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zentrum

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47. What can the Public do...

Wed Jul 19, 2023, 11:53 AM

Jul 2023

...to best support the strikers? Should we stop ordering stuff? Or order as much as ever and let the Company feel the heat to deliver? Or what?

I hate to think that by buying on line I am crossing a picket line.

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Why I walked out at UPS and why UPSers will too. [View all] Simeon Salus Jul 2023 OP

Thank you for your excellent analysis of UPS, my dear Simeon Salus. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2023 #1

Good! Elessar Zappa Jul 2023 #2

If workers were treated fairly and with respect, unions might not be necessary in the first place. calimary Jul 2023 #3

THIS! THIS! THIS! OMGWTF Jul 2023 #6

This has never been the case. Jakes Progress Jul 2023 #22

They only start to act that way when faced with a union vote SouthernDem4ever Jul 2023 #27

Absolutely Bear Creek Jul 2023 #48

Could we pass a law that employers must reimburse the government here? raging moderate Jul 2023 #4

Excellent idea Hekate Jul 2023 #7

Isn't there a law stating such already on the books, or is it state-by-state only? Hestia Jul 2023 #13

Wouldn't the people still be eligible for aid whether they worked there or not? MichMan Jul 2023 #50

Are you sharing personal info of real people? leftstreet Jul 2023 #5

Calling this weird is weird. NBachers Jul 2023 #14

Well it is weird leftstreet Jul 2023 #20

I have changed names and swapped some circumstances in order not to identify fellow union members. Simeon Salus Jul 2023 #24

So the Shakira wasn't the singer? leftstreet Jul 2023 #26

The only time it will be an exciting time ( I assume you meant exciting) for labor SouthernDem4ever Jul 2023 #28

First, changed names, like I said. Simeon Salus Jul 2023 #33

Excellent description of working conditions and why we need unions Wild blueberry Jul 2023 #8

The lady who is our regular delivery person at my work is fantastic. tanyev Jul 2023 #9

Thanks for this post - great first hand insights. I totally support unions. n/t iluvtennis Jul 2023 #10

I'm happy that the Teamsters are already established at UPS FakeNoose Jul 2023 #11

Thanks to the GQP Congresses that allowed them to get away with the take-aways Hestia Jul 2023 #15

Minimum wage in 1990 was $3.80 per hour MichMan Jul 2023 #19

This all began with MOMFUDSKI Jul 2023 #12

Businesses skirt paying and working employees with Full Time pay and Benefits should be flying_wahini Jul 2023 #16

It's called *Algorythms* setting pay and schedule - managers hide behind the old Hestia Jul 2023 #23

Thank you for posting this. Duppers Jul 2023 #17

I'm with you. Joinfortmill Jul 2023 #18

I love our UPS driver hueymahl Jul 2023 #21

They also need to terminate this man, if he is still there. The Grand Illuminist Jul 2023 #25

I think he's still there maspaha Jul 2023 #34

Dear Simeon - This is due to the primacy of the shareholder doctrine - a legal PatrickforB Jul 2023 #29

Carol Tome is the CEO of UPS IcyPeas Jul 2023 #30

Beautifully said & explained Simeon DENVERPOPS Jul 2023 #31

I am also a former UPSer... maspaha Jul 2023 #32

Every person I have met in the last 25 years that worked at UPS said their SouthernDem4ever Jul 2023 #35

If a large company like UPS is hurting and in danger of going under DFW Jul 2023 #36

Insert Katie Porter and Jamie Dimon here... DJ Porkchop Jul 2023 #49

Delivery Drivers NowISeetheLight Jul 2023 #37

A good read about UPS from back in January Deminpenn Jul 2023 #38

My son was a part-time specialist at UPS for years ... rustysgurl Jul 2023 #39

I'm surprised UPS still has any workers given the working conditions and low pay described here MichMan Jul 2023 #40

And if they weren't union... 2naSalit Jul 2023 #41

I too worked at UPS Johnny2X2X Jul 2023 #42

K and R...Thanks for posting.. Stuart G Jul 2023 #43

Thanks was talking to my grandson (27) about this Tree Lady Jul 2023 #44

second to last entry here llashram Jul 2023 #45

It's the same thing for retail. Companies have gotten into the habit of running their businesses cstanleytech Jul 2023 #46

What can the Public do... zentrum Jul 2023 #47