Well, I have said this before on this forum...it is INFINITELY cheaper to take care of our guys before things go bad, and be proactive, rather than reactive and be "chasing" solutions. My best example is the hiring bonuses that they offer. I have suggested that perhaps the company should offer drivers a bonus to stay, rather than dangle the carrot for perspective drivers. I used the example of safety. If a City guy goes 2 years without a preventable accident, give him/her $1000 bonus. Make it so that safety means something. Also, its incentive for drivers to be safe, and to stay with Saia if they know that such a bonus is coming. When I suggested this, management literally laughed in my face, and told me that I was stupid for even suggesting it. That was the conversation (I recorded it). But instead, they offer THOUSANDS of dollars to drivers who don't work here, hoping to get them to jump ship where they are and come here. This is just a business practice and philosophy that I do not agree with, and I think it's high time that management start thinking of current people, rather than prospects. For me, it's also a respect issue. Remember the motto of "respect and integrity drives our business"? Well, I don't think either of those is true in this way, and a lot of ways. It's too bad that it takes a union scare for them to even pay attention. I am against unions in general, but they had better get it together or the union will find its way in.