Originally Posted by
FliFast
There are a lot of good folks at Purple and we seem to have a very respectable relationship with mutual issues and challenges. But I have to agree with the Capt.
Between Fred holding Boeing hostage and this attack on UPS saying that we need a bailout, it reminds me of my 4 year-old nephew, when we take his Bozo the Clown doll away.
If the roles were reversed does anyone think Uncle Fred would sit on the sideline. I don't mind him lobbying against the bill, even though its' passage would level the playing field, but to blame UPS is just scapegoating a company because of his insecurity of unions.
Put in other terms, if the drivers are being treated well, why would they ever unionize. If that's the case, Fred has nothing to worry about.
FF
I'm not going to get on the bash Fred bandwagon, especially now that the Japanese "business is war" mentality is pretty much in vogue by neccessity. But at best, this "campaign" is a clumsy play on the whole "bailout" thing, which plays best on the room temperature IQ crowd (aka: Obama voters
), and is kind of played. AIG and the banks got handed billions of OUR tax dollars directly. This legislation has a rider attached that Fred hates and he's ****ed...I would be too. But at the end of the day it will be a waste of money...other than Teamsters, Fed Ex and UPS employees and their larger shareholders, nobody cares about this compared to all the other silliness in play.