For Conway And Fedex Employees( And any other drivers interested): Union Busting 101

[slavenomore]

American Rights at Work - Unionbusters 101


Supervisors as Frontline Soldiers: Supervisors, who themselves have no legally protected right to be represented by a union, are manipulated into delivering anti-union letters, speeches, and informal chats prepared by unionbusters, essentially doing the dirty work of the unionbusters and management.
One-on-One Meetings: During organizing drives, 78 percent of workers are forced to attend closed-door or isolated meetings with supervisors.5 These aren’t friendly impromptu chats, but well-planned meetings to decipher employees’ feelings about the union and persuade them against the union.
Captive Audience Meetings: So-called ‘captive audience’ meetings are held for employees during work hours to disseminate propaganda against union representation and to attempt to discredit the union. Employees are almost always required to attend, but union organizers may be intentionally disinvited. Often, the meetings are rigged so that workers who are already against the union are assigned to ask questions to sow misinformation.
Delay: Unionbusters often attempt to delay union representation elections by legal maneuvers so they have more time to implement other tactics needed to increase tension, dissension and the employer’s chance of winning the election.
Divide & Conquer: The unionbuster creates opportunities and crafts persuasive messages to make employees feel that there is a tense division among staff concerning the union election. They may go so far as to pit one group of employees against each other, based on race or ethnicity.
Letters, letters, letters: A unionbuster’s specialty is hammering out materials—be it cartoons, leaflets or management correspondence—to make the case against the union. 92 percent of companies involved in organizing drives mail anti-union materials to employees’ homes.6
Love offerings: In order to convince employees that they don't need a union, unionbusters may advise clients to provide indirect bribes, like unexpected increases in wages or benefits or ‘feel good’ measures like free food and lottery tickets.


These are great videos also in this link( Just click and watch):

Union One - No Union Busters - Don't Believe the Hype!

And here's a book by the guy in the clip..I recommend it to anybody..It' tellsof the things he had done and the creeps these union busters are...
Confessions of a union buster - Martin Jay Levitt, Terry Conrow - Google Books

[Menehune]

Lets see. The company has a right to keep unions out of their busness if they so desire. Employees hav the right to unionize if they so desire. Unions have their right to assist unionixing if they so desire. But, lets let the process go as it should and let those employees secretly vote to unionize or not. No strong arm tactics on both sides, especially the union. The company can present the fact that the company may have to close if the union takes hold as they can not afford to pay more for employees, provided they can prove it to me true.

[slavenomore]

Lets see. The company has a right to keep unions out of their busness if they so desire. Employees hav the right to unionize if they so desire. Unions have their right to assist unionixing if they so desire. But, lets let the process go as it should and let those employees secretly vote to unionize or not. No strong arm tactics on both sides, especially the union. The company can present the fact that the company may have to close if the union takes hold as they can not afford to pay more for employees, provided they can prove it to me true.

You do not honestlly beleive that Conway will close the doors, or FEDEX, because they cannot afford a union contract, do you? That is ridiculous.

[Roadrunner73]

You do not honestlly beleive that Conway will close the doors, or FEDEX, because they cannot afford a union contract, do you? That is ridiculous.

No it's not. The boss told him so.

[slavenomore]

No it's not. The boss told him so.

LOL. I see. LOL.

[Old Tex]

When I started trucking in 1957...It was because that's all I wanted to do ... I didn't care what it paid as long as I was hauling something from one place to another..I started out making six cpm....no down time....no vacation....no holiday pay....no medical insurance..no job security....Just six cpm ...That was it...Back then log books were a joke and neither companies or the law really enforced them....but that was alright with me 'cause my love of trucking was all I cared about...Then I got married and had a couple of kids...Because of my trucking job....I never saw the kids....wasn't home for holidays ....didn't have medical or any other security for my wife and kids...But I was making pretty good money ...In September 1963 ( my son was three years old ) I was now making eight and a half cpm...That month I had the only accident of my 45 year trucking career ....but there was a fatality and injuries...After the accident...my boss decided it was my fault and started giving me trips that didn't pay my bills....He was starving my kids...( A judge ruled that the accident WAS NOT my fault )...I left that job and got a job hauling lumber which paid nine cpm...with no benefits...I loved that job...but it offered ...no down time pay....no holiday pay...no medical....and like every other job I had until then....certain drivers got the best trips ( new drivers ..Boss's in-laws...boss's kids...boss's drinking buddies...brown nosers who spent Sundays washing company truck for nothing..) One thing all my jobs had in common from 1957 'till 1965.....They were NON Teamster jobs...I still loved trucking....but I loved my family more...There was no Internet and " social net working " back then...So my information came from chats with Teamster drivers in diners and truck stops...They all had the things I wanted and needed ...but didn't have...things like..breakdown pay..holiday pay...vacation pay...medical insurance ..Also... BROWN NOSERS were not shown favoritism.. ( like all my non Teamster jobs )...So in 1965...I went to work for a company whose drivers were represented by The Teamsters Union...For the next 37 years I was treated decent at work...good pay and benefits..GREAT insurance on my kids...I retired in 2002 with a FANTASTIC pension negotiated by The Teamsters Union..The only thing I didn't have in those 37 years was a big shiny sleeper that would run 100 MPH...When I was a young trucker...that's all I thought about.....Then I grew up ....got responsible about my life....joined The Teamsters Union and never looked back...One more thing...The Teamsters Union never bankrupted a company....Poor top heavy management in a company is usually the reason...Our contracts protect the company as well as the drivers...Allied Systems was the biggest car hauler in America.....Any driver will tell you that because of horrible management...they are now struggling....My old company is HIRING and expanding.....They still have Teamster drivers and that is one of their advertising boasts..

[abfempm]

excellant post!!!!!

[slavenomore]

[HubbaRocks]

Why do union members care whether or not I am in a union? Have you ever heard "Its none of your business"? Why do you guys care so much? You dont care how much I spend on cable TV, cell phone plans and mortgage. So why do you care if I spend money on joining a union?

[Old Tex]

You are right....It is nobodies business what you spend your hard earned money on.. Most forums are meant to share information and gain knowledge about whatever the " thread " topic is....What members do with that information is totally up to the individual.I'm just sharing my experiences with a Teamster job and without a Teamster job...Don't get me wrong.....In the 37 years I had a Teamster job...There wasn't a day that I didn't drool when a big shiny " large car " passed me by....I was a trucker first and diesel fuel always ran through my veins...BUT the complaints we had fifty years ago in our non union jobs are the SAME complaints I am hearing today......Not just on this forum....I still travel a lot and hear it on the CB...Truckstops etc..Nothing bothers me worse than a couple of old truckers I've got to know since retiring.....Their quality of life is not good....They really struggle and do without things that I take for granted.....Only difference is ....I was a Teamster ....They weren't.....I almost feel guilty that I didn't get the word out better..But they do have all the stories about all the different companies they worked for and how fast those trucks would run