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@wally said ↗The FB pages were throwing the 7500 number out there are a win for the union. Comments were saying no one was going for the deal, although you always have to take those with a grain of salt. It was a tremendous deal for anyone with enough credits for full retirement. I can't help but wonder if the numbers were so big, the union was worried about income (dues) being greatly reduced, so they made a deal with the company blocking guys like @gumby from the deal.Of course, they would never acknowledge that.Again, I don’t believe the union would’ve blocked anybody if it’s going by seniority. According to what I’m hearing in his local, they may not have follow seniority therefore he can file a grievance and should.In regards to union dues really doesn’t have much effect on anything 7500 people is a lot of people, but it’s not the end of the world. This really was about exactly what the union said it was about the company is not allowed to direct deal with members. Allowing that would’ve said a dangerous precedent moving forward. Not to mention it actually did violate labor law and UPS was certainly on the hook for an NLRB lawsuit.

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@wally said ↗
The FB pages were throwing the 7500 number out there are a win for the union. Comments were saying no one was going for the deal, although you always have to take those with a grain of salt.
It was a tremendous deal for anyone with enough credits for full retirement.
I can't help but wonder if the numbers were so big, the union was worried about income (dues) being greatly reduced, so they made a deal with the company blocking guys like @gumby from the deal.
Of course, they would never acknowledge that.

Again, I don’t believe the union would’ve blocked anybody if it’s going by seniority.

According to what I’m hearing in his local, they may not have follow seniority therefore he can file a grievance and should.

In regards to union dues really doesn’t have much effect on anything 7500 people is a lot of people, but it’s not the end of the world.

This really was about exactly what the union said it was about the company is not allowed to direct deal with members. Allowing that would’ve said a dangerous precedent moving forward.

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@wally said ↗
The FB pages were throwing the 7500 number out there are a win for the union. Comments were saying no one was going for the deal, although you always have to take those with a grain of salt.
It was a tremendous deal for anyone with enough credits for full retirement.
I can't help but wonder if the numbers were so big, the union was worried about income (dues) being greatly reduced, so they made a deal with the company blocking guys like @gumby from the deal.
Of course, they would never acknowledge that.

Again, I don’t believe the union would’ve blocked anybody if it’s going by seniority.

According to what I’m hearing in his local, they may not have follow seniority therefore he can file a grievance and should.

In regards to union dues really doesn’t have much effect on anything 7500 people is a lot of people, but it’s not the end of the world.

This really was about exactly what the union said it was about the company is not allowed to direct deal with members. Allowing that would’ve said a dangerous precedent moving forward. Not to mention it actually did violate labor law and UPS was certainly on the hook for an NLRB lawsuit.