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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 663165" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>Unless you work for Express, there's no way you can understand the anti-union environment there. They've had 36 years to build a culture of fear and utter oppression and are still going strong. Anyone who openly talks of unions goes on the list. I know because I've been on it myself, had a copy of the list, and saw the name of the ops manager "assigned' to watch my actions and report back to the District Director on a weekly basis. This was back in 1996, and I imagine I'm still on a list somewhere even though I no longer advocate for the union except on sites like this one. It's simply too risky if you want to stay employed. </p><p> </p><p>The Yellow/Roadway bankruptcy will be a topic at many workgroup meetings during the next few weeks and FedEx will attempt to win more small minds by making employees think that they'll lose their "retirement" if they vote for a union.</p><p> </p><p>The problem is that the pension is already lost, and FedEx took it away, not the evil Teamsters. They did it both because they could, and because we let them, by laying-down and letting FedEx steamroller us over and over again.</p><p> </p><p>I don't dislike bbsam, but he clearly doesn't understand the culture over at Express. Having "purple cajones" and openly standing-up to Smith is like playing Russian Roulette with a bullet in every chamber...you can't help but lose when the deck is completely stacked against you.</p><p> </p><p>Ground is a big unknown, and maybe bbsam will have a fleet of Schwan's trucks someday. Or maybe he'll have his $13.00 per hour drivers delivering Express pkgs too. It isn't over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 663165, member: 12508"] Unless you work for Express, there's no way you can understand the anti-union environment there. They've had 36 years to build a culture of fear and utter oppression and are still going strong. Anyone who openly talks of unions goes on the list. I know because I've been on it myself, had a copy of the list, and saw the name of the ops manager "assigned' to watch my actions and report back to the District Director on a weekly basis. This was back in 1996, and I imagine I'm still on a list somewhere even though I no longer advocate for the union except on sites like this one. It's simply too risky if you want to stay employed. The Yellow/Roadway bankruptcy will be a topic at many workgroup meetings during the next few weeks and FedEx will attempt to win more small minds by making employees think that they'll lose their "retirement" if they vote for a union. The problem is that the pension is already lost, and FedEx took it away, not the evil Teamsters. They did it both because they could, and because we let them, by laying-down and letting FedEx steamroller us over and over again. I don't dislike bbsam, but he clearly doesn't understand the culture over at Express. Having "purple cajones" and openly standing-up to Smith is like playing Russian Roulette with a bullet in every chamber...you can't help but lose when the deck is completely stacked against you. Ground is a big unknown, and maybe bbsam will have a fleet of Schwan's trucks someday. Or maybe he'll have his $13.00 per hour drivers delivering Express pkgs too. It isn't over. [/QUOTE]
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