"Teamsters General
Executive Board today unanimously agreed to... YRCW"...
I state here, and now, that we must all DEMAND that every Teamster Official in every local in every city, town, burg and municipality. Everywhere any Teamster Local Union exists and every Official at the International Teamsters level give back any and all increases in salary and expense accounts that they have received in 2008.
Commensurate with the loss of wages and/or benefits the membership is about to suffer.
Especially Mr. Hoffa, with his $78,000 wage increase. (Don't we pay for Hoffa's Washington condo)?
And NO I do not care if that $78,00 was mandated by the Internationals constitution.
Lets see, the membership,
$2.20 divided by 5 yrs = .44 cents per hour average
.44 cents per hour x 40 = $17.60 per week
$17.60 week x 52 = $915.20 per year x 5 years = $4576.00
Hoffa, 2008 wage increase alone, not counting the rest of his salary or perks.
$78,000. divided by 52 = $1500.00 per week
divided by 40 hrs = $37.50 per hour
$78,000.00 x 5 years = $390,000.00
$390,000.00 (Hoffa) - $4576.00 (me and you) = $385,424.00 difference in Hoffa's recent salary increase alone, the difference between what the membership will earn across 5 years and what Hoffa will make only counting this recent salary increase of $78,000.00
Is he really worth that kind of money.
Wouldn't YOU like to have DOUBLE PENSIONS.
Don't forget the condo WE pay for.
It is wrong no matter where it came from.
We must live in Solidarity on this issue.
Our leadership must join us in this coming economic hardship.
I call on James Hoffa to end, immediately, the practice of Union Officials drawing two (2) pensions, one from their respective Locals and one from the International Union.
I also call for all instances of Officials drawing multiple salaries from all Union bodies except their own Local, i.e. Local Joint Councils, to fore go those extra extraordinary salaries for the duration of time in which the membership suffers any hardship whatsoever. Meaning the length of our, the memberships, contract. Caused by this backward slide brought about by the hands of Zollars and his ilk no matter where they reside or who they work for, or should I say who they collect their pay from or because of.
Much like those current GREEDY captains of industry we are viewing and reading about on a daily basis.
Our Leadership/s seem to be living in never, never-land.
Continuing to increase their own worth while we, struggle to put food on our families table, and a roof over our own heads.
Not to mention trying to keep our jobs without being layed off or dumped into the 10% pool barely working 5 days if we are lucky.
While our companies operate off of a formula that says, if it takes thirty (30) men to do the work of forty (40) men then thirty (30) men is the number of men we will work, the rest be dammed along with their families.
YRCW and every other company needs to understand that the stockholders are not the most important people to be concerned about, it is the employees of these companies that should be of paramount importance.
It certainly will not be the stockholders that drive the economy.
How many refrigerators, stoves, dish washers, cars, etc can the stockholders buy?
Because without the masses of employees working WHO will buy the durable goods that drive this economy.
There will be NO ECONOMY!
The Leadership of Local 705 in Chicago has enjoyed giving themselves an over eight (8)% increase in their salaries during the last three (3) years. Check the LM-2's
Since we are all Brothers in this Union thing then in Solidarity and Brotherhood these Officials should align themselves with we the membership, not those Greedy Captains of Industry we read about.
If any of our Union Leaderships were half the men/women that our membership are they would not have to have these thoughts Demanded of them they would have already devised a plan along with an announcement of SOLIDARITY.
James Hoffa, NOW is the time to PROVE you are worthy of leading this great Union.
Because as of late you have not shown any of us much in the way of Leadership.
In SOLIDARITY and BROTHERHOOD
Executive Board today unanimously agreed to... YRCW"...
I state here, and now, that we must all DEMAND that every Teamster Official in every local in every city, town, burg and municipality. Everywhere any Teamster Local Union exists and every Official at the International Teamsters level give back any and all increases in salary and expense accounts that they have received in 2008.
Commensurate with the loss of wages and/or benefits the membership is about to suffer.
Especially Mr. Hoffa, with his $78,000 wage increase. (Don't we pay for Hoffa's Washington condo)?
And NO I do not care if that $78,00 was mandated by the Internationals constitution.
Lets see, the membership,
$2.20 divided by 5 yrs = .44 cents per hour average
.44 cents per hour x 40 = $17.60 per week
$17.60 week x 52 = $915.20 per year x 5 years = $4576.00
Hoffa, 2008 wage increase alone, not counting the rest of his salary or perks.
$78,000. divided by 52 = $1500.00 per week
divided by 40 hrs = $37.50 per hour
$78,000.00 x 5 years = $390,000.00
$390,000.00 (Hoffa) - $4576.00 (me and you) = $385,424.00 difference in Hoffa's recent salary increase alone, the difference between what the membership will earn across 5 years and what Hoffa will make only counting this recent salary increase of $78,000.00
Is he really worth that kind of money.
Wouldn't YOU like to have DOUBLE PENSIONS.
Don't forget the condo WE pay for.
It is wrong no matter where it came from.
We must live in Solidarity on this issue.
Our leadership must join us in this coming economic hardship.
I call on James Hoffa to end, immediately, the practice of Union Officials drawing two (2) pensions, one from their respective Locals and one from the International Union.
I also call for all instances of Officials drawing multiple salaries from all Union bodies except their own Local, i.e. Local Joint Councils, to fore go those extra extraordinary salaries for the duration of time in which the membership suffers any hardship whatsoever. Meaning the length of our, the memberships, contract. Caused by this backward slide brought about by the hands of Zollars and his ilk no matter where they reside or who they work for, or should I say who they collect their pay from or because of.
Much like those current GREEDY captains of industry we are viewing and reading about on a daily basis.
Our Leadership/s seem to be living in never, never-land.
Continuing to increase their own worth while we, struggle to put food on our families table, and a roof over our own heads.
Not to mention trying to keep our jobs without being layed off or dumped into the 10% pool barely working 5 days if we are lucky.
While our companies operate off of a formula that says, if it takes thirty (30) men to do the work of forty (40) men then thirty (30) men is the number of men we will work, the rest be dammed along with their families.
YRCW and every other company needs to understand that the stockholders are not the most important people to be concerned about, it is the employees of these companies that should be of paramount importance.
It certainly will not be the stockholders that drive the economy.
How many refrigerators, stoves, dish washers, cars, etc can the stockholders buy?
Because without the masses of employees working WHO will buy the durable goods that drive this economy.
There will be NO ECONOMY!
The Leadership of Local 705 in Chicago has enjoyed giving themselves an over eight (8)% increase in their salaries during the last three (3) years. Check the LM-2's
Since we are all Brothers in this Union thing then in Solidarity and Brotherhood these Officials should align themselves with we the membership, not those Greedy Captains of Industry we read about.
If any of our Union Leaderships were half the men/women that our membership are they would not have to have these thoughts Demanded of them they would have already devised a plan along with an announcement of SOLIDARITY.
James Hoffa, NOW is the time to PROVE you are worthy of leading this great Union.
Because as of late you have not shown any of us much in the way of Leadership.
In SOLIDARITY and BROTHERHOOD
