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What is our incentive to join the teamsters?
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<blockquote data-quote="UPSFreightMan" data-source="post: 154006" data-attributes="member: 8304"><p>3.) Now if the pension funds are your only reason for joining or not joining the Teamsters, why are you even considering it.</p><p>Do you want a voice in the workplace? <strong>ALREADY HAVE ONE</strong></p><p>Do want protection against unjust firing or disipline? <strong>PEER REVIEW BOARD ALREADY DOES THE JOB</strong></p><p>Do you want protection against subcontracting or farming out of your work to other companies. <strong>ONLY AREAS WITH NO TERMINALS ARE SUBBED OUT> ACTUALLY HIRING AT A FAST RATE</strong></p><p>Do you want paid medical, dental, eye care, legal, burial, dismemberment and death benifits for zilch? <strong>NOT TRUE> SOME LOCALS IN NEW CONTRACTS ARE HAVING TO PAY DUES AS WELL AS MEDICAL BENEFITS> </strong></p><p>Do you want job security, the protection offered against someone with less seniority taking your job or start time based on favoritism, nepatism or retailiazation. <strong>MY JOB IS SECURE AND SENIORITY IS ENFORCED. ALL START TIMES AND EXTRA WORK IS ASSIGNED IN SENIORITY ORDER</strong></p><p>Do want to be paid for all duties preformed instead of giving up time spent on or with company property preforming duties directed toward you to preform by the company?<strong> I GET PAID FOR ALL DUTIES I PERFORM</strong></p><p>Do you want fair days wage for a fair days work. <strong>CAN'T GET MORE THEN THE MASTER FREIGHT AGREEMENT. AT THE RATE WE ARE GETTING RAISES NEXT YEAR WE WILL SURPASS MASTER FREIGHT </strong>Paid holidays guarenteed? <strong>I AM PAID MY 9 HOLIDAYS AND HAVE NO ISSUES </strong></p><p>Paid personal time off guarenteed? <strong>I AM PAID MY 3 PERSONAL DAYS WHETHER I USE THEM OR NOT. </strong></p><p>Sick days paid without filing an insurance claim? <strong>IF I FILE A SICK PAY CLAIM, I CAN GET UP TO 5 WEEKS at 100% pay and AN ADDITIONAL 22 WEEKS at 60% pay</strong></p><p>Overtime after 8? <strong>IF THERE IS ONE ITEM I CAN AGREE ON WITH YOU IT IS THIS> Not worth my time to get a union involved over 1 item. 2009 Will be 40 hours anyway. although it is not as good as after 8 I will take it.</strong></p><p>Do you want your rights as an American worker respected? <strong>I HAVE RESPECT</strong> </p><p>Do you want to be repected on or in the work place by your superiors and peers? <strong>I AM RESPECTED BY MY SUPERIORS </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO IS:::</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>IF I DO NOT WANT TO WORK AND WANT TO DRAG MY ASS THEN I SHOULD BECOME A TEAMSTER. AS LONG AS I DO MY JOB EFFICIENTLY, I HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. I have watched other drivers get fired and go to the peer review board and get their job back. It is alot harder to get fired here then working for a union company. trust me i have worked for both.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UPSFreightMan, post: 154006, member: 8304"] 3.) Now if the pension funds are your only reason for joining or not joining the Teamsters, why are you even considering it. Do you want a voice in the workplace? [B]ALREADY HAVE ONE[/B] Do want protection against unjust firing or disipline? [B]PEER REVIEW BOARD ALREADY DOES THE JOB[/B] Do you want protection against subcontracting or farming out of your work to other companies. [B]ONLY AREAS WITH NO TERMINALS ARE SUBBED OUT> ACTUALLY HIRING AT A FAST RATE[/B] Do you want paid medical, dental, eye care, legal, burial, dismemberment and death benifits for zilch? [B]NOT TRUE> SOME LOCALS IN NEW CONTRACTS ARE HAVING TO PAY DUES AS WELL AS MEDICAL BENEFITS> [/B] Do you want job security, the protection offered against someone with less seniority taking your job or start time based on favoritism, nepatism or retailiazation. [B]MY JOB IS SECURE AND SENIORITY IS ENFORCED. ALL START TIMES AND EXTRA WORK IS ASSIGNED IN SENIORITY ORDER[/B] Do want to be paid for all duties preformed instead of giving up time spent on or with company property preforming duties directed toward you to preform by the company?[B] I GET PAID FOR ALL DUTIES I PERFORM[/B] Do you want fair days wage for a fair days work. [B]CAN'T GET MORE THEN THE MASTER FREIGHT AGREEMENT. AT THE RATE WE ARE GETTING RAISES NEXT YEAR WE WILL SURPASS MASTER FREIGHT [/B]Paid holidays guarenteed? [B]I AM PAID MY 9 HOLIDAYS AND HAVE NO ISSUES [/B] Paid personal time off guarenteed? [B]I AM PAID MY 3 PERSONAL DAYS WHETHER I USE THEM OR NOT. [/B] Sick days paid without filing an insurance claim? [B]IF I FILE A SICK PAY CLAIM, I CAN GET UP TO 5 WEEKS at 100% pay and AN ADDITIONAL 22 WEEKS at 60% pay[/B] Overtime after 8? [B]IF THERE IS ONE ITEM I CAN AGREE ON WITH YOU IT IS THIS> Not worth my time to get a union involved over 1 item. 2009 Will be 40 hours anyway. although it is not as good as after 8 I will take it.[/B] Do you want your rights as an American worker respected? [B]I HAVE RESPECT[/B] Do you want to be repected on or in the work place by your superiors and peers? [B]I AM RESPECTED BY MY SUPERIORS [/B] [B]WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO IS:::[/B] [B]IF I DO NOT WANT TO WORK AND WANT TO DRAG MY ASS THEN I SHOULD BECOME A TEAMSTER. AS LONG AS I DO MY JOB EFFICIENTLY, I HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. I have watched other drivers get fired and go to the peer review board and get their job back. It is alot harder to get fired here then working for a union company. trust me i have worked for both.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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