Who organized ups freight????

[Apostolic]

Here is a history lesson about the Overnite strike for you young-ins.
That informational strike,I believe was back in 1999 when 'H. junior was running for Teamster president against a TDU guy.

When we Overniter's were being harassed by picket lines,and strikers pestering our national customers?
Teamster members struck us from 1999 till Hoffa said the heck with you guys,you will never join our union.
Ending their strike action in 2001.
His campaign platform was that he was going to organize Overnite,or put them out of business.

I have a pretty good memory,as I hired on with Overnite in 1981,and retired in 2008.
So yes I do remember that a lot of us Overniter's were not happy with J,Hoffa's attitude that he had of organizing us, or putting us out of business.
All in the name of him being re-elected as the Teamsters president.

Back in those days we were owned by Union Pacific Rail Road.
By the time the Teamsters got done with Overnite,our company had been greatly devalued.

The Rail road wanted to dump us, UPS wanted to do a buy out,but didn't want anything to do with the Teamsters actions against us.

So the Overnite big wigs offered Overnite stock to go public,all of us employees were offered to buy in at a reduced rate,on a payroll deduction.
So at that time the Overnite management did a buy back from Union Pacific.

By the way one of the largest stock purchases was made by the original owner of Overnite who sold the company to Union Pacific.
Hardwood,C, he also sat on the board of directors,until about a few months shy,of a year later,UPS came and bought up all of the stock.

Not only the outstanding stock,but the stock holders stock,they wanted it all,that was in 2005.

Now if there was any back door deals it was back then,because UPS paid a little more than the going price of the stock.
So anyone that had shares made out,pretty good.

After we were rebranded here came the Teamsters once again,this time seems with UPS's blessings.

I went to some of the organizing meetings,at which time we were informed, we would never be apart of the National Master Freight Agreement.
That we would have our own custom made first time contract.

Well now you all know the rest of the story.

I was a Teamster for a bit over 20 years before I hired on with Overnite,after my Union company had gone bankrupt.
At that time I took a withdrawal to save the years I had invested in my Teamster pension.
2 weeks before I retired,I got re-instated when my terminal voted in the union.

I am currently drawing the old Overnite pension I had 22 years,as well as the 20yearsTeamsters pension,so in the long run it all worked out for me.

[deadbeat]

Here is a history lesson about the Overnite strike for you young-ins.
That informational strike,I believe was back in 1999 when 'H. junior was running for Teamster president against a TDU guy.

When we Overniter's were being harassed by picket lines,and strikers pestering our national customers?
Teamster members struck us from 1999 till Hoffa said the heck with you guys,you will never join our union.
Ending their strike action in 2001.
His campaign platform was that he was going to organize Overnite,or put them out of business.

I have a pretty good memory,as I hired on with Overnite in 1981,and retired in 2008.
So yes I do remember that a lot of us Overniter's were not happy with J,Hoffa's attitude that he had of organizing us, or putting us out of business.
All in the name of him being re-elected as the Teamsters president.

Back in those days we were owned by Union Pacific Rail Road.
By the time the Teamsters got done with Overnite,our company had been greatly devalued.

The Rail road wanted to dump us, UPS wanted to do a buy out,but didn't want anything to do with the Teamsters actions against us.

So the Overnite big wigs offered Overnite stock to go public,all of us employees were offered to buy in at a reduced rate,on a payroll deduction.
So at that time the Overnite management did a buy back from Union Pacific.

By the way one of the largest stock purchases was made by the original owner of Overnite who sold the company to Union Pacific.
Hardwood,C, he also sat on the board of directors,until about a few months shy,of a year later,UPS came and bought up all of the stock.

Not only the outstanding stock,but the stock holders stock,they wanted it all,that was in 2005.

Now if there was any back door deals it was back then,because UPS paid a little more than the going price of the stock.
So anyone that had shares made out,pretty good.

After we were rebranded here came the Teamsters once again,this time seems with UPS's blessings.

I went to some of the organizing meetings,at which time we were informed, we would never be apart of the National Master Freight Agreement.
That we would have our own custom made first time contract.

Well now you all know the rest of the story.

I was a Teamster for a bit over 20 years before I hired on with Overnite,after my Union company had gone bankrupt.
At that time I took a withdrawal to save the years I had invested in my Teamster pension.
2 weeks before I retired,I got re-instated when my terminal voted in the union.

I am currently drawing the old Overnite pension I had 22 years,as well as the 20yearsTeamsters pension,so in the long run it all worked out for me.

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[2604]

What union company did you work for?

[Apostolic]

Most of the union companies,have long gone out of business after deregulation kicked in after 1980.

However I got my first union city driving job in 1966 at Eazor Express headquartered in Sunbury,PA.
They took over another union company and dovetailed everybody which brought on a wild cat walk out.

I went on to work the city & dock at St. Johnsbury Trucking,I had a bad crash,and was fired on the spot.

I went to Hall's Motor Transit the next day also working in the city.
I worked for them till they shut down in 1986.

I worked extra,or casual,from March of '86 to July of '86,for about 11,or 12 other union LTL's.
I woke up every morning with a phone list of all of the union LTL's in my local area.
I started calling,as I went down the list until I found a company that needed a city driver for the day.
I got pretty sick of that routine.

In July there was an open city job at Overnite.
I took a withdrawal from the union to freeze the years I had in my union pension.
At Overnite I was able to work the city,with a few line haul runs to see if I wanted to do line haul.
I didn't like it so I stayed with city work,until I retired in 2008.

Just to note I was getting $13.66 an hour with the union companies back in '86.
When I hired on with Overnite at $9.22 an hour,but to have full time work,at one place was far better than day work,for a lot of union LTL's
In the long run I made the best move by going to Overnite with most of the rest of the union LTL's going out of business.

[Dirk_Diggler]

Why are you supporting a loser like hoffa he has done nothing for the union except give everything back that was ever fought for gained in any contract ever signed.He is not a labor leader he has torn apart this great union that his father built and you still support him. You are either blind or stupid I hope you are just blind.Hoffa needs to be out now so the union can start rebuilding back to where it once was and where it should be #1!!!

I am most definitely not a Hoffa supporter. But I wonder why people are saying he gave things back. Anything that was given back the union members wanted to give back. After all it was voted on, right? All Hoffa did was give the members something to vote on. He did it to us at ABF, the only thing is we didn't feel we were being over paid. So we voted it down.

[karenk]

You are so freeking wrong, the teamsters were on strike against Overnite, a couple Terminals signed cards, a few drivers picketed, the Chicago area terminals that walked were closed and worked around, Rockford Il and Milwaukee Wi.
but that only lasted a very short period of time.
The Union had some support from a few Overnite Employees until they started with the violence, after that the game was over for the Teamsters.
The organization of UPS Freight was part of the negotiations of the UPS Drivers pension, Fred and James P. said we will sell out our NMFA Members if we can organize your Freight division, UPS agreed and Ken Hall wrote the worst contract in Teamster history, have you ever heard of a contract that does NOT allow its members to grieve write ups?
I was with Overnite for many years before UPS bought them out and I can honestly say it was a very good job, I cant say that now.
Karen

[cavscoutdad]

I was employed at overnite in memphis tn when we went on strike and walked the picket line for 3 years you sorry piece of **** ****. If it weren't for people like me you wouldn't have what you have now. If you ever come to memphis look me up and we will discuss this further ****.

If it hadn't been for people like me and thousands of other people like me ,ther wouldn't have been an Overnite for you to picket. It is not the union that gives you what you have today it is the company. The Teamsters name is nowher to be found on your paycheck. It's UPS now and was Overnite Transportation Company when you saw fit to walk the line. And I love you too although I won't lower myself to your level and call you A PIECE OF ANYTHING! Seems to me you're the whole thing.

[Haulingasses]

Oh no. That hurt. Dumb ass

[deadbeat]

Oh no. That hurt. Dumb ass

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