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Originally Posted by surfboys  Why give 45 or more dollars every week or so to a UNION. For what...so that they can protect the lazy always late for work damaging freight driver. Which we have neither at our termininal in Southern Califonia. No one here ever talk Union, even when we were Watkins.
Besides....why with these benefits. Along with open door policies. Great supervisors. Who work shoulder to shoulder with us, and back us from every stand point.
Do not forget our floating birthday holiday pay..we can use anytime within a 12 month period!
$21.60 Hourly
5 Day Schedule (Set Days Off)
Home Daily
no touch freight
Benefits:
Complete Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription coverage
Low cost insurance premiums
Company paid Short-term and Long-term Disability
Company paid Life Insurance
401K with company match
Flex-spending account for medical and dependent care
2 Weeks Paid Vacation (right when they hire u)
9 Paid Holidays
6 Personal Days
Employee Bonus Program
Company Credit Association
Tuition Assistance |
And why do you think you get that kind of pay package? It's because of the union. If there was no threat of organizing, you can bet your a$$ FedEx would slowly chip away at your pay/bennies.
FedEx and the rest of the non-union LTL's would pay you 9-10 bucks an hour and work you 60+ hours per week if they could get away with it. But they're afraid of guys signing cards so they have to be careful.
I'm not saying FedEx is a bad company, but it's a very large publicly-traded corporation. These big companies don't care about their workers (unless a threat of a lawsuit/union), it's all about profits, profits, profits.
If ever the day comes where the Teamsters get knocked out of the box in LTL, then I'm outta this industry for good. Because I know what's coming next.