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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1139178" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>I just went to my local (162) contract meeting.</p><p></p><p>As a full-time driver in the Western Conference, this agreement will be a great deal for me. I will continue to be covered (with full maintainence of benefits) under the Oregon Teamster Employers Trust for medical insurance, which provides excellent coverage. I will get pension and pay increases, improved language regarding the use of technology for discipline, and improved language regarding optional holidays.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately....this comes at the expense of screwing over a significant number of my fellow employees in other parts of the country on their medical coverage, and offering what I feel is still a grossly substandard starting wage for new PT employees. For that reason, I am reluctantly voting "no" on the offer.</p><p></p><p>Here's the thing though; unlike a lot of people on this forum, I didnt have my mind made up before I got all the facts. There are people on this forum who would have voted "no" on world peace and a cure for cancer simply because hall was involved in it. There are also people who will vote "yes" on anything just because the IBT is telling them to.</p><p></p><p>Did Hoffa and Hall "sell us out"? No. They negotiated what they felt was the best offer they could get given the economy, the current uncertainty regarding healthcare, and what they perceived to be our collective willingness to go out on strike. Its pretty easy for someone who has never negotiated a contract in their life to sit behind a computer and bloviate loudly about what Hoffa and Hall "should have" done for us. The bottom line here is that we collectively have the final say in the matter with our vote.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1139178, member: 14668"] I just went to my local (162) contract meeting. As a full-time driver in the Western Conference, this agreement will be a great deal for me. I will continue to be covered (with full maintainence of benefits) under the Oregon Teamster Employers Trust for medical insurance, which provides excellent coverage. I will get pension and pay increases, improved language regarding the use of technology for discipline, and improved language regarding optional holidays. Unfortunately....this comes at the expense of screwing over a significant number of my fellow employees in other parts of the country on their medical coverage, and offering what I feel is still a grossly substandard starting wage for new PT employees. For that reason, I am reluctantly voting "no" on the offer. Here's the thing though; unlike a lot of people on this forum, I didnt have my mind made up before I got all the facts. There are people on this forum who would have voted "no" on world peace and a cure for cancer simply because hall was involved in it. There are also people who will vote "yes" on anything just because the IBT is telling them to. Did Hoffa and Hall "sell us out"? No. They negotiated what they felt was the best offer they could get given the economy, the current uncertainty regarding healthcare, and what they perceived to be our collective willingness to go out on strike. Its pretty easy for someone who has never negotiated a contract in their life to sit behind a computer and bloviate loudly about what Hoffa and Hall "should have" done for us. The bottom line here is that we collectively have the final say in the matter with our vote. [/QUOTE]
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