I was working at SOH when that was going on, I remember the Teamsters in front of my terminal every day when I went to work. Then some other dock workers and myself went to other terminals to work the dock. So we crossed Teamster lines in 4 different states. Being the all proud Overnite dock worker I left my family for weeks at a time and work the dock at a terminal that had dock workers walk off the dock to fight for a contract that Overnite was never going to even sit at a table. How blind was I, to not see, that Overnite was willing to pay for airline flights and hotels and rental cars for some dock workers just to make a point that if you walk off the dock and stand with the teamsters, we will fly in workers to replace you. I was on a flight from MEM to ATL then to work in MIN when the lights went out in the plane, (some cheap airline to save money) then I said to myself ''they don't care about ''ANYONE'' After a emergency landing at ATL we went home then to MIN. I never once stoped to ask the Teamsters what they had to say I never spoke a word to them, just drove by and went to work. It was not till the day we got bought by UPS I went home and went on-line and found the # to teamsters local 710 in chicago, I told them who I was and said I would like to meet with a teamster to listen to what they had to say. The next day I meet a Teamster from 710 and the first thing I told him was how sorry I was not to even listen to what they had to say. Then I just ask ??'s and heard him out. I have been talking to teamsters ever since,that day sometimes 2 times a day for about the last 3 years. Signing a teamster card was sooo special for me after soo long that same teamster I meet so long ago took my picture when I was signing my card. we have come a long way and I can almost see the end of it.