None of this really belongs in this particular debating room, but
since the damage is already done...: Are you also aware that at the rate UPS was growing, pre-strike, they would have hired approximately 13,300 workers instead of the 10,000 they negotiated for?
Yes, and I'm also aware that there will be pie in the sky when I die.
Did you think that the contract prohibits UPS from creating more jobs
than the Teamsters asked for?
: And how much business will UPS have lost for a significant amount of time, if not for good. People don't like to do business with companies where there is the possiblity of a strike. It's bad business for THEM!
So all those people who have been doing business with UPS were
unaware that it was a union company with the possibility of a strike.
Nothing but geniuses in the world of commerce.
:Are you also aware that the majority of UPS workers WANTED to only be part-timers? Homemakers, students etc. were quite happy with this arrangement. I believe the stats were fully 75% of the part timers fell under this catagory.
To hell with the other 25% who need to feed their families. The sudden
concern shown by right-wingers for the fate of part-time workers is
rather amusing. Have you forgotten your battle cry? "If they don't
like it, they can find another job."
: Unions have long outlived their usefulness.
Tell that to the victorious Teamsters. Workers, not conservative
commentators, decide what's useful and what isn't. Considering the
remarks made by McDonald's workers on this board, I'd say a union is
more needed today than ever.
