Please explain why.
I'm guessing because there's no sense in having a contract and paying union dues for nothing.
Isn't a "less-than-desirable" contract and keeping a large Teamster presence in LTL better than a massive reduction of Teamster jobs in our industry? Just posing the question since there's a lot at stake here if Yellow shuts down.
No. There comes a time when you can't give anything else and still claim to to represent the best interests of all of the members.
Maybe, maybe not. If this is their final offer, then probably. My crystal ball seems a little cloudy today.
You're certainly entitled to your opinion. However, as someone who has been a Teamster since 1971 and who has experienced the elimination of thousands of Teamster jobs at hundreds of Teamster represented companies in our industry, I think a more pragmatic view must be taken before we end up with literally no Teamster representation anymore in LTL. Just my opinion looking at the bigger picture.
No it’s not …….we either need to get a management team in place that can actually run a trucking company or they need to close the gates …….why should anyone be forced to work for lower than what they re worth?we bailed this company out in 2009 and we’re promised to be made whole.that didn’t happen.in fact it got worse.they keep chipping away at our wages benefits working conditions and keep making stupid decisions and ruining this company.I said on here a couple weeks ago this is gonna end when the union refuses to deal with the company.I think O’Brien has to get rid of all ties to yellow freight…….if he negotiates another lame ass contract with yellow how will he ever talk another company into going union? He isn’t Hoffa.he actually wants to grow the union not skim off money and play both sides of the fence while lining his pockets.good luck to all.and fair winds and following seas
Last time I checked nobody is being "forced" to work. And if you think "growing the Union" will happen if negotiations fail and Yellow shuts the doors then you're really delusional. No one has been able to "grow the union" in LTL in decades, get real.
When you consider the massive amount of Teamsters that will be eliminated with this COO and replaced with subcontractors, not to mention giving up work rules that were hard fought for by generations past. Then there are all the lost benefits and pay we've already given up, plus the future of the young guys just starting out who are looking at little to no retirement benefits. All this so the senior guys can draw a few more paychecks at the expense of everything else. No, I understand the IBT's position on this.
