Is it true that after a teamster retire
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trplnkl
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I kind of a happy person in general, and try to find something to be happy about all the time. Good luck on being able to make to 63.
I should have put in for feeders 10 years ago, I would be close to a FT run by now. Seriously, here we have 6 feeder positions, 5 runs and a cover driver. We've had one guy retire in the 20 years I have been around. When he retired his spot on the list was taken by the (then) cover driver, then a bid list went up for the cover spot but working both feeder and package didn't sound like something I could(or wanted) do. That was five years ago. We have 3 guys with 30+years and 1 with 25+ years, none of them have plans on retiring anytime soon and all younger than I am.Never thought of going into feeders? Alot easier on the body and the money is good. Of course if you were in my hub I would try to tell you how bad it is because you have way more seniority.
Ahhhhh, I remember being 50....barely. lol If I remember right, I was 51 when I had my first on job injury, and I have gone down hill since. Until then could keep up with the kids.
bubsdad
"Hang in there!"
Cover driver is probably pre-qualified for feeder and when not doing feeder work does a package car route. That's the way it is in the smaller centers in my area.
trplnkl
555
That is how they do it here also.
That's why I never seriously considered feeders as an option. Another disqualifying factor for me was, I hate to drive. yes, really. With delivering it's not just drive drive drive stop, drive drive drive stop.
If my original plans had worked as I wanted, I would be a business owner worried about the present economy shutting down my business.
trplnkl
555
Well, it's not MOST of the time, he has 35 weeks that he is either covering vacation runs or on vacation himself. And then there is peek season where there are additional runs put in.
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
Our feeder cover has a bidded rte. He has been feeder cover for almost 2 years and is counting the days til he can get out. Here, it is a 2 year commitment and in the last 2 years he has covered less than a handful of runs.
trplnkl
555
Our Feeder CD has 5 weeks of vaca, 3 of our 5 have 6 weeks and the other two have 5. So I over est the weeks our CD has solid runes to cover by 5.
How many feeder runs do y'all have for him to cover?
Here our feeder CD doesn't have a bid route, he is on the package FT cover list, which is by seniority pick on available route per given day. I think he is #3 or 4 on that list. That puts him in a P10 or p11 most days in package.
trplnkl
555
If I am not mistaken ( and it's been a while since I talked to anyone about it), all but one of our feeder runs are turnarounds. They meet other feeders for hubs and switch trailers, come back here. The other one goes all the way to the hub and drops-picks up trailers to bring back. That one run could originate from either here or there, it just happens to start here.
From Central State's "Teamwork Magazine," Spring 2008:
"Currently, over 212,000 Teamster members or their spouses receive a monthly pension check from Central States."
The following facts appear to apply to the retiree only. (A surviving spouse would typically receive additional checks until the surviving spouse's death.)
"The average age at retirement in 2007 was 61 years old.
The average age at death in 2007 was 78 years old.
Over 2,700 retirees are age 90 years or older, with 41 retirees 100 years old or older.
The average number of months a retiree receives a pension check is 219 months or over 18 years."
"Currently, over 212,000 Teamster members or their spouses receive a monthly pension check from Central States."
The following facts appear to apply to the retiree only. (A surviving spouse would typically receive additional checks until the surviving spouse's death.)
"The average age at retirement in 2007 was 61 years old.
The average age at death in 2007 was 78 years old.
Over 2,700 retirees are age 90 years or older, with 41 retirees 100 years old or older.
The average number of months a retiree receives a pension check is 219 months or over 18 years."
TechGrrl
Space Cadet
There you go, ruining a perfectly good urban legend with FACTS!
Although I would like to see a comparison of these AVERAGE numbers with the MEDIAN numbers. Those 2700 retirees could be skewing the numbers slightly higher, although on a base of 212,000 probably not that much.
LOL! I hate when people do that!
Ghost in the Darkness
Well-Known Member
12 more working days for me
Good man... that is what I'm planning too. Hopefully they don't raise the age to 55 but if they do I can survive 3 more years of it (hopefully
).
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pickup
Guest
Median? Average? Are you married? Someone who speaks my language.
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
Shouldn't you have asked 'do you live nearby?'.
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pickup
Guest
Shouldn't you have asked 'do you live nearby?'.
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stevetheupsguy
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I beg to differ on the Free Lunch part.
I don't. You probably wouldn't get one if you weren't their UPS driver!
