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majority he speaks of is on the National level.
There is more to consider with this story. If you go WAY back, we covered this long ago...
Yeah, the workers at that local were upset. But how long to you hold up a contract that was approved by some 240,000 members in the rest of the country?
http://www.wdrb.com/story/25334234/stalemate-between-ups-and-union-workers-reaches-bitter-end
"The nearly year-long stalemate between Louisville's largest employer and its union workers has reached a bitter and controversial end...
...Local 89 was the largest of the last three local union holdouts. National and regional contracts for all 240,000 UPS teamsters had already been ratified, but couldn't take effect until the locals agreed.
"The goal post kept moving," said Leigh Strope, assistant director of communications at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. "What was acceptable one day was unacceptable the next."
At first, the biggest issue was healthcare. Then the parties couldn't agree on things like pensions, sub-contractors and other insurance benefits. So the union's top executives literally re-wrote the rules to have the final say.
"About 5 percent of members were holding up an entire national contract and wage increases for the other 95 percent of UPS teamsters," said Strope."
A tough call either way. Please the 5%, or the 95%? I think MOST can understand that after nearly a year, a tough decision had to be made.