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<blockquote data-quote="RockyRogue" data-source="post: 212866" data-attributes="member: 7185"><p>I'd agree with Tie here, Red. The last time the <em>starting wage</em> was raised was in the early '80's if I'm not mistaken. It was mutually agreed to freeze the starting wage at $8.50/hr. The TEAMSTERS signed off on that one!</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Interesting you should say I should get a copy of the contract. My steward told me the same thing a few weeks ago. I don't get pulled into the office for <em>anything</em>. If I do, its for a d*mn good reason. I've never been an attendance problem but the last couple weeks just haven't been good to me in terms of getting up the motivation to go to work. I'll pay the price for that. If I make a mistake, I'm going to make it right by accepting management's punishment. Thus far, I haven't been the victim of excessive discipline. When that starts, we'll talk. Management and I get along pretty well--by and large. The occasional jerk will cross my path but ignoring them and their antics usually solves the problem. If it doesn't and they jerk my chain excessively, I resolve it interally. I've been happy with the internal mechanism with those incidents thus far. I "look the other way" when its appropriate, Red. Management and I have an understanding about what they can and can not do in front of me. Once again, I'll use the supervisor working problem. If they are working to help me, hey, I'm not gonna turn down the help. If a supervisor hops into a trailer and starts helping unload (which just p*sses me off), I'm gonna put a stopwatch to 'em. I told a supervisor to stop unloading a few weeks ago and she refused. I let it go on for another minute before I pulled my cell from my pocket, called the sup's name and when she turned, tapped the screen and told her, "I'm putting a stopwatch to you starting <strong>now</strong>! STOP WORKING!!!" She stopped but she was in a hissy-fit the rest of the day. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Interesting tactic, Red. I'd like to see my steward pull that one. Be interesting how our management would react. I mean no offense but that's just bringing MORE management wrath down on you. I have a very strong sense of curiousity, Red, and I'm wondering if you <em>enjoy</em> fighting with management???? Do they start the fights or is it the other way around??? I have absolutely no problem with a <em>defensive</em> mindset but the stewards I know get a cheap thrill from rattling management's cage. In other words, they go on the <em>offensive</em> more often than not. This I have a problem with. Tie, you can transfer to DENCO <strong><em><u>ANYTIME</u></em></strong>! -Rocky</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyRogue, post: 212866, member: 7185"] I'd agree with Tie here, Red. The last time the [I]starting wage[/I] was raised was in the early '80's if I'm not mistaken. It was mutually agreed to freeze the starting wage at $8.50/hr. The TEAMSTERS signed off on that one! Interesting you should say I should get a copy of the contract. My steward told me the same thing a few weeks ago. I don't get pulled into the office for [I]anything[/I]. If I do, its for a d*mn good reason. I've never been an attendance problem but the last couple weeks just haven't been good to me in terms of getting up the motivation to go to work. I'll pay the price for that. If I make a mistake, I'm going to make it right by accepting management's punishment. Thus far, I haven't been the victim of excessive discipline. When that starts, we'll talk. Management and I get along pretty well--by and large. The occasional jerk will cross my path but ignoring them and their antics usually solves the problem. If it doesn't and they jerk my chain excessively, I resolve it interally. I've been happy with the internal mechanism with those incidents thus far. I "look the other way" when its appropriate, Red. Management and I have an understanding about what they can and can not do in front of me. Once again, I'll use the supervisor working problem. If they are working to help me, hey, I'm not gonna turn down the help. If a supervisor hops into a trailer and starts helping unload (which just p*sses me off), I'm gonna put a stopwatch to 'em. I told a supervisor to stop unloading a few weeks ago and she refused. I let it go on for another minute before I pulled my cell from my pocket, called the sup's name and when she turned, tapped the screen and told her, "I'm putting a stopwatch to you starting [B]now[/B]! STOP WORKING!!!" She stopped but she was in a hissy-fit the rest of the day. Interesting tactic, Red. I'd like to see my steward pull that one. Be interesting how our management would react. I mean no offense but that's just bringing MORE management wrath down on you. I have a very strong sense of curiousity, Red, and I'm wondering if you [I]enjoy[/I] fighting with management???? Do they start the fights or is it the other way around??? I have absolutely no problem with a [I]defensive[/I] mindset but the stewards I know get a cheap thrill from rattling management's cage. In other words, they go on the [I]offensive[/I] more often than not. This I have a problem with. Tie, you can transfer to DENCO [B][I][U]ANYTIME[/U][/I][/B]! -Rocky [/QUOTE]
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