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<blockquote data-quote="redracer" data-source="post: 511626" data-attributes="member: 22143"><p>Being a newbie and a freight hauler for Fedex Freight I find it interesting as hard as we try we can not best UPS. As for myself I could care less as long as I still have a job. It has always been the bone of contention that Fedex wanted to be better than Brown and try to surpass them by hauling more pkg's or freight as the case may be and making money hand over fist. I don't think the management of Fedex has taken into consideration the aspect of taking care of its people includes its employees. I myself started with American Freightways working the dock until I could get my CDL and advance myself off the dock. Back then the road drivers didn't work the dock so that was my main goal was to get some experience in the city and then become a road driver so I could get off the dock. A strange thing happend along the way. American Freightways changed the rules. They started the program of any run under 200 miles you were required to work the dock. Their were problems back then that we had to work through to make this thing work. I reworked a lot of trailers because these once proud road drivers were now shuttle drivers who were forced to work the dock or find another job some where else. We made it work but we all worked as a team to accomplish this goal. As time went by the damages went down and the freight volume increased as American Freightways moved into new markets and offered new improved quicker delivery times with fewer damages. There were times we were swamped when the teamsters would go on strike and Freightways would have to get choosie about the freight they would haul. This backfired more than a few times and we ended up with egg on our faces. We were a young company and still growing. From management in Harrison on down to the lowest paid part-time dock person there was we worked together as a team to make it work because if we didn't we knew our small company would wither and die. Then we got sold to Fedex and were told that no major changes were to coming. I keep remembering that when they told us they were changing our name to Fedex Freight. Oh, boy now I get to have people ask me about package delivery that I know nothing about. Everybody who sees a Fedex person assumes they deliver packages for a living. Fedex forced the Garrison boys off the board and now only the founder of American Freightways was left. Our only voice was through this man. When Sheridan Garrison died I almost cried as I knew the person who had guided us for so many years was gone and some huge company had total control over us. The reason American Freightways never went union here in Arkansas is Sheridan kept our wages close to what the union scale was, they paid our health premiums, we had our 401k, vacations and we were treated as human beings. I will not get into a tit for tate about Fedex or what they are doing as being wrong. I think it stinks the high heaven the way they have treated people long before now. Before it was all hush hush and now it is being flashed all over the news like yesterdays dirty laundry. Until the law changes in the dealings of unionizing with regards to Fedex we will not be going union. I don't like the idea of giving the teamsters my money. Some of the guys I work with think I am the biggest tight wad they have every seen. I am frugal with my money that is true but that comes from having a job and trying to live from pay check to pay check and having to rely on family to buy your groceries every week because you don't make enough money. I am a very independant person, I spent 4yrs on active duty with the Navy and worked several part-time jobs to put myself through college. If the union comes to Fedex Freight more power to it. Years ago the union would never had a chance with American Freightways, I can't say that about Fedex Freight right now. Too many drivers that I once crossed paths with every night are now stuck working 8hrs or less on the dock with no room for advancement. We as a colletive are just bone tired and looking for a change. </p><p> </p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/sad-little.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sad-little:" title="Sad Little :sad-little:" data-shortname=":sad-little:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redracer, post: 511626, member: 22143"] Being a newbie and a freight hauler for Fedex Freight I find it interesting as hard as we try we can not best UPS. As for myself I could care less as long as I still have a job. It has always been the bone of contention that Fedex wanted to be better than Brown and try to surpass them by hauling more pkg's or freight as the case may be and making money hand over fist. I don't think the management of Fedex has taken into consideration the aspect of taking care of its people includes its employees. I myself started with American Freightways working the dock until I could get my CDL and advance myself off the dock. Back then the road drivers didn't work the dock so that was my main goal was to get some experience in the city and then become a road driver so I could get off the dock. A strange thing happend along the way. American Freightways changed the rules. They started the program of any run under 200 miles you were required to work the dock. Their were problems back then that we had to work through to make this thing work. I reworked a lot of trailers because these once proud road drivers were now shuttle drivers who were forced to work the dock or find another job some where else. We made it work but we all worked as a team to accomplish this goal. As time went by the damages went down and the freight volume increased as American Freightways moved into new markets and offered new improved quicker delivery times with fewer damages. There were times we were swamped when the teamsters would go on strike and Freightways would have to get choosie about the freight they would haul. This backfired more than a few times and we ended up with egg on our faces. We were a young company and still growing. From management in Harrison on down to the lowest paid part-time dock person there was we worked together as a team to make it work because if we didn't we knew our small company would wither and die. Then we got sold to Fedex and were told that no major changes were to coming. I keep remembering that when they told us they were changing our name to Fedex Freight. Oh, boy now I get to have people ask me about package delivery that I know nothing about. Everybody who sees a Fedex person assumes they deliver packages for a living. Fedex forced the Garrison boys off the board and now only the founder of American Freightways was left. Our only voice was through this man. When Sheridan Garrison died I almost cried as I knew the person who had guided us for so many years was gone and some huge company had total control over us. The reason American Freightways never went union here in Arkansas is Sheridan kept our wages close to what the union scale was, they paid our health premiums, we had our 401k, vacations and we were treated as human beings. I will not get into a tit for tate about Fedex or what they are doing as being wrong. I think it stinks the high heaven the way they have treated people long before now. Before it was all hush hush and now it is being flashed all over the news like yesterdays dirty laundry. Until the law changes in the dealings of unionizing with regards to Fedex we will not be going union. I don't like the idea of giving the teamsters my money. Some of the guys I work with think I am the biggest tight wad they have every seen. I am frugal with my money that is true but that comes from having a job and trying to live from pay check to pay check and having to rely on family to buy your groceries every week because you don't make enough money. I am a very independant person, I spent 4yrs on active duty with the Navy and worked several part-time jobs to put myself through college. If the union comes to Fedex Freight more power to it. Years ago the union would never had a chance with American Freightways, I can't say that about Fedex Freight right now. Too many drivers that I once crossed paths with every night are now stuck working 8hrs or less on the dock with no room for advancement. We as a colletive are just bone tired and looking for a change. :sad-little: [/QUOTE]
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