Exactly, I can tell you the Kansas City, Star used to have almost a page and a half of just driving jobs. This past weekend's papers entire employment section of 3/4's of one page. There isnt jobs out there. Also one other point. Ive seen people say ("Vote NO!, Put em out of buisness the freight has to go somewhere!") UPS Freight is slow they are working regular dock workers 30 hours a week, with guys layed off, I have aquainteces working there. Fed EX, Conway, Old Dominion, Estes, all are slow, or have guys layed off. We go under they just cut wages and bring back layed off workers, Very, very few of us would find work. I don't know how many employees are working union jobs in KC. Between Yellow, Roadway, and Holland I bet its 1400 employees. One other point I worked for another non-union LTL carrier before i came here. They ran a 142 door dock with three hostlers, Sometimes 5 when they where busy. At my barn we have 12 hostlers i think on any given shift. These non-union barns get more work out of less guys so to think if YRCW goes under we will follow our frieght to non-union jobs is a pipe dream. We better make well thought our decisions before we vote no out of pride and anger. Who knows i might vote NO but it will be because YRCW wants the farm!
My family depends on my income too, the only problem is I'm one of those casaulties of the lay off with 6 yrs. seniority. When your working and 20 yrs. have come and gone you should be planning a goal of when to retire meaning @ 25 or 30 yrs. that when your getting close to that time to retire you should be preparing yourself for that and not going out and living above your means to the point that you can't retire because you wouldn't have the ability to survive on what the retirement would provide to you. those are the selfisy babies that squeeze out the ones that could be working and providing the contributions for your retirement.
ExactlyYou Mean Like the "Best Contract Ever"
You Mean Like the "Best Contract Ever"
Just remember a Non Vote Hoffa counts as a Yes vote.
Oh...you mean the same fellow 'unselfish' Teamsters that are working 20 & 30 hours OT so that their fellow Teamsters could be laid off, with no hope of being called to at least get some insurance for their families because the measters are getting theirs. And you make it sound like the ones being laid off are all young guys ....these are guys with 9, 10, 15 years with Yellow that lost their jobs when the companies they worked for got givebacks, then closed the doors. Guys that are 50+ now, trying to get their last years for the same pension you're talking about, with no jobs to be had out there. We should all worry about you....my family needs my income & insurance too...but are any of you worrying about the 'selfish' Teamsters at the bottom....maybe collectively refusing OT to force the hours of work rules so some can get a few days in? No? But you want all the 'selfish' laid off guys to vote Yes for you. Remember, this isn't just a layoff this time...this is Teamsters losing their jobs for good in this merger. The sick thing is we have no choice...we 'selfish' Teamsters will still have to vote No on that one little glimmer of a chance that one day in the next 5 years we will get that golden callback from Yellow....if we aren't permanently cut during the merger. Just my 2 cents....
