If helping a fellow co-worker sober up and stop drinking the purple kool-aid is considered begging ...
then I WILL GLADLY DO THAT! Because unlike corporate I care about my fellow co-workers and want them to see the value in being united.
I want them to see that united we will be able to negotiate for a better compensation and a real retirement that will allow us to work towards a comfortable life in our golden years and not one that will require us to pass out happy face stickers at walmart.
I want them to see the value in their hard work and fight for what they deserve and not what corporate says they are worth.
So call me a beggar all you want..
So... Those that work hard and do their job, have no problems with management, make good money doing what we do, and don't really want the teamsters representation automatically drink purple kool-aid. Very deep insight from yet another small minded union supporter that just can't understand why someone would be happy with their job. How nice of you to put it on your back and care so much about us to help us see the value of a untied front, that's just special. The problem is you people think FedEx is going to roll over and give us the world in negotiations, if you think that you my friend are drinking the union kool-aid. The CLT vote was quite amazing, they lost the support of 60 people in 2 weeks. But a win is a win for the union, won't celebrate too much guys, cause you know come next year when there is no contract, they will lose more support and be kicked out. What happened to the other nc terminals filing the day after the clt vote? They want to see CLT out on an island, just like Richmond got cold feet, Louisville I suspect will fall or pull, snw is gone, so what we got? Two tiny terminals in the north east and Charlotte. Thanks to you people, everything we have is frozen. Raises, health care, no bonuses all frozen. The only way it won't be is if and only if the teamsters allow FedEx to give us a raise or a bonus, but does anyone really believe that's going to happen? Oh and the health care, that seems to be a hot topic. In 2018 you will see everyone go to the affordable Care act, even the teamsters who's exemption is up that year. You people really think the Republicans are going to give special privileges to the unions, think again. You people better be good little teamsters and vote for democrats, that is the only way y'all have a chance of getting a hand out. Which that is what this all boils down to, y'all can't be happy with what you got, you see somebody with more and whine and cry it. You are the same people that wouldn't have a problem taking a hand out from the government. Bunch of freeloaders, never happy with what you got. Some of the road drivers make close to six figures a year, that a lot more than any red shirt you see. With the overtime and the options of running Saturday that a lot of city drivers have, we also have the opportunity to make a great living for our family. So, if you people wanted the union so bad it would have been better for you to go apply at yrc, Holland, abf, or even upsf. Now we not only have our sometimes incompetent management to deal with, we also have the ignorance of the teamsters to deal with also. I'm not asking y'all to go away mad, just go away. We're a better company without the IBT.