First, before i get blasted I would like to make the comment that is simply my opinion from my experience..............
I was a supervisor in the MILWAUKEE terminal for USF HOLLAND a few years ago and I have never worked with a bunch of lazier dockmen/p&d drivers in my life. Although there were some hard working employees with a "WORK HARD" mentaility, the vast majority were more worried about breaks, senority issues, and breaks before breaks. Instead of moving the customers freight ina timely manner, they would act selfishly and stiff the company/low senority employees. It is this culture that is part of the problem. These employees either LOST their work-ethic or never ever ever had one and it is disgusting. MORE OVER, many of these lazy individuals carried american flag bumper stickers, proud to be an american stickers, or had flags in their cars/trucks. If what i saw reflective day to day on their cars/trucks or shirts true, then we have a big big problem.....but i digress....
Anyway, I work for a NON-U company right now and although we have our minor problems from time to time, we have employees that HUSTLE, that have pride in themselves, their families, and this great great country. We have a management staff that communicates ina professional manner to our employees and we have a culture that doesn't protect the weak, but encourages the weak to become strong! (and that has happened!)
Good luck to the few that deserve a good job and **** on the lazy bastards that ruined it all for the others ---and will continue to because the Yellow-roadway-usf approach is flawed!