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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 866819" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>If you are able to work as a full-time Courier, you have the capability to examine other options in life. When one runs into a brick wall, the best option is to step back and then take a step to the side - in order to continue to move forward. </p><p></p><p>First off, you seem to be of the opinion that your options are full-time or retirement. Why not go part-time to keep benefits and some income rolling in, rather than retiring at an early age. If you can pass a DOT physical (which I'm presuming so), then you can get your Class A CDL and take up a job driving trucks for awhile. I know it pays better than a mid-range Courier. I'd hazard a guess that your health conditions are due in no small part to the stress of working at Express. If the job is "killing you", you may want to look for other work, Express isn't worth it. </p><p></p><p>One cannot have "tunnel vision" when it relates to their livelihood. I know Couriers that have a family for whom they are financially responsible for take that "step back" in order to move forward - you appear to be single with no kids.... One cannot make their life solely dependent on their employer, that just doesn't make sense. </p><p></p><p>There's no point in "pulling the cord" unless you have another job waiting to go to. You take control of your life, create options, and pull the cord on Express when it suits your schedule, don't spend your life constantly stressing if Express is going to pull the cord on you. Just as you are expendable to Express, you need to make progress in making Express as close to expendable as possible.</p><p></p><p>When I was being placed in the "hotseat" by Express over my organizing activites, they had no idea I had already made arrangements to "pull the cord" on Express. See, management didn't "connect the dots" with an employee that was engaging in organizing, while already having made plans to leave - it was a bit counterintuitive to them. They were thinking that I must've been of the state of mind of trying to make a career out of union organizing, so they thought they could intimidate me into behaving to keep my job - couldn't have been further from the truth... </p><p></p><p>It took quite of bit of self control to keep from laughing when they started up a sentence with, "Your future at Express is dependent on...." There wasn't going to be any future at Express, just a date in the near future where I'd announce my departure.I knew I had nothing to lose (had a confirmed seat on a departing lifeboat), so I was going to create as many headaches as possible before I turned in my ID and left. I did leave a bit earlier than originally planned - I didn't anticipate the flurry of trumped up issues and things that would regularily be done with a "nasty gram", replaced by OLCCs and finally by an "encompassing" Warning Letter for the OLCCs. But I have no regrets. If nothing else, they confirmed my suspicions of Express when it came to attempts at organization. </p><p></p><p>When I signed onto this forum in mid-09, I was of the opinion and hope that Express would lose its RLA status and be organized by the end of 2010 on a national basis. We all know what happened there - it appears that the Teamsters aren't the only ones who know how to cut and run... The thing that kept me from breaking cover at my working location then was the fact that I didn't have an escape plan in place. I was hoping that there would be a "wave" of sentiment to organize, therefore Express couldn't "hang" the organizers without causing even further problems for themselves. The Democrats dithered, I kept cover and finally created an exit option. I'm absolutely confident that the "organizers" at the Ground terminal are already being sized up for the correct noose to use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 866819, member: 22880"] If you are able to work as a full-time Courier, you have the capability to examine other options in life. When one runs into a brick wall, the best option is to step back and then take a step to the side - in order to continue to move forward. First off, you seem to be of the opinion that your options are full-time or retirement. Why not go part-time to keep benefits and some income rolling in, rather than retiring at an early age. If you can pass a DOT physical (which I'm presuming so), then you can get your Class A CDL and take up a job driving trucks for awhile. I know it pays better than a mid-range Courier. I'd hazard a guess that your health conditions are due in no small part to the stress of working at Express. If the job is "killing you", you may want to look for other work, Express isn't worth it. One cannot have "tunnel vision" when it relates to their livelihood. I know Couriers that have a family for whom they are financially responsible for take that "step back" in order to move forward - you appear to be single with no kids.... One cannot make their life solely dependent on their employer, that just doesn't make sense. There's no point in "pulling the cord" unless you have another job waiting to go to. You take control of your life, create options, and pull the cord on Express when it suits your schedule, don't spend your life constantly stressing if Express is going to pull the cord on you. Just as you are expendable to Express, you need to make progress in making Express as close to expendable as possible. When I was being placed in the "hotseat" by Express over my organizing activites, they had no idea I had already made arrangements to "pull the cord" on Express. See, management didn't "connect the dots" with an employee that was engaging in organizing, while already having made plans to leave - it was a bit counterintuitive to them. They were thinking that I must've been of the state of mind of trying to make a career out of union organizing, so they thought they could intimidate me into behaving to keep my job - couldn't have been further from the truth... It took quite of bit of self control to keep from laughing when they started up a sentence with, "Your future at Express is dependent on...." There wasn't going to be any future at Express, just a date in the near future where I'd announce my departure.I knew I had nothing to lose (had a confirmed seat on a departing lifeboat), so I was going to create as many headaches as possible before I turned in my ID and left. I did leave a bit earlier than originally planned - I didn't anticipate the flurry of trumped up issues and things that would regularily be done with a "nasty gram", replaced by OLCCs and finally by an "encompassing" Warning Letter for the OLCCs. But I have no regrets. If nothing else, they confirmed my suspicions of Express when it came to attempts at organization. When I signed onto this forum in mid-09, I was of the opinion and hope that Express would lose its RLA status and be organized by the end of 2010 on a national basis. We all know what happened there - it appears that the Teamsters aren't the only ones who know how to cut and run... The thing that kept me from breaking cover at my working location then was the fact that I didn't have an escape plan in place. I was hoping that there would be a "wave" of sentiment to organize, therefore Express couldn't "hang" the organizers without causing even further problems for themselves. The Democrats dithered, I kept cover and finally created an exit option. I'm absolutely confident that the "organizers" at the Ground terminal are already being sized up for the correct noose to use. [/QUOTE]
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