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What's a RTD?
Ramp transport driver...Fredex Express.
What's a RTD?
Good point...there is no shortage of former FXF employees lingering around the boards, a few of which, are now Union members at other companies (myself included)I hope to see FXF employees on this thread, but would hesitate to exclude input from somebody that can answer basic union questions that will surely surface. I have never been a union member and cannot speak intelligently to support or refute many facts or myths. I hope we can get participation here so people can have a chance at making an informed decision without feeling strong armed either way.
Other than job security needed over trivial matters RC and I as well as many others would like drivers who are neutral to think about how come UPS can turn a profit and pay a decent wage ? I think we can all agree that wages would be our main goal in signing a card. I'm no translog major by any stretch but everybody buys the same diesel , equipment etc. so basically the overhead is the same for everybody. If we are the #1 ltl carrier at least pay us like we're # 3 or 4.
What's a RTD?
The teamsters union seems to be for the truckers;Yet if you look closer it seems to be another big corporation just like the one we work for,upper mgmt trying to keep things going so that they can collect a huge salary.I for one do not need someone else feeding me B.S. and putting their hands in my pocket. I've been with AF for 20 + yrs, I came to work here to get away from a company going through organizing drivers. those people got less than what they had before the teamsters were voted in and now that company is gone. Could that happen at FEDEX ? maybe/maybe not ; I for one am not wanting to take that chance.
The teamsters union seems to be for the truckers;Yet if you look closer it seems to be another big corporation just like the one we work for,upper mgmt trying to keep things going so that they can collect a huge salary.I for one do not need someone else feeding me B.S. and putting their hands in my pocket. I've been with AF for 20 + yrs, I came to work here to get away from a company going through organizing drivers. those people got less than what they had before the teamsters were voted in and now that company is gone. Could that happen at FEDEX ? maybe/maybe not ; I for one am not wanting to take that chance.
I agree with what you say, and will add that I would never associate with an organization that has a history of using various forms of violence, intimidation, coercion, threats, and the most important: mob thug mentality when the going gets tough and/or has history of taking companies down the dumper. I have no use for people that on the surface are nice normal people but the minute the heat gets turned up they turn to the above, and then we all have to exist in a "loaded" or "on edge" crap environment. Sorry, this is just a job, we all go to work to earn money to live. I prefer a happy mindset at work. This isn't life on the mean streets therefor necessitating tough guy mob mentality at the drop of a hat. No thanks. Of course this does not apply to all union members, many are along for the ride and not really involved other than paying dues and collecting a check. The union is not the answer, IMO.
Self critique and reality check is. Someone who is not open to criticism is suspect, always complaining about one thing or another, seems to have constant issues, is written up often, thinks there is favoritism, wonders why they get crap runs, or that the supervisors have it in for them, on and on......that is the problem typically. Just resorting to organizing doesn't address the "individual"l concern. Attitude is the biggest problem (but you can't tell them that....they aren't the problem at all in their mind) So you get a group of individuals with severe personal issues that haven't sorted themselves out and they get into a group and think "unionize.....yeah, that'll fix it" Have fun.
Your sense of reality is clouded by what you see in the movies.
Nope, your wrong. Rubbed elbows with that type. Saw/dealt with it first hand up here in the northeast. I wouldn't waste my time making a post here otherwise.
Those tactics you spoke of are the very same that companies use against their employees. Just as you said in your first post, stereotypical tactics. People who use stereotypes as facts prove their ignorance.