robdabanks
Well-Known Member
Congrats to our fellow works at freight! Alot of terminals are following suit and have elections scheduled. Way to stand up for yourselves.
A terminal in NJ voted today. Wonder how long till the vote is published?
Those 57 no voters will live to regret that decision.Just published. They voted no, 57 to 46. Croydon is next then Nashville I think.
Those 57 no voters will live to regret that decision.
no doubtGuess the purple IV is drippin hard. What do you think they said at that terminal? "If you go union they will just shut the company down?"
It boggles the mind. Back in the 70's and 80's it was a much differant company but by the 90's It was becoming clear the direction the company was headed in regards to the hourly employee. Still there were tons of koolaid drinkers around, (myself included) who didn't want to believe it. I stood on the sidelines when the subject of unionizing came up and I regret it to this day. Once fedex beat back that effort, things grew steadily worse for the hourlies.My brain still can't fathom how you guys haven't gone union yet. We all get treated like crap but at least we have job security, good pay, PTO, 401K, pension, with protection from harassment etc. All benefits of the union. Good luck guys.
And I can understand that when being isolated but don't these guys look at UPS and say "why don't we have that stuff"?It boggles the mind. Back in the 70's and 80's it was a much differant company but by the 90's It was becoming clear the direction the company was headed in regards to the hourly employee. Still there were tons of koolaid drinkers around, (myself included) who didn't want to believe it. I stood on the sidelines when the subject of unionizing came up and I regret it to this day. Once fedex beat back that effort, things grew steadily worse for the hourlies.
That's pretty sad. Hopefully they will come around and you guys can get what you deserve.Some do and try to convince others but its a hard sell. Especially with fedex anti union tactics. There is real fear of even mentioning the word "union".
There is also a two tiered structure of drivers. The old 25 year and up guys who don't see much to gain and the new hires with no more then 3-5 years who aren't planning on sticking around. There are very few drivers in that midrange who would be the heart of a union drive IMO.
It's not about how easy or hard a job is. It's about " negotiating " the best possible wages, benefits and work rules for these drivers. Working for Ground as a contractor, I would think you understand that concept.Besides that, what the hell does FDX freight need a union for anyway, can someone please provide a example of the horrible sweatshop conditions they are working in that justify going union, the express and ground guys I can understand but freight really???, do any of you on this board actually know how easy LTL freight is?
Besides that, what the hell does FDX freight need a union for anyway, can someone please provide a example of the horrible sweatshop conditions they are working in that justify going union, the express and ground guys I can understand but freight really???, do any of you on this board actually know how easy LTL freight is?