So you skip over my post telling you they're cutting feeder runs to lower the baseline for Contracting, but get your panties in a wad when I mentioned the teamsters being incompetent when it comes to text messaging. Nice!
You're right, I don't like hearing criticism about elected Officials or the IBT.
For 2 reasons....
Until someone takes the time, money, and effort, to assume the responsibility for the
thousands of members in your Local, I don't feel they are qualified to judge.
And, how many times have I seen newly elected Officials do a 180 degree turn....
after finding out what the job is all about.
So yeah.... I get pissed, and lash out.
It's nothing personal.
Our feeder department mixed and matched runs with pickups so they could cut runs before the contract is ratified. Any idea why they would do that? Maybe to set the baseline for the use of contractors out of our building?
That would be a question for your Local to answer.
We now have 480 mile runs with CPU work at the beginning and end. It's like a planned 12+ hour day on a 5 day job with beach traffic a good part of the year. It's not one run like this, it's quite a few.
In freight terminology, the CPU work at the beginning and the end of a run would be
known as a "warm up" and a "cool down".
It's pretty common in the trucking industry.
-Bug-