http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/us-stocks-and-markets/fedex-needs-you-not-the-unions-9264.html Today's Financial News offers an independent and very practical perspective on the U.S. and global investment markets. We filter out exactly what financial news is worth paying attention to... and what it means for your money and portfolio Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:08:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/us-stocks-and-markets/fedex-needs-you-not-the-unions-9264.html#comment-4050 BS Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:13:07 +0000 http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/?p=9264#comment-4050 Where do union dues go anyway ... marble floors and private limos. There are fairness and ethics flaws all over the place. Unions don't enforce performance based initiatives in order to support fair treatment of all laborers. For example if two drivers work 9 hours and one delivers 100 packages and the other delivers 50 it all is just treated as 9 hours. Non-union labor can be manipulated also as goals can be altered or unrealistic so raises become unlikely although market share of business may rise. Real workers and people who have really worked want performance based not education and who you know based. No one can really trust anyone to do what is fair these days because the majority is ready to watch the other suffer in an effort for money, profit, control, more security and comfort. "If we do this fairly I will only make 300,000 this year and not 330,000 " said the exec. Pres Obama is going to have a near impossible task of making people see the big picture over individual and special interest-group benefits. His intentions are too "right" for America. Poor man, but bless his heart and soul for wanting to see everyone successful. I dream of a place where the Really Really good hearted people could live and work. This is not the place, but it is home so we deal with it. True but still BS. Where do union dues go anyway … marble floors and private limos. There are fairness and ethics flaws all over the place. Unions don’t enforce performance based initiatives in order to support fair treatment of all laborers. For example if two drivers work 9 hours and one delivers 100 packages and the other delivers 50 it all is just treated as 9 hours. Non-union labor can be manipulated also as goals can be altered or unrealistic so raises become unlikely although market share of business may rise. Real workers and people who have really worked want performance based not education and who you know based. No one can really trust anyone to do what is fair these days because the majority is ready to watch the other suffer in an effort for money, profit, control, more security and comfort. “If we do this fairly I will only make 300,000 this year and not 330,000 ” said the exec. Pres Obama is going to have a near impossible task of making people see the big picture over individual and special interest-group benefits. His intentions are too “right” for America. Poor man, but bless his heart and soul for wanting to see everyone successful. I dream of a place where the Really Really good hearted people could live and work. This is not the place, but it is home so we deal with it. True but still BS.

]]> http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/us-stocks-and-markets/fedex-needs-you-not-the-unions-9264.html#comment-4049 BS Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:54:05 +0000 http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/?p=9264#comment-4049 There is no clear explanation of benefits either way for the most important two components of this fiasco - lower level employees and the consumer. If there is no positive, and I am not meaning a dollar pay raise (offset by new union dues ... duh..) or lower prices for customers. More money manipulating by higher level executives both company and on the union side to make sure they secure same or higher salaries in a tough time for the little guys: lower level employees (making under 30K/customer) if you ask me. But they won't ask me cause a fair solution/answer would come out. All BS for monopolies or rich to get richer and hand the ACTUAL workforce pennies and save consumer nickels. Both companies need a reform like our health insurance situation. Nobody is happy with it honestly except the big boys who many times think it is a big game. Shame ... There is no clear explanation of benefits either way for the most important two components of this fiasco – lower level employees and the consumer. If there is no positive, and I am not meaning a dollar pay raise (offset by new union dues … duh..) or lower prices for customers. More money manipulating by higher level executives both company and on the union side to make sure they secure same or higher salaries in a tough time for the little guys: lower level employees (making under 30K/customer) if you ask me. But they won’t ask me cause a fair solution/answer would come out. All BS for monopolies or rich to get richer and hand the ACTUAL workforce pennies and save consumer nickels. Both companies need a reform like our health insurance situation. Nobody is happy with it honestly except the big boys who many times think it is a big game. Shame …

]]> http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/us-stocks-and-markets/fedex-needs-you-not-the-unions-9264.html#comment-3818 Ben Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:10:56 +0000 http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/?p=9264#comment-3818 You can view UPS's response to this issue @ http://pressroom.ups.com/landing/0,2111,101,00.html You can view UPS’s response to this issue @ http://pressroom.ups.com/landing/0,2111,101,00.html

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