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In reply to the discussion: Why I walked out at UPS and why UPSers will too. [View all]zentrum
(9,865 posts)47. What can the Public do...
...to best support the strikers? Should we stop ordering stuff? Or order as much as ever and let the Company feel the heat to deliver? Or what?
I hate to think that by buying on line I am crossing a picket line.
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If workers were treated fairly and with respect, unions might not be necessary in the first place.
calimary
Jul 2023
#3
Isn't there a law stating such already on the books, or is it state-by-state only?
Hestia
Jul 2023
#13
Wouldn't the people still be eligible for aid whether they worked there or not?
MichMan
Jul 2023
#50
I have changed names and swapped some circumstances in order not to identify fellow union members.
Simeon Salus
Jul 2023
#24
The only time it will be an exciting time ( I assume you meant exciting) for labor
SouthernDem4ever
Jul 2023
#28
Thanks for this post - great first hand insights. I totally support unions. n/t
iluvtennis
Jul 2023
#10
Businesses skirt paying and working employees with Full Time pay and Benefits should be
flying_wahini
Jul 2023
#16
It's called *Algorythms* setting pay and schedule - managers hide behind the old
Hestia
Jul 2023
#23
Dear Simeon - This is due to the primacy of the shareholder doctrine - a legal
PatrickforB
Jul 2023
#29
Every person I have met in the last 25 years that worked at UPS said their
SouthernDem4ever
Jul 2023
#35
I'm surprised UPS still has any workers given the working conditions and low pay described here
MichMan
Jul 2023
#40
It's the same thing for retail. Companies have gotten into the habit of running their businesses
cstanleytech
Jul 2023
#46