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Razorblade said:
Stop for just a full minute and think about that. The management team inherited a billion dollars+ in debt from the Zollars regime. Without that debt service, Yellow is viable and profitable. Managers have kept the doors open for a company that has been technically bankrupt since 2008. Bankrupt meaning far more debt than assets. That is pretty good management.
Yellow provides jobs for 22,000 Teamsters. ABF and TForce combined employ only 15,000 Teamsters. Do the math. ABF and TForce cannot absorb all the Yellow employees. The IBT will not force Yellow into foreclosure and put them out of business. The IBT will do whatever they have to do and agree to any contract necessary to keep that $15 million a year in dues coming into the union treasury.
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So you're saying, the concession stand is open?
 
Puff Driver said:
You are 1,000% correct.
That is largely the problem, no manager who may be worth anything will work in a union LTL Carrier. Unless the $$$$ is too good to turn down only sub par managers will put up with working in a union environment....
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What’s wrong/hard with managing in a Union environment? Seems pretty easy to me, follow the agreement that the company and the union agreed to. This applies to managers/supervisors as well as labors/stewards, abide by the contract/agreement. The people that have a problem in a union environment, usually are the ones who haven’t read nor understand the agreement, you’ll hear them say “ when I worked for…….”
 
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ROLLBACK said:
What’s wrong/hard with managing in a Union environment? Seems pretty easy to me, follow the agreement that the company and the union agreed to. This applies to managers/supervisors as well as labors/stewards, abide by the contract/agreement. The people that have a problem in a union environment, usually are the ones who haven’t read nor understand the agreement, you’ll hear them say “ when I worked for…….”
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Work rules that were created when Harry Truman was President.
No LTL Carrier is working the same way today as they were prior to the COVID Pandemic.
Except union carriers.
Why would any decent manager deal with that when they can be employed by a great company like Fed Ex Freight or ODFL?
That baby sitting not managing...
 
Puff Driver said:
Work rules that were created when Harry Truman was President.
No LTL Carrier is working the same way today as they were prior to the WuFlu Pandemic.
Except union carriers.
Why would any decent manager deal with that when they can be employed by a great company like Fed Ex Freight or ODFL?
That baby sitting not managing...
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It seems like you are saying that the people who own the company should be able to run the company. That argument is far too logical to be understood by the vast majority on this forum. The modern union mentality would let the painter tell you what color to paint your house and dictate the cost with no input from the homeowner.
 
Razorblade said:
It seems like you are saying that the people who own the company should be able to run the company. That argument is far too logical to be understood by the vast majority on this forum. The modern union mentality would let the painter tell you what color to paint your house and dictate the cost with no input from the homeowner.
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Well stated....
 
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