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Oh and to answer your Question. Upnorth.
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You the worker and
#3rd party. Your parliament. Your government. I think that's you said that's why the company didn't take as much from you in Canada.
You have a third party as well.
 
How does the union protect workers that are not doing their job? How does that process work ?
Seriously? I'd hope you'd have more knowledge on how the union works before you voted for them. The union makes it harder for the company to fire employees, weather they deserve it or not.


I think its an easy scapegoat to blame your fellow workers for major problems in managements ability to attract and hire good workers. When the company lowers its standards to make up its shortfalls in attracting qualified drivers I don't see how it makes sense when the problem starts at the hiring point.
The same example works in are politics today. There's a ton of scapegoating and hate being perpetuated by a certain party to have you focus on everything but the real root of the problems. Corporate greed and the politicians that are in their pockets.
I've never blamed workers for the major problems we have. That starts at the top and trickles down. The union can't do anything to fix that. We've fired a few new drivers lately, and some of them are really good guys/workers. The inability to hire good workers is a reflection of the pool of drivers, not any new policy. Every new hire I spoke to said XPO looked one of the better paying jobs.

I know its easy to blame are fellow workers and say their not up to are standard, but who sets the bar?
We do. when a flex driver that isn't familiar with the route runs it a lot quicker than the regular driver, it's pretty clear someone isn't doing their job well.
 
Is that all you guy's have?? Insults and Bull :::shit:::?? I was expection one of you to post some link's on how the Teamsters assassinated JFK, How they brought down the Twin tower's or something. But nothing all you guy's wrote was personall opion's. Which just make everything you guy's wrote......... BULL :::shit:::... story telling doesn't make it true.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! You insulted me and had no problem with it. You get insulted and cry about it. You just confirmed what I said about you guys having two sets of rules. All the BS you spew about fairness is a lie. You want fairness for you, not everyone else.

The rest of your post sounds like a Kia dealer ad.
 
By the way None of you had the ball"s to ask what i changed by petitioning the union.
Go ahead.. Isnt really asking.
Dealing with people who have no ball's kinda run THIN..
You don't have the balls to answer any of my questions. Keep up the hypocritical double standards!
 
Seriously? I'd hope you'd have more knowledge on how the union works before you voted for them. The union makes it harder for the company to fire employees, weather they deserve it or not.
If you are referring to progressive discipline explain how that is different than a company policy? The fact that it is written and must be followed makes sure everybody is treated equally and the good ole boys get the same as everybody else.
 
Seriously? I'd hope you'd have more knowledge on how the union works before you voted for them. The union makes it harder for the company to fire employees, weather they deserve it or not.



I've never blamed workers for the major problems we have. That starts at the top and trickles down. The union can't do anything to fix that. We've fired a few new drivers lately, and some of them are really good guys/workers. The inability to hire good workers is a reflection of the pool of drivers, not any new policy. Every new hire I spoke to said XPO looked one of the better paying jobs.


We do. when a flex driver that isn't familiar with the route runs it a lot quicker than the regular driver, it's pretty clear someone isn't doing their job well.
There is procedures in a union shop that do make it harder to terminate someone who may have been wrongfully charged. There's is nothing that will protect someone who has done something that is a cardinal infraction.
 
If you are referring to progressive discipline explain how that is different than a company policy? The fact that it is written and must be followed makes sure everybody is treated equally and the good ole boys get the same as everybody else.
Yeah what he said
Our employment at Xpo is "at will" meaning you can be terminated at any time for any reason despite company policy.
I have seen it happen first hand. Run to a lawyer, labor board or whoever and the first thing they say is do you a contract .. if not sorry there's not much we can do for you.
 
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Whip you say you want to debate than I think you should stay away from personal attacks like this it's not constructive and not becoming to your position
Why are you directing this at only me? Who started the insults? We’ve already established there’s a double standard. I don’t know why I’m asking these questions.
 
If you are referring to progressive discipline explain how that is different than a company policy? The fact that it is written and must be followed makes sure everybody is treated equally and the good ole boys get the same as everybody else.
The difference is when union guys are fired and then get their job back with back pay. I saw it twice when I was in the union. Both were bums and should have been fired.
 
The difference is when union guys are fired and then get their job back with back pay. I saw it twice when I was in the union. Both were bums and should have been fired.

Just throwing it out there, but do you even work for XPO?

Also, none of us live in steel houses. You never know what tomorrow or even the future holds. I’d love the protection of the union in this regard.

None of us XPO drivers, dockworkers, fos’s, fom’s, or probably even terminal managers know what XPO is going to do. We don’t know. Would the union bring wanted protection in some areas? Yes. Would it bring unwanted things in other? Yes.

I believe the argument sucker and stand argues is that is having the union better than not in these unknown times. I personally believe, yes.
 
Just throwing it out there, but do you even work for XPO?

Also, none of us live in steel houses. You never know what tomorrow or even the future holds. I’d love the protection of the union in this regard.
No. I just visit this page so I can have people not answer my questions and insult me for fun.
 
The difference is when union guys are fired and then get their job back with back pay. I saw it twice when I was in the union. Both were bums and should have been fired.
Having worked on both sides of the fence , I can tell you there are PLENTY of people that don't do their jobs and they have no union protection.

If you are going to make the argument that the union is weak and can't do anything for you , it's hard to make the opposite argument that they are strong and keep people from getting fired.
 
They bought another Truckload Company for I think the 3rd time, put in the Lean Program and added all those jobs at the General Office. That was for our own good ithe way upper Management seen it.The Pension was unsistainable they said. I think the way they wasted money, they would have crashed and burned eventually.
Con-Way was in a slow death spiral. There was to many buddies giving there buddies BS jobs and lean being the biggest one.
 
Is that all you guy's have?? Insults and Bull :::shit:::?? I was expection one of you to post some link's on how the Teamsters assassinated JFK, How they brought down the Twin tower's or something. But nothing all you guy's wrote was personall opion's. Which just make everything you guy's wrote......... BULL :::shit:::... story telling doesn't make it true.
At what point did insult or BS you. The one thing I can tell you is that the unions support democrats, which support big govt and lots of regs, which in turn drive companies to move out of this country. Just look at the last 8yrs
 
There is procedures in a union shop that do make it harder to terminate someone who may have been wrongfully charged. There's is nothing that will protect someone who has done something that is a cardinal infraction.
So then you are agreeing with the LH drivers in Trenton that got fired then. I was told they were fired for using the hazmat route when they did have hazmat onboard and were told to stop. The real kicker is they marked it on there trip sheets and wanted to get paid for it to. Sound to me a ground for stealing and falsifying company documents.
Is that a "Cardinal Infraction"
 
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