Posted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by Len Wilson, IAM The message below was written by a UPS striker. She claims to have read UPS's "final offer" and quotes from it. It contains language that would allow the company to hire all temps and outsource about anything they want! --- LW ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Janice - 12:36pm Aug 11, 1997 This is a quote from papers I received from a Union source. They said I could post it. At the bargaining table UPS chief negotiator Dave Murray stated that he thought companies that used all temporary emloyees and had NO regular employees was a good idea. If this was the case UPS would not have to pay pension, health and welfare or Union wages. Little did we know until now how serious he was about this idea. UPS PROPOSAL WOULD REPLACE ALL REGULAR JOBS WITH TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES: They say the devil is in the details and never has that expression been more true than with the company's so called Last, Best and Final offer. If we do not win this fight here is what we get: ARTICLE 3, SECTION 4 of the UPS proposal states: "The Employer agrees to respect the jurisdictional rules of the Union and shall not, except as otherwise provided in this Master Agreement b OR TO MORE PROMPTLY, EFFICIENTLY OR ECONOMICALLY PERFORM THE WORK, direct or require its employees or persons, other than the employees in the bargaining units here involved, to perform work which is recognized as the work of the employees in said units." TRANSLATION - UPS would be able to replace all employees, part-time or full-time, with temporary employees in order to get the work done "more promptly, efficiently, or economically". Say goodbye to your regular job, your pension, your health care and your pay check. PACKAGE CAR DRIVERS - CHECK THIS OUT: Article 40, as proposed by the company, states: "Air driver work shall consist of delivery, pickup and movement of air and other time DEFINITE PACKAGES." What is a "Time Definite" package? Article 40 defines it as follows: "For the purpose of this Article only, time definite packages shall include ANY PACKAGE WHICH THE EMPLOYER, AS A PART OF ITS SERVICE OFFERING, GUARANTEES DELIVERY BY A CERTAIN DAY OF THE WEEK OR A CERTAIN TIME OF THE DAY." So, with this language UPS could define all packages as "Time Definite:. SAY GOODBYE TO ALL FULL-TIME PACKAGE CAR DRIVERS. FEEDER DRIVERS - The company didn't forget you either - ARTICLE 43 and 26 give them virtually unlimited subcontracting rights. While UPS goes on and on about wages, pension plans and other goodies in their proposal, there is one thing they forgot to mention - NOBODY WILL BE AROUND TO COLLECT THE PENSION, THE HEALTH BENEFITS OR RECEIVE THE CONTRACTUAL WAGES. (Remember I am quoting what I have received.) Judge for yourself. -----
