Engineers Union?

[Rick Lutzinger]

>Date:         Thu, 31 Jul 1997 13:58:22 -0700
>Reply-To: Chris Trask <ctrask at PRIMENET.COM>
>Sender: Heathkit Owners and Collectors List <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
>From: Chris Trask <ctrask at PRIMENET.COM>
>Subject:      Re: UPS strike
>Comments: To: "Kelley, Dave" <Dave_Kelley at TEMPE.GOV>
>To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
>
>On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Kelley, Dave wrote:
>
>> I thought I'd put in a good word here for the USPS.  If you haven't
>> checked lately, the Post Office has noticed the competition and is doing
>> a great job (notice I didn't say 'bang up job') on their deliveries.
>> It's nothing like the old days at all.  FedEx is probably better, but
>> you may pay more for shipping than the contents is worth.  For $3-$8 at
>> the USPS you can have just about anything sent anywhere in about 3 days.
>>
>        I'd like to add my $0.02's worth here.  I recently tried shipping
>a small package, which contained a screened cover for a Heathkit HP23
>power supply, to a fellow in Maryland.  Not only did UPS open the pack-
>age to see if I had packed it properly, but they wanted to charge me more
>than $6!! I went to the post office, and they took the package, charging
>me $3.75.  For another $0.25 it could have gone by air.  For heavier
>parcels, the rates are in favour of UPS.
>
>        If you call up UPS to ask about rates, they ask you all sorts of
>questions about what's in the package, as though it mattered.  Call the
>post office, and you get an answer.
>
>        For small packages and service, my money's with the post office.
>As far as unions are concerned, I'll say this:  Workers will not organ-
>ize if they are treated fairly and have good work conditions.  Unions
>are not, by nature, instruments of worker greed, but are for the pro-
>tection of labour against inept/corrupt/incompetent/abusive management.
>
>        I know that this is off-topic, but I've worked in a lot of
>places where I wished to God there was a union.  Ever try to organize
>engineers?  Last time I saw teamwork was on the side of a can of Boraxo.
>Prior to that it was while flying transports in the Air Force.  Too bad
>I grew up in the US Army, or I could be just like everyone else. :{^
>
>        I'm taking the postal exam in August.  Got the paperwork today.
>
>        I'm memorizing the "International".
>
>        I gotta go.
>
>                                          Regards,
>
>                                          Chris
>
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The last thing any good, self-thinking engineer would want is a union
running his day, his design, his life for him!
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Rick Lutzinger KD6ZR                            email (work): rickl at lathropeng.com
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