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<blockquote data-quote="sckeener" data-source="post: 3880883" data-attributes="member: 8801"><p>Ha! reminds me of the UPS 1997 strike. Though I understand this writers strike, the 1997 UPS strike was just silly. The teamsters just wanted to flex their muscles. </p><p></p><p>I was tech support at UPS in Houston during the time. I was non-union, so I had to go to work. The ones picketing were fat and drinking beer. One of them even threw a beer can at my car. </p><p></p><p>And it was all stupid. I saw the contract before the strike. The teamsters had already gotten permission to strike before they even saw the contract. They went on strike and then after UPS caved, they signed the same contract. It was ridiculous to go through all that...to bring UPS to a halt and drag Clinton into it....just to send a message to all the other companies that the teamsters were a political force. In the end the employees/union members are the ones that got screwed because they would have gotten a $1500/employee signing bonus if they didn't strike. Since it was the same contract, I felt bad for all the employees that I knew were struggling who didn't get that money. The scabs that crossed got the money...</p><p></p><p>I also remember this one mechanic who started a fight with a manager 15 minutes before the strike was supposed to start....he was fired on the spot. He became the most vocal striker and when the strike was over, he got his job back.</p><p></p><p>The teamsters leave a bad taste in my mouth. I quit UPS afterwards. I wish they had broken the strike.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sckeener, post: 3880883, member: 8801"] Ha! reminds me of the UPS 1997 strike. Though I understand this writers strike, the 1997 UPS strike was just silly. The teamsters just wanted to flex their muscles. I was tech support at UPS in Houston during the time. I was non-union, so I had to go to work. The ones picketing were fat and drinking beer. One of them even threw a beer can at my car. And it was all stupid. I saw the contract before the strike. The teamsters had already gotten permission to strike before they even saw the contract. They went on strike and then after UPS caved, they signed the same contract. It was ridiculous to go through all that...to bring UPS to a halt and drag Clinton into it....just to send a message to all the other companies that the teamsters were a political force. In the end the employees/union members are the ones that got screwed because they would have gotten a $1500/employee signing bonus if they didn't strike. Since it was the same contract, I felt bad for all the employees that I knew were struggling who didn't get that money. The scabs that crossed got the money... I also remember this one mechanic who started a fight with a manager 15 minutes before the strike was supposed to start....he was fired on the spot. He became the most vocal striker and when the strike was over, he got his job back. The teamsters leave a bad taste in my mouth. I quit UPS afterwards. I wish they had broken the strike. [/QUOTE]
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