William, yes. I think Thursday's WSJ article presents good reasons why, according to pollsters, more people support "the UPS employees" than support "UPS management". The reasons for this are obvious: People have a face-to-face "relationship" with their local UPS delivery man. Additionally, UPS employees are widely known for their brisk, energetic pace. You don't see UPS delivery drivers loafing around wasting time. Plus they are courteous, etc. On the other hand, most people have never even seen a UPS management employee. So it's not surprising that more people would tend to side with the delivery men.
The problem with this is that as you probably can guess, most UPS employees enjoy what they do, feel they get adequate pay and benefits, and WANT to go back to work. There are some part-timers that would like to work full-time, and I don't know why those full-time jobs are sometimes hard to find. Perhaps they are desireable jobs, and competition among applicants is there. I don't really know what the story is there. But it's obvious that part-time employment IS desireable by many employees. Obviously college students would rather work part-time. Some schools highly discourage students from working more than 30 hrs/week, as it detracts from their studies. But the part-time issue is obviously somewhat of a smoke-screen. The part-timers that want to work full-time but cannot should quit. Sorry if I'm repeating things I said already. I know I'm "preaching to the choir", so I'll quit here. -g-
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