Originally Posted by Sideshow Bob

I suppose it's the big elephant in the room. I did bring it up at happy hour with some of your guys in HKG once, and the subject was changed pretty fast. But since you bring it up, having so many part time non-union drivers and sort workers is a huge cost advantage over UPS. Our drivers/sorters make good coin, and excellent benefits. Many drivers there for 20 or more years have huge caches of stock often hypothecated before they went public. We thought that after honoring their picket lines in '97 we might get some real support when we requested release in '98 but the labor friendly Clinton administration cut our legs out from under us telling us that not only would we never be allowed to strike, but we'd never, ever get released from mediation, so we never got to see for ourselves. However, after walking the line with them in OAK for example I wasn't afraid for my life there anymore