UPS has reached a contract agreement with its 340,000-person strong union Tuesday, averting a strike that had the potential to disrupt logistics nationwide for businesses and households alike.
We’ll see. Our local UPS driver said the part time guys in our local hub was only getting 9 dollars an hour. That nowhere close to the 16.50 they are boasting about.
A lot aren’t, which was a large part of people that were protesting (they are part timers therefore not union members, and in a lot of them make around half as much union employees with no benefits).
This is great news and huge positive impact for the nation.
We’ll see. Our local UPS driver said the part time guys in our local hub was only getting 9 dollars an hour. That nowhere close to the 16.50 they are boasting about.
How is that possible if they are employed under union rules?
A lot aren’t, which was a large part of people that were protesting (they are part timers therefore not union members, and in a lot of them make around half as much union employees with no benefits).
Possible the part-time workers are contractors? Maybe they wouldn’t be in the union
Yes. Exactly what I was getting at. They must not be union