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Teamsters Vote By 97 Percent to Strike If UPS Fails to Deliver Strong Contract (teamster.org)

submitted 1 year ago by SuperZutsuki@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] fubo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, that just makes sense. Our economy depends on being able to reliably ship boxes all over the place. The people who actually do the work of shipping those boxes should have a decent workplace ... and their bargaining power should be bloody frickin' formidable.

[–] AnotherPerson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Good. Do it.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If their jobs are too important for them to go on strike, why not just give them what they want?

[–] MDKAOD@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Betcha a dollar that Biden steps in. If the Fed stepped in to end the rail strike, why wouldn't they stop UPS teamsters? UPS moves 6 or 8 percent of the nations gdp every day (or so I've heard).

But they should strike. Working conditions are abysmal for those guys.

[–] SuperZutsuki@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Nothing he can do. The rail strike fell under the Railway Labor Act which gives the government the power to force contracts and break strikes. He can try to pull something but the Teamsters aren't fucking around.

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