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Old 11-17-2008, 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by stldude44 View Post
What action would you suggest they (Hoffa and Johnson) take to help those who are or will be laid off due to the terrible economic mess we now find ourselves in? They already knew YRC was hurting when they negotiated the NMFA and hoped the UE would help the survival of the Teamster LTL freight workers. What nobody knew was that the economy would crash. There is absolutely nothing the IBT can do but hope like the rest of us. To think that they don't care is wrong. While I admire your concern I fail to see how the IBT can put these 4,000 back to work when freight is the only thing that will do it.
Kinda hard to have freight to haul when most people are cutting back on costs and not buying what they dont need.

Sort of a Yin-Yang thing, I suppose.

Don't no one expect this economy to sort itself out in the near future, if anytime soon, is my advice.
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