There is a point to this thread. Can you come up with a job that pays at least $22.64 an hour or .56875 cents a mile that offers great insurance with no monthly premium. UPS Freight pays a little more but requires health care contributions and the pension is controlled by UPS.
Everyone here at ABF has a monumental decision to make and understanding the reality of the job market absolutely influences the amount of risk we are willing to take by rejecting almost 5 months of work between the Teamsters negotiating committee and ABF. This is not the 1970's whereby if one union company goes down you just move to another union job. It is a far descend to the non-unions and for the most part, they will not hire you if you have union time anyway.
So hell no, this thread will not be deleted. Information is king!
Something everybody tends to overlook is that we also have a no cost health plan available to us at Ups Freight, and it's pretty good coverage.