"Don't Be Mad; UPS Is Firing"
Actually, that lyric didn't go that way , but thinks to the push for profits:
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Layoffs In America...
Google threatens to fire more employees if they don't show up in person at least three days a week. Less business from Amazon causes UPS to fire 20,000 employees . Everything's bigger in Texas, including the job loss . Transportation companies are facing a double-whammy of layoffs and bankruptcies . Hope people in California weren't too attached to their wine . School bus company in Pennsylvania to cut 70 employees.
AOC Takes a Different Approach W/Actors and UPS Strikes vs Railroad Workers
As stated before , AOC (and the Squad) attempt to "fight on behalf of railroad workers was unimpressive. Fast forward about a year, and not AOC is all in for strikes, showing up at both UPS rallies and picketing with actors ! And here's a quote involving the later that piqued my curiosity: “Direct action gets the goods, now and always,” she said. “The only way that we can do this is by showing them that we are stronger. That our solidarity is stronger than their greed, that our care for one another will overcome their endless desire for more.” This can't be stressed enough: this was not her approach for the railroad workers . Back then, it was essentially, "government will decide what's best." I say this because instead of being out there talking with the workers who would be directly impact by a crappy union deal or calling for them to strike, she was apparently listening to (or blaming, depending on how you look at it) the union leaders and wasting time o...
UPS Strike On The Horizon?
It appears so, and it could be costly : A 10-day UPS strike would be the most expensive strike in at least a century, costing the U.S. economy upwards of $7 billion, a study by the consulting firm Anderson Economic Group found, including $4.6 billion in losses for customers, $1 billion in lost wages and more than $800 million in direct losses at UPS. If this happens, can any other company compensate? Well: "In the event of a market disruption, no carrier can absorb all UPS volume," FedEx executives wrote in an internal company memo, according to NPR . What should we watch for? The UPS workers’ contract will expire on July 31 and 97% of union members have voted to authorize a strike if warranted, even after an agreement was reached over hot-button issues like installing air conditioning in delivery trucks amid the warmest June on record . In the end, threatening to shut things down seems to be the only option left to get the employers to the negotiation table to begin to...