re: UPS to cut 12,000 jobs 5 months after reaching union deal

Years ago, I worked at company that was NE based, therefore we all had to join a union. The industry I was in, had historically been very non union especially in the South so it was strange to be in a union. We had contract negotiations come up one year. Being the union rep of my group of workers, I discussed what everyone was seeking in the new contract and sent that to the union. Back and forth the union and our company went, finally reaching a settlement.
We got a call from the union telling us congratulations we still have a job, but that everything we had wanted or hoped for had been denied and the company actually ended up much better off, but hey we still had a job! Unions are pretty much useless other than it takes an act of God and Congress to fire you.