Posted on 07/17/2023 7:20:02 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien told union members over the weekend that the White House has been asked not to intervene if United Parcel Service (UPS) workers strike, saying the administration should only be concerned with corporate greed.
“We’ve been very clear with the White House,” O’Brien said on a UPS Teamsters members update webinar on Sunday when asked about the chances of the White House forcing a contract.
“We told the White House — and I used this analogy throughout our negotiations, throughout our rallies and practice pickets that we have taken a strong position with the White House that, you know, my neighborhood where I grew up in Boston, if two people had a disagreement and you had nothing to do with it, you just kept walking. And we echoed that to the White House on numerous occasions and we don’t need anybody getting involved in this fight,” he said.
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“other services”
LOL
Ironically, having been one to lambast UPS for decades, in our area the service has improved dramatically the past 10 years.
In fact, UPS is the only one who can repetitively deliver our packages to our house (as opposed to USPS and FedEx who repetitively deliver to the wrong house).
I don’t have an opinion here other than to cite the poor effect of unionization on a company which pays drivers a reported $95k/year to deliver inconsistent/spotty/poor service and then threaten to tear down the whole game over a few bargaining points.
i.e., competition is a good thing, and I do not believe UPS is ‘too big to fail’...but I’m sure some would disagree.
I send packages overseas routinely there is a huge difference in the cost and the service is the same. Once the package arrives in the country. It goes through customs and ends up being delivered by their postal system.
I’ve had the opposite here, and USPS isn’t cheaper.
You do know the reason USPS is cheaper internationally, I hope.
(Hint: You’re paying for it anyway)
I was just making a valid point.
No need to rationalize your business decision, FRiend.
The problems with USPS are just one small aspect of the greater decline.
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