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UPS Employees Say They Were Forced to Lobby Against FedEx
Did anyone feel forced or coerced into writing these letters?
Did anyone feel they would be punished for not writing these?
At my barn it was voluntary.
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Did anyone feel forced or coerced into writing these letters?
Did anyone feel they would be punished for not writing these?
At my barn it was voluntary.
bigdaddyutl
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We had several people at our barn refuse, no big deal????
GLAD TO BE_UPSF
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In HRS There was a letter posted and signed by Mickey (the TM) stating that the letters were necessary.
They had one of the safety men in dispatch for a few days talking to the drivers as they came in... and used the seniority list to keep track of the yeas and nays.
It is possible that some may have felt intimidated into writing the letter.
I, of course was very vocal that I wouldn't write one for a years salary....let alone an hour of pay.
I even asked if my "no" would put me on the :
: list....and said if so, please highlight me a big and bold...NO!!!BusterNite
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From what I saw, It was voluntary.
same at my terminal, voluntary
Voluntary...
And I'll add that this board seems to draw every whiner and attention ***** in the company and that's not aimed an anyone in particular.
In this day and age we all should be very thankful we are Teamsters and work for UPS Freight!
I just don't think that gets said enough.
FedEX needs to be under the same government rules and regulations as UPS.
And I'll add that this board seems to draw every whiner and attention ***** in the company and that's not aimed an anyone in particular.
In this day and age we all should be very thankful we are Teamsters and work for UPS Freight!
I just don't think that gets said enough.
FedEX needs to be under the same government rules and regulations as UPS.
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Thanks for your inputs thus far gentlemen! Keep 'em coming.
This link was from Brownbailout.com.
Sample Letter .pdf download.
The quote above is where this article was probably born.
This link was from Brownbailout.com.
Sample Letter .pdf download.
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Interesting. It was never asked at my barn, not sure about others.
At my barn it was voluntary, the ones who wrote the letters did it on company time. No pressure on how long it took to get it done, some milked it to over an hour. (Shame shame)
The ones that chose not to went on their merry way.
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Not a problem. I thought it was great!
I'm going to use it if I find more stories like this.
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10-4 we all do the same thing regardless which side of the fence we are on. We're all trying to make a living to support our families.
I wonder what finally sparked this whole issue.
We use to have a driver at FXF that quit and went back to Overnite a few yrs back, and he is close friends with one of our drivers and he told him they were asking if they could take like a dollar from his check per week or something like that to finance a fight against FEDEX.... This is just a story I heard and it may or may not be true, thats why I am asking you guys.
FedEX needs to be under the same government rules and regulations as UPS.[/QUOTE]
And what government rule and regulations are you referring to? I thought FedEx was already regulated by the DOT rules and the FMCSR, OSHA, and probably a few others. Don't think Teamster enters the picture under government rules and regulations.
[/QUOTE]And what government rule and regulations are you referring to? I thought FedEx was already regulated by the DOT rules and the FMCSR, OSHA, and probably a few others. Don't think Teamster enters the picture under government rules and regulations.
Deny.
No donations were ever asked for.
That never happened and the letter writing campain was completely volantary.
At my SC they explained the Bill in front of The House right now. And ASKED us to write the letters.
I myself did.
If others did not want to no more pressure. Unlike the United Way Campain.
But that another topic.
I cant speak for other SC but here there was no pressure.
To think that asking the UPGF employees to write this to make FedEX work under the same rules as UPS. What an evil company!!
I guess that it is ok for FedEx to haul freight for nothing to put YRC out of Business.
**** FedEX
I do relize that all companies are going after YRC but FedEX can eat me.
Everyone with UPGF in my opinion should have written the letters.
Sorry about the rant. Again the answer is No, UPGF never asked for money.
Though I would donate..
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When the letter writing campaign was going on the TM took me aside and asked if I wanted to write the letters. Yes or No done deal.
This issue is being blown way out of proportion. (by UPS and Fedex)
UPS threw the first punch by trying to get this bill passed.
Then brownbailout.com by fedex.
Letters by UPS.
Fedex claims people were forced to write letters.
:roll1::roll1:
Were just talkin about Fedex Express here, not ground, freight, custom critacal, home delivery, etc;......a drop in the bucket!!
This issue is being blown way out of proportion. (by UPS and Fedex)
UPS threw the first punch by trying to get this bill passed.
Then brownbailout.com by fedex.
Letters by UPS.
Fedex claims people were forced to write letters.
:roll1::roll1:
Were just talkin about Fedex Express here, not ground, freight, custom critacal, home delivery, etc;......a drop in the bucket!!
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No pressure to write a letter & was never asked to contribute to any war chest.
When the letter writing campaign was going on the TM took me aside and asked if I wanted to write the letters. Yes or No done deal.
This issue is being blown way out of proportion. (by UPS and Fedex)
UPS threw the first punch by trying to get this bill passed.
Then brownbailout.com by fedex.
Letters by UPS.
Fedex claims people were forced to write letters.
:roll1::roll1:
Were just talkin about Fedex Express here, not ground, freight, custom critacal, home delivery, etc;......a drop in the bucket!!
Not according to this article that says UPS workers claim THEY were forced to write letters
UPS Employees Say They Were Forced to Lobby Against FedEx - washingtonpost.com