In the building trades UNION is the cream of the crop, in LTL union means lazy unhelpful drivers. That is what my customers said 30 years ago. I quit asking when I got the same answer every time.
We could have saved union LTL companies if the pension fund's would have partitioned orphans off immediately to the PBGC. They would have worked like dogs at the next company that hired them. Instead the lazy @!%$#*&() drove every company they worked for into bankruptcy. IMO of course.
Whup! I peeked at your content I was supposed to be “ignoring”. I was an “orphan” from 9 companies.
In my Opinion,......the companies whose management was stuck back in the ‘80’s mindset,.....just ran the company into the dirt and cashed out.
Case in point,.....CF and Con-Way. Bled the Union side,....Threw all the cash at the non-Union side,.....and, as a deliberate insult the the Union guys,.....closed CF on,.....Labor Day.
APA closed their Union side,.....opened up a non-Union subsidiary,........and STILL went bankrupt after 8 or so years......
I worked like a dog at every company I was employed with. I had children to feed......
But, there was,....and still is,.....no such thing as Loyalty downward,....although companies expect Loyalty upward.
Take the money and run,......and you poor slobs who get laid off are on your own figuring how to feed your family.....
......or have a pension in the future.....
I’ll take you off my “ignore” list,....as long as you refrain from personal attacks....
Merry Christmas.......