Posted on 05/06/2010 10:57:51 AM PDT by Wpin
I own an office building which we have been remodeling for some time now. I recently hired a concrete contractor to replace our front entry walk. This contractor has been fighting from becoming unionized for over a decade now. I was told to be expected to be picketed if we gave him the job. His price was right, his reputation excellent and to me his anti-union stance is a real badge of honor for America. So, he got the job.
True to the rumor, we had some picketers show up each day. Generally just two sometimes up to four. The contractor was friendly with them and they with him. I guess they have gotten to know each other over the years.
I learned from one of my tenants today that UPS will not deliver or pickup because their drivers refuse to "cross picket lines". No matter that the tenant, nor the building is technically being picketed, it is just the contractor. UPS' attitude is basically "screw the customer" and they refuse to do anything about it. The tenant was not given any notice, he had to learn from noticing that they had not picked up for a couple of days.
I personally will only use UPS from now on when I absolutely have to. I will spread this true story around everywhere I can. We MUST stop companies who are so reckless and crude to customers that they would do such as this.
I hope you will consider the same.
What about FedEx? Will they deliver? Post office?
Hearing some of the stories about union thuggery out of Illinois, I can’t say that I blame UPS - I do however agree with you completely. I’m just pointing out that it may be UPS policy out of fear for employee and equipment safety.
Fedex is non-union, so I would guess ‘yes’.
Good to know. Guess who'll get my business?
I stopped using UPS years ago unless absolutely necessary when they refused to ship a scope for me because the box said it was intended for long eye-relief installations including scout rifles and pistols. The punk kid at the desk smarmily declared that he wouldn’t ship it because it was a handgun part. The manager refused to discipline him. That location never gets my business, and UPS has lost about $500 from me as a result.
This is also why FedEx has effectively killed the bill by telling the U.S. government that it would cancel its next large order of new Boeing aircraft if that law is passed. That threat basically removed support for the law among Democrats in a number of states where Boeing has a large presence.
The Teamster Union has the labor contract with UPS. If one was to choose the bad guy here, I’d say the Teamsters as they have a long reputation of being in your face on union issues. UPS has to go along to get along.
guess they call them Big Brown for a reason
Don’t forget to take advantage of the ones
God has sent to you. They may want to harm
you, but God means it for His good purpose.
Tell the Union Representatives about the
greatest Labor of Love Union in the universe.
Tell them about Jesus! Either they will come
back for more, send others, or they will not
return. Win! Win! Win!
His forever...
NOTE: I will not be quick to conclude this
story is true. Many of these “true stories”
are designed to slander competition.
My Opinion
Interesting.
This is also why FedEx has effectively killed the bill by telling the U.S. government that it would cancel its next large order of new Boeing aircraft if that law is passed.
Imagine how WalMart could make them soil themselves by announcing they would shutter every store at 6:01AM the morning after it passes?
FedEx where possible, and if I have to USPS (yes, I know). The only time I use UPS is if that is the only method available from the sender.
Unions are the storm troopers of socialism. UPS becomes a useful idiot.
“NOTE: I will not be quick to conclude this
story is true. Many of these “true stories”
are designed to slander competition.”
It is happening at my building scumbag...so unless you want to stupidly call someone a liar whom you do not know anything about don’t smear.
I won’t order from anybody that uses UPS exclusively.
UPS can’t follow instructions, even when their records show them repeated 3 times.
Unions are the storm troopers of socialism. UPS becomes a useful idiot.”
They sure are. I remember back when I was a young man in the seventies and driving a truck for a window manufacturer (non-union) and the truckers were striking. Of course they were not satisfied with just striking somewhere where it didn’t cause problems, they shut down sections of highways around Chicago for hours at a time. No police were ever around to protect the innocent from being mugged by these scumbags and they did hurt some people. It is where I really got to understand what unions are really about.
I think it would be almost impossible not to use them sometimes, but we sure can avoid them whenever possible.
My long gone Father In Law used to say... they couldn’t spill the pee out of a boot with the instructions written on the heel... :)
“The Teamster Union has the labor contract with UPS. If one was to choose the bad guy here, I’d say the Teamsters as they have a long reputation of being in your face on union issues. UPS has to go along to get along.”
So, you think UPS is absolved from it’s actions? Crazy thinking...
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