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Yellow | Holiday disaster looms as UPS workers threaten to strike

White said:
Curious if the unionized USPS would continue to handle UPS parcel during a strike.
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I've seen a UPS Brown truck cross Teamster picket lines. 10 years ago I was still driving for Yellow. Teamsters threw up a picket at Sysco Foods on 62nd St, Indy. I pulled across the road, parked, and called dispatch that there was a line I couldnt/ wouldn't cross. Dispatch acknowledged me skipping them. I watched a UPS Brown van cross.
 
jimmy g said:
I've seen a UPS Brown truck cross Teamster picket lines. 10 years ago I was still driving for Yellow. Teamsters threw up a picket at Sysco Foods on 62nd St, Indy. I pulled across the road, parked, and called dispatch that there was a line I couldnt/ wouldn't cross. Dispatch acknowledged me skipping them. I watched a UPS Brown van cross.
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Did you get a good look at the UPS driver? Was it a sheep possibly? :hide:
 
Canadian Flyer said:
You don't really understand how badly it would impact the money you seem to think they have if you strike. If UPS' workforce walks before the Christmas rush, customers will flock in droves FedEx, DHL and other parcel carriers. It won't shut UPS down, but there's gonna be fewer jobs to come back to with fewer customers willing to ship with UPS.

It's not about being a cheerleader for the company. It's about preserving the handful of remaining Teamster jobs out there. You would rather throw your brothers and sisters under the bus so you can get a raise? Is that what you're trying to say, Wong? Negotiate away a couple hundred jobs for 5%?

FedEx, ODFL, Estes, XPO, just to name a few who would benefit from a strike at YRCW. Do you think drivers from these nonunion carriers will support your strike and not pick up your freight? Did you forget why USF Red Star shut down? Customers don't care about you wanting more money. They care about moving their freight. And if YRCF, Holland, Reddaway or NPME don't show up they will find someone who will. Support from ABF and UPSF won't stop the rest of the nonunion carriers from scooping up your customers.

Here's an example, one you might have even heard of. TNT Alltrans Express, the western Canada division of TNT, was shut down in 1989 after a strike by the Teamsters. Why? Because TNT negotiated a rate with Reimer Express Lines for their customers to keep the freight moving. Most of those customers, within weeks of the strike starting, migrated permanently to Reimer or another carrier. About 800 Teamsters were out of work because they declared exactly what you want to; pay the rate or lock the gate. TNT locked the gate because the strike damaged customer confidence.

So it's not about being a company cheerleader. It's about knowing the difference between a smart move and a stupid one. Customers won't wait when there's alternatives. Even if you do believe they're made of money (they aren't) that money dries up quickly when they're having to deal with angry customers demanding delivery and calling in scabs to cover them.
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All the competition couldn’t handle the work if it came their way.
 
troubleman84 said:
All the competition couldn’t handle the work if it came their way.
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You guys list a lot of competition companies but you leave out the gorilla that's sneakin up from behind you. The United States Postal Service. They are running trucks with nothing but amazon packages on them and they are running them early and often. You had better turn around and look.
 
Dracula said:
You guys list a lot of competition companies but you leave out the gorilla that's sneakin up from behind you. The United States Postal Service. They are running trucks with nothing but amazon packages on them and they are running them early and often. You had better turn around and look.
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We handle alot. But it can be absorbed by others.
It would be a definite cluster. But never say never.
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Dracula said:
You guys list a lot of competition companies but you leave out the gorilla that's sneakin up from behind you. The United States Postal Service. They are running trucks with nothing but amazon packages on them and they are running them early and often. You had better turn around and look.
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The post office bleeds a lot more money than YRC
 
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