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That Sir is your opinion .Truth is we will be the highest paid freight drivers on the road .>>>>>>>>>>Now that being said there is a price to pay starting out .The contract we got while yes it is not NMF will suffice just fine for a first contract. Tell me in three years what you are making at Jack & jill.
Easy JD. Show some compassion. If you were let go from here where would you go and what would you do? The YRC guys aren't any different than you, you just got lucky that UPS bought Overnite. Otherwise it might be you looking at that $14 wage and questioning whether or not it's worth it. It's a tough one to swallow and I feel sorry for all the YRC drivers who are looking at their mortgages and wives and trying to figure out what the best move will be. This could have just as easily have been you had UPS not bought Overnite. Count your blessings and spare everyone the gloating over what you'll be making in three years.
But the reality is that most of us are at Overnite/UPS Freight because we were let go or quit another LTL freight company. I came here damn near four years ago because the company I worked for closed their doors. I wasn't really prepared for it and wound up here barely getting two days of work a week. Now I'm full scale, once again, and have paid my dues. Heck, I'm still paying them. I welcome all YRC drivers and look forward to having their experience working for us. We're likely to hire the best of the best whether YRC closes their doors or not. They're downsizing and there is an abundance of skilled, experienced drivers on the market today. I just wish we could have done better with our contract in terms of starting pay for them.
As for the hiring of drivers while we have people on layoff, that is strictly a transfer issue. No terminal with drivers on layoff is hiring. I know transfers aren't typical in a teamster environment, but based on past practice, Overnite was quite generous in that regard. Hopefully we can prevail on that one in the grievance hearings.