Unassigned and non Guaranteed number 2 bottom man on a 19 man barn but the cartage is getting freight everyday but think its ok because they choose not to deliver hand freight and union rep does nothing
Oh,.....and once again,........as a steward,....I fought tooth'n'nail to keep guys from complaining and refusing to do "hand" deliveries and residential deliveries.......
This industry is changing,......and the carrier that does the Hand and Home deliveries the best,.....is the one that will survive.
Being a Union carrier allows the employees to set up the rules and parameters,...to protect both the employees and the customers.
The non-Union carriers philosophy about Hand and home deliveries is: " Go and do it...".....right up to the time you damage some customer's home, and they fire you for "unsafe work practices"....
NEVER refuse ANY sort of work,.....We're paid by the hour, and we can apply Union safety parameters .....WITHOUT company repercussion.....to any assigned job......
We SHOULD be the BEST,.......at hand, home, U-Pack,.and Relo-Cube , "White-Glove",....and "turnkey" deliveries.........
As I said,.....in our area , we lost the Relo-Cube work,...because a certain percentage of our guys regarded it as..."too much work"......and "not safe"......
The company agreed with them,.......and pulled out trailer out,...and now probably subcontracts Estes or some other low-ball bidder, to U-Pack out what used to be sold as a Relo-Cube. The two terminals to the east and west of us have retained their Relo-Cube business.......We lost enough work to cause our seniority board to be cut......
Guys in the middle of the board who did the complaining didn't care.........Wasn't them who got laid off,.......And they never have to load a Relo-Cube for the rest of their life,.....
This is NOT what a UNION is about.........
NEVER complain about ANY sort of work.........As steward, I took many Relo-Cube, U-Pack , and home deliveries,.......JUST to prove they can be done safely, and with skill.....Never lost a dime in wages......even if I had to spend an extra half-hour doing the job properly.....
This ain't the military,.....Seniority is NOT rank..........The top of the board pays the same Union dues as the bottom of the board.....LOOK OUT for your Brother,...instead of LOOKING DOWN on your Brother.......
You may need him on a picket line someday............