It was pointless. You wanted a wage increase, more paid time off and better benefits in this contract. Why? Because you want more added to your bottom line at the expense of the company bottom line. Same book, different page.
So does management...still pointless...or are you clueless, you talk about it like a working man wanting more is terrible, but you the retiree are standing there with your hand out....to quote you "I'm not stupid, I'm taking what they give me"...and btw they gave it because they can afford to...did you send Preston a check every week for your "overpayment"?
No, and Yellow employees never returned, gave back, any money to the company. They were paid as their negotiated contract required.
They had a contract, got an MOU with a pay reduction....same book, different page....same end result....
True, and if the teamsters were protecting those employees they'd be out of work like the 30,000 Yellow employees.
Greed is everywhere....
absolutely right, because the OJIs were killing them in insurance costs alone. That was an industry that had to adapt.
You know what is wrong with your logic RB? Because at some point your clever wooing breaks down and you have to enforce it at the point of a bayonet to get compliance and a grudging workforce. THAT part you don't want to discuss.... You DO remember the child labor laws and sweatshops and mine labor problems, and the 1940s era trucking industry Jimmy Hoffa organized against, right? PLEASE stop waltzing that two-timing corporate slut in front of us and expecting us to envy your choice in women....
Yes, blacklisting is illegal. But blacklisting occurs when a former employer attempts to prevent a former employee from getting a new job after that employee has been discharged. What we're talking about here is a prospective non-union trucking company denying employment to a former Teamster. That's not blacklisting, that's a prospective employer being discriminant in choosing employees and maybe not so much against the law as you might think.
And when you need work done around the house, you always use the highest price vendor for the most insignificant tasks so you can pay the prevailing wages in your area, correct?
I also remember Jimmy Hoffa using drug kingpins (Santo Traiffencate) for illegal drugs & money laundering as well as murders (amongst his own thugs)
I didn't know I was a money making corporation.....the example RB gave was not well thought out...but I will say that when I buy cars, they are always American Union made...it costs me a bit more, but that's ok, I'm supporting unions....when I buy any product I will look to see where it's made and if it costs a bit more I still buy American....as far as the nonsense you just spewed about something i can fix myself, don't be a tool, I obviously am going to do it myself with my american made tools....
I may have come across some American made tools here on TB from time to time.
Me too! My Kia Sorento was built in West Point, Georgia.
What don't you understand about discrimination? Every employer discriminates and it's perfectly legal. Choosing one over another is always discrimination. I won't hire you because my nephew needs a job, that's legal discrimination. It happens all the time. I hired the other guy because you have facial tattoos and a nose ring, legal. Nobody is entitled to a job. The job belongs to the employer.
I wasn't aware of this. Could you provide specifics on these allegations please. I would like to confirm it. Thank you for informing me. You do know what "goon squads" are, correct? They were thugs that trucking companies hired and used to break driver strikes by busting heads of picketing employees. Hoffa accepted the help offered by the mafia to get the muscle to battle the goon squads. That is the chronology of how that happened. You don't go to the mob, they come you with an offer you can't refuse. He made a deal with the devil. It was a mistake and it ultimately destroyed him. If employers treated their employees with dignity, we would not have reams of federal labor laws to constrain them. That is the evidence, like it or not. I understand your anger over Yellow. The difference between Yellow management and ABF management is ABF accepted their contractual obligations and proceeded with the commitment to operate profitably regardless, and so far they have been successful. Yellow never did intend to operate that way and wanted concessions into perpetuity to make up for their managerial inadequacies. That is just the reality of it...
Maybe my post was unclear, because what I said is what you're saying. I just was less wordy about it. Point is, you and I are in agreement when it comes to employers discriminating. In fact I'll go one more and say that discrimination is a good thing for many reasons and many situations, but it's been a word that's become demonized when it comes to hiring people.
And possibly for FAR more than that.
