Thread: Competitive Edge ??
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Old 07-19-2007, 06:10 PM
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Default Competitive Edge ??
Just for the sake of discussion. Let's say this pension dilemma goes to the Union companies side here. And as I have read we really can't compete as closely our companies are now,but we are competing never-the-less.If YRC and ABF were to become more competitive it has me wondering..What is the future of the Non-Union companies?? if the big Union carriers were able to cut costs even deeper,I'm not so sure FedEx,ODFL,R&L,ConWay and even Estes could compete without taking up some major overhauls to thier operations.. Because if we are competing now we would be kicking butt later..
I'm just a little interested in how the Non-Union carrier guys feel about losing alot of market-share if this were to happen?? In some ways it could be the one the best things for Teamster membership to happen as I assume the others would have to cut pay and benefits to compete therefore driving up the value of being a member of the Teamsters.Right now you non-union guys make close to the same $$ and decent benefits with no pension.You could very easily be making less $$ and a lesser benefit package so as your companies can maintain thier competitive edge.

I may have put this in the wrong forum here.But the way I see it if there is a pension buy-out it will effect you non-union guy's just as much as us Union guy's also..
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