And yet they can't seem to get us decent handhelds that don't crash a half-dozen times a day at least. Anybody else having that problem?
But, to answer your question, they'll open negotiations probably shortly after the first of the year.
There you go!........And,.....if your Local has any sense, they will take contract proposals in early November, at least.
Good Luck to all you Gentlemen............Don't let them B.S. the new hires with false and phony rumors about "offers to buy",........and how "poor",.....and close to bankruptcy they are.........
Remember,......Last contract, after we gave concessions,.......they built new corporate headquarters for ArchBest and Panther,....and handed out bonuses to the corporate side all around..........
And,.....Just to remind us of what they truly think of us,........they jammed a mandatory uniform policy on us,....completely ignoring the contractual language,........by using the worst anti-Union vendor they could find, with "Made In Nicaragua,Mexico,China,Honduras.........Anybody But USA" uniforms.......And the International shrugged and looked the other way.......
Funny,..........when they want us to buy Union apparel,....they have no problem finding a Union vendor with "Made In America" clothing......
You would think that they could provide that information to an employer so they could be compliant with the contract, and not insult their Union employees with non-Union rags and anti-Union vendors.....
Or,.....if they were truly that "broke",.........they would drop the whole uniform program altogether,.....cost too much to maintain in desperate circumstances.......
But, Noooooo,............Them fools gave us concessions, let's dress them in non-Union rags.........