FROM THE POST: Well......Union or Non-Union Opinions Solicited

[MTHelmet]

The board rules required the thread to be moved to the UNION/NON-UNION area. Please keep the subject alive here, but go and vote. CFer was kind enough to leave the link here for us.

Latest voting results:

Union.............15 .......... 83.33%
Non-Union ........2 .......... 11.11%
No Opinion ........0 .................0%
Undecided ........1 .......... ..5.56%

Anyway, here's the latest I posted, keep the discussion going here for our eyes:

Originally Posted by thebeerboy

i know the gi guys lost a bit and the company lost frieght so in turn the workforce lost some guys also. i dont see how the teamsters will bring back gi. the teamsters didnt do a darn thing for the usf dugan guys that already voted yes. the drivers with dugan lost their jobs just like the nonunion shops. now maybe with senority. the teamsters could help. pay well that depends on the contract. you could loose money. not every driver votes yes just becoms a nat. master frieght contract driver. im tired guys have a good weekend.

I don't think this is about bringing back GI for those who were with them, I think it's more about fairness.

The Big E has done nothing but go downhill even before the GI buyout. Now after the buyout it's even going down faster. It's not GI that brought us down, it's leadership, leadership, leadership.

As I stated before, union just seems to be the only answer. Not threats of, dreams of or talk of ..... but do it. Reading posts from Big E guys from before the GI buyout and the guys from out west after the GI buyout all say basically the same thing: Once you start a movement, ownership comes out with the big guns and infiltrate the troops, threaten, promise everything under the sun and squash the movement.

Look what has happened since southern CA vote, promises up the yang and then the screws were put to the employees. Layoffs, illegal firings, a dispatch that should have a sign above their desks saying "I am not smarter than a fifth grader", renegade independently minded terminals, runs...runs...runs and more runs cut for more extra board, teams and now independents, etc. It sure sounds like theres a movement in the leadership to rid themselves of all the seniority wages out west too.

Remember though, a few positives did come out of the west's movement. Overtime and delay pay were improved. Why, because the ex-GI's put their necks on the line for the rest of us. You may not all agree with Elvis, but he speaks truth about what happened out there. He was there, not us. So, give him the benefit of the doubt when he posts.

Anyway, if we could just come together for the common good of our fellow employees, maybe we could get something done.

Maybe about 10-15 terminals voting the same day!!!!!!