Everytime I get on this site, it's the same old thing. People griping and moaning about working for ups. Why do I have to learn yard control. Why do I have to work with my power zone, why this, why that. My hub must be unique cuz I couldn't be happier. I unloaded half of 30 trailers this week for terrible pay & my upper body is sore all over!
But thursday my health ins. took effect, so thats a $60 a week raise in itself. Six more months & my family gets coverage, another $100 a week! & it's a part time job. Have any of you whiners ever worked for a small employer? With no benefits or chance of advancement? I doubt it. As my preload Sup. says "Walmart is hiring!"
Have any of you ever worked for a small employer? Started out at 16 washing dishes at a restaurant, low wages, no beni's. Worked in a pizza house, low wages, no beni's. Carried a ruck sack for uncles sam, army rangers, jumping from airplanes, low wages, but did have beni's. Building houses, low wages, no beni's then I landed a job here at big brown. Only place I ever worked harder was with the rangers. Great starting wages, great beni's and union membership. In my 22 years with the company I have seen it all and heard it all. Union steward for many years, such a thankless job. Does the company give those beni's out of the graciousness of their heart, nah, union negotiated those beni's. If you think we would have the beni's we have without the union then you better wake up. Does the company mistreat it's hourlys, yup. Do they all deserve it, nope. What can we do about it, not much. Ive seen the darker side of the union, and it su... just as bad as the darker side of the company. There is an article in our contract that says a fair days pay for a fair days work. I don't believe in that mantra, for I believe I will give them the best of my ability each and every day, and they can call it whatever they want, just pay me and then I head home. You want union membership, go get it, we don't need to find you, you need to find us. Find out where your union hall is and go get it.