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<blockquote data-quote="Crumudgeon" data-source="post: 3702107" data-attributes="member: 48287"><p>I'm not totally sure I agree with that, sure there were some issues, but... I had a start time my third day with Overnite, the Union guys were "casual" for sometimes years. We weren't beat like an Amish mule when a customer had you wait 10 minutes for the freight. There was a certain respect by management that is missing today, of course there were exceptions, some favoritism, the <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> kisser did get rewarded at times. At the time of the UPS "invasion" I think we were on a good path toward the future, equipment getting better, more adherence to the bids, respect and dignity were there. I understand without a crystal ball I can't predict what today would be like, but I don't think it would be much worse. With that said I did embrace our Union status, I became involved, I rarely miss a meeting even though it is almost a 2 hour ride. I contribute toward organizing, was involved {or so I thought} in our 2018 contract negotiations. I am a realist when it comes to the Big Brown Monster, without our Union who knows what life would be like. UPS took a profitable, proud group of men and women and forced their small pack mentality on an industry that plays by different rules. When the little brown truck shows up, everybody runs toward it, when the big brown truck pulls up your just next in line. Small pack has maybe 2 competitors, USPS an Fed-Ex, Freight, there are at least a dozen other Companies doing the same thing we do, for about the same money in about the same time. The BBM, { Big Brown Monster} forced their part-time mentality on us, work a South Holland load sometime, part-time supervisors that wouldn't know a head-load from a hole in the ground. It's not us!!!! I am a clear NO vote, this contract is an insult to us all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crumudgeon, post: 3702107, member: 48287"] I'm not totally sure I agree with that, sure there were some issues, but... I had a start time my third day with Overnite, the Union guys were "casual" for sometimes years. We weren't beat like an Amish mule when a customer had you wait 10 minutes for the freight. There was a certain respect by management that is missing today, of course there were exceptions, some favoritism, the :censored: kisser did get rewarded at times. At the time of the UPS "invasion" I think we were on a good path toward the future, equipment getting better, more adherence to the bids, respect and dignity were there. I understand without a crystal ball I can't predict what today would be like, but I don't think it would be much worse. With that said I did embrace our Union status, I became involved, I rarely miss a meeting even though it is almost a 2 hour ride. I contribute toward organizing, was involved {or so I thought} in our 2018 contract negotiations. I am a realist when it comes to the Big Brown Monster, without our Union who knows what life would be like. UPS took a profitable, proud group of men and women and forced their small pack mentality on an industry that plays by different rules. When the little brown truck shows up, everybody runs toward it, when the big brown truck pulls up your just next in line. Small pack has maybe 2 competitors, USPS an Fed-Ex, Freight, there are at least a dozen other Companies doing the same thing we do, for about the same money in about the same time. The BBM, { Big Brown Monster} forced their part-time mentality on us, work a South Holland load sometime, part-time supervisors that wouldn't know a head-load from a hole in the ground. It's not us!!!! I am a clear NO vote, this contract is an insult to us all. [/QUOTE]
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