So if the union is the problem, what exactly is the problem with the union? I look at other companies top rates are and we make a dollar more maybe less in some cases and a couple cents more on mileage..we pay for medical..I could list a bunch of nonunion companies that have gone under...
It's not all about wages, it's about total labor costs. It's about having to pay a driver to sit while paying a yard guy to drop and hook or paying a driver to wait for a load when he could be doing dock work. Yes, it's about doing the work with fewer people. Paying the linehaul driver to string a set is cheaper than hiring a person and paying full benefits. It's about the cost of union health and welfare compared to a company plan with reasonable deductibles and co pays. It's about union pension plans versus matched 401K plans. It's about having the flexibility to put the right guy on the right job and not having to give the job to some dud just because of seniority.
Could it have something to do with being 1.5 billion or so in debt? Debt kills profits don't you agree?
We don't get a pension from the Teamsters...we hook our own sets...we also don't get paid to sit and wait...if your not breaking your set or on the dock your not getting paid....we also don't have a 401k match....
Pretty good puffy list all the carriers that went out right after deregulation, now list the non union carriers that went out at the same time, compare apples to apples.
If you are a driver, then why do you seek to limit your total compensation package and job security by wanting to do away with the union? Do you really think that market forces is what keeps ltl compensation higher than trailerload? Give more of the profits back to the company so they can reward shareholders who do nothing to earn it. As a driver I prefer to get as much as I can; even if it hurts the company. I don’t come to work to grow a business that would kick me out the door the second I get injured enough to not peddle freight; I come to work to make as much as I can before I can’t do it anymore.
So become a shareholder. Better yet, negotiate a contract that pays you profit sharing. You can't give profits back to the company because they never belonged to you. Profits belong to the owners.
Good point. Revenue is what I want to keep more of. They would have none without me moving the freight
I did a short stint at ADP and they are 100% anti union and they tell you right from the day you start and post it everywhere. Make you watch videos on anti union propaganda and then work you to death. But they are on top of there game and they have very little bring backs on a day to day basis and they are profitable. And they pay high wages and only 6 months to top rate.
UPS used us a leveraging tool to garner more package business. The severe discounts they offered for that business ruined our chances of being successful.
Loss Leader Pricing
A loss leader pricing strategy, a term common in marketing, refers to an aggressive pricing strategy in which a store prices its goods below cost tocorporatefinanceinstitute.com
The nerve of UPS brass to complain about ups freight not making any money. They are the ones in charge of this practice. I know of shippers I suspect will either be paying more to ship with TFI or we will no longer be shipping. One of these shippers was getting up to a 93% discount and not having to pay accessorial fees. Why?
We not on a master agreement contract.
Maybe, but then generally union LTL companies do not last very long.
So you quit because....
Where did he say he quit? Go back to pushing your ice cream cart around the school yard
"I did a short stint..."
So does that mean he quit, got laid off, got sick or did they close that terminal?
Ugh, where to start.....red star express had a one day wildcat strike and the ceo threatened to shut the doors if the strike happened. Nothing to do with profitability.
