Реферат: PostPatco Era Vs Ups And The Teamsters

demanded that we change,? (Clinton declared in his State of the Union address). In

1993, wages declined an average of 1.5 percent for hourly employees and college-

educated workers. The rest of the world suffered too with temporary jobs or just

plan lay offs. The effect of the post-PATCO era took ?hope? out of the labor

movement. Meyer (1994, p.116) stated that, ?the choice to end in 1981 is due to

the heavily increased resistance to unions following the dissolution of PATCO, the

increased legal pressure on the Teamsters during the 1980s (leading to their

reaffiliations with the AFL-CIO in 1987), and the virtual demise of the

independent national union by the 1990s.? The ?hope? for labor movements

declined after this event.

In 1907, UPS began providing private messenger and delivery services in

the Seattle, Washington area. Now, UPS is the world?s largest express carrier, the

world?s largest package delivery company, and a leading global provider of

specialized transportation and logistics services. UPS delivers over 12 millions

packages and documents for 1.7 million shipping customers per day throughout the

United States and in over 200 countries. In 1998, the company reported a record of

330,000 employees that delivered more than three billion packages and documents

worldwide, generating revenues of 24.8 billion and net income of 1.7 billion.

Despite these wonderful statistics, two years ago many employees felt that job

security was an issue with a company that consumes billions of dollars off of their

sweat. Today, there are 202,000 (62%) of UPS employees that are represented by

one of the most powerful unions, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

(IBT).

Before the1997 success, the Teamsters were not the choice of the working

people. The reputation of the Teamsters was less desirable next to the AFL-CIO

due to the higher level of expertise and resources in the AFL-CIO and the AFL-

CIO success in improving employee?s working conditions. Cooke (1983) found

that the Teamsters were also less likely to win in elections than other unions

representatives. Many people were reaffiliated with the AFL-CIO during the post-