#just happened is a standard part of contract negotiations and isnt a signal that the strike will happen

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so excited for the posting if UPS teamsters strike like “wjat about Packages Georg who is impoverished and disabled and queer living on a dirt road deep in the mountains and relies on daily UPS deliveries of food and medicine for his continued survival? What will he do during a strike? Should disabled people just die?”

#this is only slightly exaggerated from some rhetoric during the last big amazon strike #also yeah some posts wrt the potential teamsters strike are misleading like the strike authorization vote that #just happened is a standard part of contract negotiations and isnt a signal that the strike will happen #negotiations are ongoing and if the key demands are met there will be no strike #however last i heard from Connections UPS hasnt budged on some key demands so its #entirely possible #also theyve been limiting hours for PT sups (no union protection) all year and have forbidden vacation time in the month of august #in preparation for the circumstance of a strike where theyd have entire sorts being worked by pt supervisors and whatever scabs they can ge #which will be disastrous and very very funny