Union pilots at UPS are ready to show solidarity with Teamsters workers if there is a strike, which would ground UPS Airlines. The post UPS pilots won’t fly if Teamsters strike appeared first on FreightWaves.
changed? that were not being taken up. what chanced? ~ , ., ~ that were not being taken up. what chanced? ~ , ., ,, . changed? why do we look like we re closer to a hat changed? why do we look like we re closer to a hat deal changed? why do we look like we re closer to a hat deal with changed? why do we look like we re closer to a hat deal with health - closer to a hat deal with health workers than with teachers, we now? i think that there is a sense of a political imperative, to get this done, when you look at public opinion, when it comes to health workers, there is huge support, particularly for ambience workers. less so forjunior doctors, who, by the way, are not on a deal. sol suppose if you are making a hard headed political calculation, ha rd headed political calculation, then the hard headed political calculation, then the deal that you re going to want to do first is the one where there is the most public support. i think also from the unions perspective, as much as the
deal you re going to want to do first is the one with the most public support. i think also from the unions perspective, as much as they say they are prepared to keep going with strike action, it takes its toll on the finances of the people who are on strike, even though they get some strike pay its doesn t make up for the money they lose. it costs unions a lot of money, a ballot of 100,000 members costs £250,000. costs on all sides, political costs and the family finances of a striking paramedic. i guess it comes to the point of almost exhaustion where you have to kind of get around that table. what makes conway updating us on if that deal is going to be announced later today. zoe conway. around a0,000 people have taken to the streets in athens to demonstrate answering calls from unions for a general strike in protest over the deadly train crash that killed
quite a lot of processes before you are even allowed to hold a strike, if it is going to be legitimate. and the hardship funds, well, they will only go so far, but they never pretend to completely cover assembly s daily wage. pretend to completely cover assembly s daily wage. yes, absolutely- assembly s daily wage. yes, absolutely. the assembly s daily wage. yes, absolutely. the union - assembly s daily wage. yes, | absolutely. the union leaders assembly s daily wage. is: absolutely. the union leaders have been very clear that they know that their work areas are having to suffer because they are going out on strike and they are not making as much pay as they would be otherwise. that is kind of part of the plaintiff strikes is that they are very much a sacrifice for the workers as much as they are a protest against specific demands not being met. now, we are told in the times article that unions typically offer members about £50 per day for strike pay and that the public and commun
offer members about £50 per day for strike pay and that the public and communication services union which represents staff at public bodies including borderforce represents staff at public bodies including border force officials represents staff at public bodies including borderforce officials is spending about £2 million a day on strike pay, sarri, million pounds a month, i should say, on strike pay, and as a hub for million pounds strike fund which attempts to tap up with a levy of £5 per month on its 107 thousand workers. now, it is suspected that there might have to be, for example, public donations raised to try to rattle the cage and increase the amount of funds that there are at the moment. there are in extent to which we should expect a rhetoricalflourish in extent to which we should expect a rhetorical flourish from the government if this is a negotiation, if you like, even if certain people are refusing to treat it as such, not necessarilyjust negotiation unpaid but also t