The union representing UPS pilots says they will not cross picket lines if Teamsters drivers and package sorters walk off the job when the current contract expires Aug. 1, resulting in the immediate shutdown of the express logistics company’s global air operations.
UPS (NYSE: UPS) has 3,300 pilots who are represented by the Independent Pilots Association (IPA), a separate union from the Teamsters.
“If the Teamsters are on strike, we will honor that strike and we will not fly,” IPA spokesman Brian Gaudet told FreightWaves.
UPS pilots are allowed under their collective bargaining agreement to honor primary picket lines and did that for 16 days during the Teamsters’ strike in 1997.
The surest sign dems are controlled opposition at best is how much of a slam dunk it would be against Trump or DeSantis if the democrats sided with the strikers and actually carried out pro-labor shit.
"Bu-but the mean old Republicans will point at this and say we're trying to shut down the economy!"
Then use the same gigantic liberal media apparatus you use to boost Biden and the Dem establishment and smear progressives towards spinning the story differently, you fucking imbeciles!
Of course then they'll just claim they're following "what the voters want" like spineless tailists and it goes on and on.
This isn't directed towards the Dems as a whole (as the leadership and media class know damn well who they serve) but more their on-the-ground supporters.
Even if it isn't what the dems want, why not do it anyways? CHUDs have been getting nothing but victories for years even when not in power, so why not do the right thing, even if it is unpopular (and the right thing always IS unpopular!)