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1) demands equal wage and benefit sacrifice for
all employees, union and non-union this just isn't true since we know by the sec fillings that the top management all received raises . This isn't a temporary concession package with automatic realistic return to scale language. This is a 5 year contract that in 2018 have us making what we are today in 2013 & have to be renegotiated from scratch again.
Ahh, Brother,....but IBT Executives, most Local Union employees, and Pension fund Trustees aren't ABF employees. That's the slimy, little loophole they'll wiggle out of. We need removal of TNFINC as our Teamster negotiating team, and Mr. Hoffa should replace them with ABF employees only........then we would have people with a vested interest in negotiating a good contract,...instead of so-called professional "negotiators" just putting in another day at the office.....
We had a meeting at the hall yesterday going through this proposal and our B.A. Said they fought long and hard to get this deal done and Said this is ABF's best and final offer!He said ABF brought in a union busting outfit to negotiate for them and said they wanted throw out the NMFA and have their own that this outfit drew up in which he called a "Green Contract" which they rejected completely! I asked if there was a plan in place if this proposal failed and he said not really.That's not the answer we were looking for! Is the company bluffing? I'm not so sure now. I know one thing,striking is not an option if they don't go back to the table. I guess we're in controll of out own destiny!
Maybe Mr.Hoffa should start at the top and replace himself..