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This does not matter to the workers if they do not get any share of the increase in bussiness. They have very little to lose while doing a strike.
by kazen44 8y ago
This does not matter to the workers if they do not get any share of the increase in bussiness.
They have very little to lose while doing a strike.
- sparrish 8y agoIn 1997, the 15-day strike cost 15k UPS jobs. For the drivers, that is a lot to lose.
- kevinh 8y agoThe stakes are what give both the union and the business leverage in the negotiations.
- spectra72 8y agoI was working for UPS during that strike. We didn't lose a lot of drivers from what I recall because they had relatively nice hourly wages to come back to and could weather the storm a bit. We lost almost the entire load/unload staff though. The grunts in the truck at 12am unloading semi-truck after semi-truck worth of boxes. They were only getting ~$8/hr and couldn't afford to be out for 2 weeks. Out of 12 guys on the team I supervised I think 2 came back.
- rwcarlsen 8y agoShort term it might not affect them, but long term it could reduce the number of employees UPS needs, and they might not be able to get hired on at FedEx.