FedEx Freight | UPS Freight warns shippers to brace for possible freight strike
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Clandestine_ice
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Never happen in a million years nor would I want it to happen
Redracer3136
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UPSF would be fools to vote for a strike...but then again, they probably think they’re worth more than their actual value.
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Maybe they hold theirselves to a higher standard because the company holds them to high standard. Novel idea huh?
Clandestine_ice
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If be pissed too if I worked there. Freight and Feeders should be paid the same unless you can give a valid reason why they shouldn’t.
why would truck drivers think they have any value? right red
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Maybe because the freight side makes pennies on the dollar, and the feeder side make Hugh profits! Big difference.
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It was explained to us once that FXExpress represented the oversized deep fried turkey that sat in the middle of the Thanksgiving dinner table, FXGround represented the stuffing, dressing, and all of the fixings surrounding the turkey, and FXFreight was that small dish of cranberry sauce that sat on the corner of the table....in UPS’s world, Parcel represents the whole Thanksgiving dinner table while UPSFreight is nothing more than the condiments that sit over on the counter!!
There’s a reason UPS made UPSF a final offer contract this quickly....just sayin’
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Clandestine_ice
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Well, this much we all know, and if they were taking bets in Vegas, I’d lay down all my available cash.
The contract will be overwhelmingly accepted to the relief of guys who just want to work and the other guys will realize solidarity among men no longer exist much to the deterrent of the whole group
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BUT, the qualifications/expectations for both is the same... Same pool of drivers should equal same value/cost. Size of op-co makes no difference. NOT a valid argument...
The only valid case this makes is the fact that the Company may be more willing to sacrifice earnings (and customer blow back) from that smaller "piece of pie", than from the larger (package side) one.
Posturing on the part of the Company? I think it's a leverage tactic. Nothing more.Happy Helladays Brothers
For P&D we were told NOT to pick-up any UPS Freight if customers asked us. We are saturated.A busy November for FXF coming?
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Never heard that one....
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Agreed, which takes me back to my original post...”they’d be fools to vote for a strike” (or to not accept the contract).
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We’ll just agree to disagree...
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Of course it is, the company has all of the leverage!!
I agree with your post, Swamp, except for the last sentence. Because you know yourself, many LTL companies pay drivers in cities like Chicago, or New York more than ones 150 miles from there out in the rural areas. They use the cost of living crap as an excuse for doing it. I say it is 2 things. Helps keep the union threat at bay, and when there are few jobs of this type available in rural areas, they can really be choosy with hiring, and hourly pay,but yes, the same qualifications, and expectations are the same....
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Sorry, I wrote this while I was napping in the truck. I meant “detriment”