nobodyinparticular
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I posted this as a response on another thread earlier and wanted to make sure everyone gets to see it. I know how the grapevine at Conway works. I want to set the record straight about whats going on at XCO. I am the one who made contact with the teamsters and set up these initial meetings. We are indeed talking to the teamsters about representing us. I am NOT a 20 year senior guy. Not even close. We are not doing this to hurt Conway or put them out of business. We just want whats ours. We are doing this to not lose anything else. We didn't do anything to deserve losing everything we lost. They used a bad situation to take advantage of us and keep doing so today. We don't expect the union to get more money or our 401 back. We don't even want a union, but its picking the lesser of 2 evils. Keep letting Conway walk on us or take the chance to stand up for ourselves. We want a say in what happens to us. We have no say in anything and can do nothing when something does happen. We are tired of being asked to take one for the team and in the same week being asked to vote to give the board a raise (read the proxy statement if you haven't yet). We have been screwed on vacation twice. More and more sub service taking linehaul runs. I could go on but anyone working at Conway knows what has happened for the last 2 1/2 years. They keep taking and taking. Someone at work said " Its like the schoolyard bully taking your lunch money. He'll keep doing it until you punch him in the mouth and tell him no more" We all have wives and kids. Car and house payments. None of us want to lose our jobs, but when is enough enough. When is someone going to stand up and say "No more". We know all the repercussions of what we are attempting. We know about YRC's problems, but on the flip side there is also UPS. We would love for other terminals to do this with us, but everybody has their opinion on the subject. I am not trying to convince anyone that what we are trying is right or wrong. Most of you have decided we are stupid. But ask your self the next Monday you come to work and have to see a video or your TM is explaining why you're losing something and being told that its not open for discussion, Are we really that stupid?