Is the UPS strike a deliberate hoax?
Rush Limbaugh
Royce Heckman wrote:
> Everybody seems to be missing the most important point, that is always
>
> alluded to by Mr. Limbaugh.
Actually, I think I grasp the nuances of the strike quite well, monkey
boy.
> Follow the money! The strike is all and only about who will control
> the 1.? Billion Dollar pension fund.
Actually, there's more to it than that but I wouldn't want to overtax
your brain. You might be forced to multitask between points.
> The Teamsters have always done so well with pension funds, investing
> in union management payroll, Las Vegas casinos, and other really
> uplifting ideas.
The Teamsters and other unions are trying to come back in America after
years of decline. That's why the Teamsters are striking at UPS and why
the UAW has been striking domestic auto plants. The economy is doing
well, companies are raking in record profits and the workers are not
being rewarded for these gains or past concessions.
> UPS is uhique in their labor requirements, they need a large number of
>
> people for a short period of time each day to sort the packages and
> load the trucks. Then a much smaller number full time to drive the
> trucks and actually deliver the packages. So if the problem is really
>
> the use of part-time workers, let's just make everyone full time, cut
> back on the effeciency of UPS, and by the way, terminate half of
> the partimers and make the other half full time. Any volunteers?
I see you've bought hook, line and sinker the smoke UPS is blowing up
your ass. In truth, many of the part-timers are working over 40 hour
weeks but their status doesn't change. Nor are they being paid even on
the same wage scale as full-time employee, a patently unfair practice.
What UPS is trying to do is pay near McDonald's wages to people who work
harder, require much greater skills and work in more dangerous
conditions. The majority of UPS workers, for example, have been
injured on the job.
> And if you are one of those strikers, ask yourself just how difficult
> would it be to use the bar-coded label on the package, a scanner, and
> some computerized hardware to do the acutal sorting. Guess what, you
> can be replaced by a semi-smart robot that is always on time for work,
>
> makes few mistakes, and will work for food (electricity).
Let me guess. You own stock in UPS and think your armchair contribution
should be rewarded more than some poor slob busting his ass every day
for $8/hour and no benefits?
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Henry Blaskowski
Rush Limbaugh <rush_l...@geocities.com> wrote:
> The Teamsters and other unions are trying to come back in America after
> years of decline. That's why the Teamsters are striking at UPS and why
> the UAW has been striking domestic auto plants. The economy is doing
> well, companies are raking in record profits and the workers are not
> being rewarded for these gains or past concessions.
The average UPS driver makes $70,000 per year. Don't talk to me about
'workers not being rewarded'. These are people without college degrees
who are among the wealthiest people in the country. The strike is,
pure and simple, a power grab by the head of the union.
Loren Petrich
In article <5t9c7o$g07$1...@news3.microserve.net>,
Henry Blaskowski <jhb...@bigpapa.nothinbut.net> wrote:
>The average UPS driver makes $70,000 per year. ...
You seem very envious, Mr. Blaskowski.
Don't talk to me about
>'workers not being rewarded'. These are people without college degrees
>who are among the wealthiest people in the country. The strike is,
>pure and simple, a power grab by the head of the union.
While corporate heads never do power grabs?
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