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Yellow | I have had enough!!!!!

Didn't help that HC was out of a not so great managed terminal.plus tons of old seniority above him that are quite honestly stuck.Because of the changes in the retirement requirements.Alot of animosity and rightly so aimed at the top executives that didn't have enough class to be humbled with the wealth they have attained over the years.Just enough greed to grant themselves a sizeable bonus.While the ones who have worked hard day in and day out to keep their jobs and keep the doors open were granted another cut in pay by ddeception.Just doest leave a great impression of our fraudulent leaders.

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jimmy g said:
I always get a kick out the scenario that replays eternally:

YRC guy says his company is crap. Non-U guy says come here. NonU is portrayed as His Mother wears Army Boots, His Dad's the Town Drunk, His Sister is a skank, His Brother pees his pants, His Dog has mixed puppies with fleas. Then he's asked 'why not sign aa Pledge Card and we'll be Brothers????? The same guys that were skunks at Overnite suddenly were Fantastic Brothers in Arms as UPSF????? Never ceases to amaze me....
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Its one thing to hear bad things about the company we work for from our own but to have others insulting our jobs is rude.
Kind of like we can talk a little trash about our brother or son , but we sure don't want to hear it from anyone else.

You make the poster sound like polly anna and us like bullies.He didn't just say come here he said come to a real company.
Unless I am mis-perceiving something that is an insult to our company.
He also posted od is 10 x better than yellow will ever be and told yrcatm to change his name because yellow was running out of funds.
Then he was bragging about od on another post.Then compared stock prices to rub it in. No one asked him to sign a pledge card.

As far as overnite we all know the deal , 70% voted to strike and only about 10% got on the picket line.Ups bought them and they were
given a union.10% deserve it but nonetheless I'm glad it's there because it makes fedex workers get paid better.We all do the same things in different colored trailers and I wish all the ltl would come together with a new union , and a new pension, then we would all have much better jobs and a much better future.
I am not trying to get smart here jimmy but are you a little anti-union?
 
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falconfan said:
I am not trying to get smart here jimmy but are you a little anti-union?
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22 years paid in under Preston and Yellow. What I pointed out was a general statement of what I've noticed most times a non-u posts on YRC.... and then we wonder why they don't organize..... :duh:

I'm not anti-union- I just don't make them into my religion as many do. Private Unions make good contracts so both sides know the invarying rules. On Public Uniions, I agree with FDR and George Meany- they shouldn't exist. No one negotiates for the seniors on fixed income who lose their homes when taxes hike to pay the raises Public Officials rubber-stamp. My Mom had to sell her farm under such a scenario.
 
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mud said:
It's not pre deregulation in LTL trucking anymore.
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I have said that many times on here M. 35 years ago you had a regulated, 75 percent unionized LTL industry where now it is unregulated, 85 percent non-union, 15 percent union, and half of the 15 percent thinking it is still 1975.
 
BIG R GUY said:
I have said that many times on here M. 35 years ago you had a regulated, 75 percent unionized LTL industry where now it is unregulated, 85 percent non-union, 15 percent union, and half of the 15 percent thinking it is still 1975.
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Maybe F-K Industries could donate some calendars.
 
I run a 6 day bid with 1 day off, therefore I have 52 days off a year. if you add in 3 weeks vacation and 5 sick days that's a total of 78 days off a year which equal 1.5 days off per week. driving 52 plus hours a week 40 plus hours a week in hotel means I have average around 100 hrs in 6 days to this job. with basically no pension it just does not seem worth it anymore. I'm looking for something else
 
littlekorvette said:
I run a 6 day bid with 1 day off, therefore I have 52 days off a year. if you add in 3 weeks vacation and 5 sick days that's a total of 78 days off a year which equal 1.5 days off per week. driving 52 plus hours a week 40 plus hours a week in hotel means I have average around 100 hrs in 6 days to this job. with basically no pension it just does not seem worth it anymore. I'm looking for something else
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I've posted this before, ...UPSF, the best option in LTL. We just had 3 Drivers from Brooklyn, NY #187, quit and move their families to Hsbg., Pa. to work for them. We have also had my co-workers here at Hsbg. 135, go 7 miles north, and one to Allentown, Pa. they are happy.

Good luck My Brother.
 
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ATM you are spot on there, one of my friends I ride with works there ! Been there 18 years and they are constantly questioning why it took him an extra 5 minutes to get off the yard at his switch point, seems like it's always something. And if they sit on him at the switch point for two hours he gets nothing!!!!!! Just isn't right, that free crap wouldn't cut it for me!!
 
Even a modest amount of research will confirm that steel and automotive and other heavily unionized industries have suffered. Our plight is NOT unique, just slower to manifest. Talk to USW, UAW, PATCO, ALPA or any airline and railway union members. They have suffered as well as endured similar and many cases more severe conditions, than those we face,
PS None of those unions are doing much organizing either.
 
albag said:
Even a modest amount of research will confirm that steel and automotive and other heavily unionized industries have suffered. Our plight is NOT unique, just slower to manifest. Talk to USW, UAW, PATCO, ALPA or any airline and railway union members. They have suffered as well as endured similar and many cases more severe conditions, than those we face,
PS None of those unions are doing much organizing either.
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Totally agree ,the question is why.UAW is a joke, they insisted on contracts that made it impossible for them to compete with the growing
sector of non-union auto makers and then have the nerve to vote on a contract that will pay their children and grandchildren half of what they
make, instead of taking cuts that would provide their future workers with a decent job.Who would belong to an organization like that.They stand
for nothing but individual greed.
As far as teamsters go , an unsustainable pension and corruption and too many other things to mention have not helped us either.Yrcw and ABF now contribute towards the pensions of all those who have failed before us making our financial futures uncertain.We are now owned by equity firms who are either going to suck the revenues out of the company and leave nothing but rubble or make us a better company and sell us.We know they are not in the freight busisness.We will not be sold with the pension liabilities.
If I am wrong about this please let me know otherwise Albag do you think we will make it through this mess and why.
 
Hard Charger said:
After 12 years as a team road driver with this company I have had enough of the lies and the bs. I turned in my resignation letter along with my uniforms, keys, and comdata card. I pray that YRC makes it for all the employees that want to stay and keep giving up 15% of their paycheck and 75% of their retirement. My wife and I have prayed and talked about me leaving YRC and moving on and we finally agreed that now its time for me to go. The Dallas yard looks like a Schneider and CRST drop yard and company drivers are sitting at home not working. The top brass and board members keep cashing in on big bonuses yet they won't even offer a matching 401k to the employees that are interested in contributing to it. I'm in my mid 30's and I don't want to work forever. God Bless everyone and once again if I have said anything that has offended anyone I apologize in advance.
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Dear HC good luck to you! Will you tell us who the lucky new employer is? Best Regards.
 
Hoodock said:
It's not pre deregulated anything anymore airlines,railroads etc...etc
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Current day railroads have bounced back from the precarious financial situation they were in decades ago. The railroad unions smartened up and went along with modernization and elimination of archaic work rules and today the employees are making good money and the railroads are profitable. Win/win for everybody. Times and conditions change. Sometimes that's hard to accept.
 
falconfan, I'm opptimistic that we as well as ABF will survive. However, as Triplex has pointed out there are hurdles to be overcome. The employees who remain focused on the greed of senior management, as well as, a tenacious grip on OUTDATED work rule are just two. There must be a recognition that cost effective procedures must be adopted. All employees of YRCW must begin to understand that no solution will be painless. Fairness is NOT going to be a factor. There are simply too many new, CAPABLE and financially stable competitors.
I see it here EVERY DAY, the "I want my money back". Until YRCW is able to recapitolize, there is no money to restore the levels of compensation many feel they are ENTITLED. That fact, and that fact, alone IMO is the critical hurdle.
 
albag said:
falconfan, I'm opptimistic that we as well as ABF will survive. However, as Triplex has pointed out there are hurdles to be overcome. The employees who remain focused on the greed of senior management, as well as, a tenacious grip on OUTDATED work rule are just two. There must be a recognition that cost effective procedures must be adopted. All employees of YRCW must begin to understand that no solution will be painless. Fairness is NOT going to be a factor. There are simply too many new, CAPABLE and financially stable competitors.
I see it here EVERY DAY, the "I want my money back". Until YRCW is able to recapitolize, there is no money to restore the levels of compensation many feel they are ENTITLED. That fact, and that fact, alone IMO is the critical hurdle.
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The employee's who remain focused on senior mgts greed are the ones who realize without that changing nothing else matters. I told a upper manager at cf this reply when he went on and on about little cost savings employees could do. ( I could come in here for the next 30 years and do nothing and not waste as much money as you can with a single swipe of the pen in your pocket). Treat the cancer first, not the cold.
 
COLKID said:
The employee's who remain focused on senior mgts greed are the ones who realize without that changing nothing else matters. I told a upper manager at cf this reply when he went on and on about little cost savings employees could do. ( I could come in here for the next 30 years and do nothing and not waste as much money as you can with a single swipe of the pen in your pocket). Treat the cancer first, not the cold.
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The compensation of senior management amounts to less than 1% of gross revenue. Your focus should be on what YOU can do to secure your future. Clearly, endless diatribes about management is NOT the solution.
 
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