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America may soon face its biggest labor strike in decades

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    harrygibus
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    Perfect time for a general strike.

    Perfect time for a general strike.

    5 votes
    1. dynarr
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      Heck, most delivery drivers striking might be just as good as a general strike. We should do the Inception thing and get FedEx and DHL to try screwing over their new employees too and see if we...

      Heck, most delivery drivers striking might be just as good as a general strike. We should do the Inception thing and get FedEx and DHL to try screwing over their new employees too and see if we can get all the delivery companies’ drivers to strike!

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  2. dynarr
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    “We just haven’t agreed on whether to pay them yet, no biggie.” It makes no sense to me that the union would capitulate to allowing UPS to just arbitrarily pay their new employees less. How is...

    "The reality is that UPS and the Teamsters have already reached tentative agreements on a wide variety of non-economic issues," said UPS spokesperson Glenn Zaccara.

    “We just haven’t agreed on whether to pay them yet, no biggie.”

    It makes no sense to me that the union would capitulate to allowing UPS to just arbitrarily pay their new employees less. How is that on the table? Seriously, does anyone know? There’s no explanation in the article.

    2 votes