s 12-minute video, “Why the UPS 2018 contract sucks!”

No stirring soundtrack, no animation, no laugh track. It’s just him and his whiteboard, explaining in plain language how the tentative agreement would affect every group of workers.

But the video went viral. Just two weeks after he uploaded it, it had 90,000 views on Facebook and 50,000 on YouTube.

Binder, a Wisconsin delivery driver, didn’t expect to become a Teamster folk hero. He just wanted to help his fellow union members evaluate the deal that negotiator Denis Taylor is presenting as the best ever.

FULL story: http://labornotes.org/2018/07/ups-teamsters-take-two-tier

[underpants]

1. Oh no

We hold a lot of stock in UPS and I know several people who work for UPS Freight - formerly Overnite.

[Hortensis]

2. Hold onto your hats? UPS isn't going anywhere,

bumpy ride or no, and more appropriate wages won't lower your returns much. After all, UPS is in competition with our magnificent 243-year-old USPS.

Just wish I could buy stock in THAT. As mostly a patriotic gesture, or alternative to U.S. bonds, of course. I'd do it if I could, even though the Republicans are trying to destroy it and may succeed if we don't care enough.

Go, Teamsters!

[underpants]

3. I'm not worried about the wages going up

Yes I know that effects the bottom line I'm just worried about UPS in general.

[Hortensis]

5. Oh, really? I confess I haven't been paying much

attention recently. Republicans have been cannibalizing the USPS to help UPSetc and destroy the USPS, of course, and that's about when I last tuned in.

(I was pretty sure it wasn't wobbling of stock prices you were thinking of, btw.)

[underpants]

6. I actually thought this was already decided

Yes the Repugs are trying to trash the USPS but UPS and Fed Ex can't replace it and have said so. They don't have the capacity to go to every door every day. As you probably know, USPS and UPS contract with each other every day from bulk to one-off deliveries Brown doesn't want to make.

UPS Freight is at capacity now. They are bleeding off less profitable customer contracts.

[Hortensis]

7. Sounds as if it's been progressing pretty much

as expected. My loyalties are solidly with our wonderful USPS, of course, but I hope UPS does comes through okay.

We shop on line and still reasonably frequently get UPS deliveries here on our rural hill. You're welcome, and btw it'd be helpful if they'd add hauling cardboard away to their services. You'll be happy to know that most of your drivers have learned to back down our driveway to a turnaround point, and we even rather recently took pity on them and limbed up a rather low-branching tree over the drive.

[Sherman A1]

4. Multi tiered contracts

absolutely Suck.

Had to live with them for years and they are simply Wrong.

[msongs]

8. gouges "customers", gouges employees. who else gets gouged? nt