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Old 07-08-2010, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Soyathink View Post
Drivers at UPS can and have voted to form their own Teamster locals in myriad cities across the land, as the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) permits. Under the RLA, however, the rules for forming unions are very different: The entire nationwide workforce must vote in a single election, and the union must obtain a majority not just of the workers voting but of voters and non-voters combined. (If a comparable rule held for presidential elections, requiring the winner to obtain a majority of the adult population of the United States, it's not clear that this nation would have had a president since—well, ever.)

Teamster want the laws to be equal since both companys are. Fred wants to continue to be the union buster he always has been.

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I understand how it works. If Teamsters is so compelling, then it shouldn't be a problem, right?
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