droppingaduece
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Thanks to both of you for the replies and good luck in the future. We are trying over here but it is an uphill battle. I know you understand. Thanks againHere is a figure you might not have known about. Give or take a couple hundred, 35,000.00 dollars per rank & file employee, per year is what ABF pays to the IBT before the first dime of wages. About 20 grand represents retirement contribution, & 15 grand for medical premiums. So total wages & benefits paid to a 3 year or older ABF rank & file employee is still the highest compensated LTL truck driver in the world. We do pay about 60 bucks per month for Union dues, but not one dollar for Medical premiums. How long will that last? Who knows? Doctor installed a new knee in March. Bill was 42,000.00 discounted by Anthem to 22,643.00. My total out of pocket expense for annual deductible, pre-op, surgery, post op care, & therapy was about 520.00. That kind of price was provided to me by being employed by a company under the umbrella of a Collective Bargaining Agreement. I.e. a Union Contract. Yea, I do believe I will ride this train until I retire or it runs out of track. von.
I am currently at $23.22/hr. I believe the road rate is $.57/mile for doubles. That figure is standard across the country with few exceptions, Chicago being one of them, they are paid more. We get OT after 8 and on Saturdays. Double time on Sunday and holidays. Those two things do vary across the country (except for OT after 8, that is a standard).
The 7% was because the Teamsters were handing out money to YRC so ABF wanted some and they managed to get it. Not with my blessing though. We also lost a week's vacation across the board so new hires get no vacation for two years and two weeks after eight years, courtesy of the Teamsters.
We also have about $7/hr contributed to our pension fund and our health insurance is fully paid outside of the copays for doctors visits and deductibles.
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