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buffalobill said:
you telling me is nothing, you cant stand getting your opinions trounced in public, right? if the union had nothing to offer, Conway would not have you on here fighting it.
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You are pathetic, misguided and full of ::shit::. How can you be so clueless ? I don't care. You are dead to me.
 
buffalobill said:
you telling me is nothing, you cant stand getting your opinions trounced in public, right? if the union had nothing to offer, Conway would not have you on here fighting it.
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I don't think so much that Conway is is worrying about what the union has to offer the employees in terms of pay and bennies. I think they see the union and the work rules that will eventually come in future contracts as being detrimental to their business model. I've seen too many union shops in my travels where the work rules pertaining to specific job titles makes the entire operation less efficient. Work rules create an "it's not my job" environment, sometimes to a point to where say a shipping forklift operator can sit on a forklift all day while just a few doors down, a recieving forklift operator is overwhelmed with incoming freight. This situation causes yard congestion and excessive waiting to get product to an assembly line. In a non union shop, the shipping forktruck operator, having nothing to do, could be ordered to move his forklift to the recieving end of the dock and help out. In a work rule environment at an FAC, would a driver be able to split his set and put his lead to the door? Probably not, he would park his set and a "set splitter" would come out, drop the set, and then a hostler would come and put the trailers to the doors. Three people doing the job of one. Why would the company want this? Why would we want that for our company? The competition is getting tougher and customer's want to move freight for less money, work rules that reduce efficency are not conducive to competiveness in today's freight moving environment.
 
Why do they have so many management positions ,one of the most top heavy corporations there is. They worry more about the pet projects that have very little to do with hauling freight , just to justify their jobs.
 
trucknfool, I don't know if your question was meant for me, but if it was, I would answer it this way. I don't care too much about what happens at the top of my company that is out of my control. For all their little pet projects and many managers, we still turn a good profit each quarter, I get a decent amount of overtime, and none of my paychecks have ever bounced. They can run the company how they want and if I feel strongly at some point that what they do is having a negative effect on my livelyhood, then I'll quit and drive for someone else.
 
[QUOT"ScotchNeat, post: 934203, member: 36556"]trucknfool, I don't know if your question was meant for me, but if it was, I would answer it this way. I don't care too much about what happens at the top of my company that is out of my control. For all their little pet projects and many managers, we still turn a good profit each quarter, I get a decent amount of overtime, and none of my paychecks have ever bounced. They can run the company how they want and if I feel strongly at some point that what they do is having a negative effect on my livelyhood, then I'll quit and drive for someone else.[/QUOTE]
They could have been so much better of a company If they would have taken better care of their people. I lost my confidence in the leadership of present . I feel at some point in the future , they will run it in the ground . That's my opinion. I was there over 20 years. Now I wonder why I wasted my time staying there that long. There's no future there.
 
trucknfool said:
[QUOT"ScotchNeat, post: 934203, member: 36556"]trucknfool, I don't know if your question was meant for me, but if it was, I would answer it this way. I don't care too much about what happens at the top of my company that is out of my control. For all their little pet projects and many managers, we still turn a good profit each quarter, I get a decent amount of overtime, and none of my paychecks have ever bounced. They can run the company how they want and if I feel strongly at some point that what they do is having a negative effect on my livelyhood, then I'll quit and drive for someone else.
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They could have been so much better of a company If they would have taken better care of their people. I lost my confidence in the leadership of present . I feel at some point in the future , they will run it in the ground . That's my opinion. I was there over 20 years. Now I wonder why I wasted my time staying there that long. There's no future there.[/QUOTE]
What exactly does it mean when you say "taken better care of their people?" They pay a competitive wage, new hires top out in three years now instead of five, they offer health insurance, paid holidays, the ability to earn paid time off from day one, they throw us cookouts and pizza from time to time, they are constantly upgrading equipment such as power, trailers, and hand held devices. With LEAN in place, they are through "voice of the customer" addressing issues. Maybe I'm just fool, but considering the jobs I worked before I came here, I've never been treated better by an employer. I understand the senior guys have seen changes over the years like less insurance, pension being replaced by 401k, and such. I get it, but what many of the old timers and perhaps yourself do not realize is that Conway is just one of many companies which have had to cut benefits over the years in order to stay profitable in a business environment that is declining. So I guess I do not understand that given the new economic challenges faced by businesses of all kinds and relative to our competition, how the company can take better care of us than they already are.
 
Well, I don't think that you see the big picture. Maybe you are new , I had full insurance after 90 days , better insurance, treated better, less hassles, better leadership and decent truck right from the get go. If you are happy drinking the kool aid , good for you. If people don't start to stand up and hold corporations accountable for stealing pensions and evading their responsibility toward their employees , The middle class is on it's way out
 
ScotchNeat said:
I don't think so much that Conway is is worrying about what the union has to offer the employees in terms of pay and bennies. I think they see the union and the work rules that will eventually come in future contracts as being detrimental to their business model. I've seen too many union shops in my travels where the work rules pertaining to specific job titles makes the entire operation less efficient. Work rules create an "it's not my job" environment, sometimes to a point to where say a shipping forklift operator can sit on a forklift all day while just a few doors down, a recieving forklift operator is overwhelmed with incoming freight. This situation causes yard congestion and excessive waiting to get product to an assembly line. In a non union shop, the shipping forktruck operator, having nothing to do, could be ordered to move his forklift to the recieving end of the dock and help out. In a work rule environment at an FAC, would a driver be able to split his set and put his lead to the door? Probably not, he would park his set and a "set splitter" would come out, drop the set, and then a hostler would come and put the trailers to the doors. Three people doing the job of one. Why would the company want this? Why would we want that for our company? The competition is getting tougher and customer's want to move freight for less money, work rules that reduce efficency are not conducive to competiveness in today's freight moving environment.
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None of those work rules would have to negotiated into a Conway contract. Just because you organize it doesnt mean you are part of the Master Freight contract.
 
trucknfool said:
Well, I don't think that you see the big picture. Maybe you are new , I had full insurance after 90 days , better insurance, treated better, less hassles, better leadership and decent truck right from the get go. If you are happy drinking the kool aid , good for you. If people don't start to stand up and hold corporations accountable for stealing pensions and evading their responsibility toward their employees , The middle class is on it's way out
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I got the big picture just fine and it's bigger than just companies cutting benefits and "stealing pensions,' which I imagine is illegal. The chief executive of the United States, Barack "Barry" Obama takes a hostile view towards corporations and uses the power of his cabinet to impose all sorts of unreasonable fines, fees, and regulations upon them. This has profound effects on the entire economy and we're feeling it, the economic pie is shrinking, companies as well as individuals have less disposable income as a result of this man's actions and the failure of the opposition party in Congress to reign him in. There is your big picture, it's not corporate America's fault, it's the fault of the federal government.
 
That's not exactly the way it is mr scotch neat, you seem to have a short memory of what the Bush administration done to the economy to witch has we are still trying to recover. If it is left up to corporate America you will work for 5.00 a hour and have no benefits . You go on and be a good little corporate cheerleade
 
ScotchNeat said:
I got the big picture just fine and it's bigger than just companies cutting benefits and "stealing pensions,' which I imagine is illegal. The chief executive of the United States, Barack "Barry" Obama takes a hostile view towards corporations and uses the power of his cabinet to impose all sorts of unreasonable fines, fees, and regulations upon them. This has profound effects on the entire economy and we're feeling it, the economic pie is shrinking, companies as well as individuals have less disposable income as a result of this man's actions and the failure of the opposition party in Congress to reign him in. There is your big picture, it's not corporate America's fault, it's the fault of the federal government.
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Corporate America owns the government. They use it as a tool against each other and the rest of the world.
 
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