Thread: Is everybody pissed at the Union

Well the problem is we are pissed off at the union and being pissed on by the company

This is a notice to refrain from calling our non-union counterparts the stereotypical name here. Act professional, Be professional and Choose your words wisely. We enjoy both Union and Non-union participation in here and I certainly won't allow a fight fest to break out in here. Thank you....carry on.

Quote: Originally Posted by Dockworker This is a notice to refrain from calling our non-union counterparts the stereotypical name here. Act professional, Be professional and Choose your words wisely. We enjoy both Union and Non-union participation in here and I certainly won't allow a fight fest to break out in here. Thank you....carry on. Yes, Lets call them our non union friends, just as we were not so long ago.

your probly right webgenius..i guess its the whole analogy of picking the lesser of two evils...id still rather be pist off at the union then pissed on by ups..cheers

Quote: Originally Posted by webidiot your new contract is going to be no better than this one. do you think the company is going to start giving a rats a** about you and the union is going to start representing us and not act in their best interest and not ours.....wake up driver you are dreaming. Unless you are moving on, it's your contract too.

Is it just me or is the union worthless piece of . It shouldn't never take this long to get the contractors out of our yards. In our yard were looking at about 7 months and our BA can't even tell us how much longer they will be there. I thought one of the cardinal rules with unions is that they will protect our job, work, and always make sure that we will not sit at home while the jippos take our freight. It seems to me that its the...

Article 44, Page 84 of the UPSF Contract ARTICLE 44 SUBCONTRACTING For the purpose of preserving work and job opportunities for the employees covered by this Agreement, the Employer agrees that no work or services of the kind, nature or type, and including new operations or buildings, covered by, presently performed, or hereafter assigned to the collective bargaining unit will be subcontracted, transferred, leased, assigned or conveyed in...

If i'm not mistaken the contract states that the company can sub contract 27 percent of their volume. When I read this before ratification,I commented that this will become a big issue....like Rush says "I was right" Karen K

I don't have a problem with the Union, I have a problem with a management that figures it can save a couple of dollars sending our freight on a contract truck. How does the contract truck do it cheaper? They have drivers who don't make enough money to bath, or do laundry, sleeping for two days in the parking lot without pay, waiting for our load. Then they get a professionally loaded trailer, with no worries about the Hazardous...

You have to realize that the teamsters is no longer a freight union. They've moved on. Last teamster magazine, no mention of freight at all. Go to the teamster website and click on "contact us". There is a drop down menu to select what industry you work in, such as airline, hotel worker and such. Freight or trucking isn't even on the list. So get it through your head, the teamsters union does not care about freight...