It all started long ago when they handed out a survey and asked us questions about our uniforms. Six months later we were informed that we voted for the new policy. So instead of 11 uniforms that the company took care of, they gave us 5 to launder ourselves and told us it was our decision. I guess they know I just love doing laundry. Next, we went from 10 days sick pay and 2 personal holidays to 5 pto's. They said we all averaged only taking 3 days off a year so they gave us 3 sick days and 2 personal holidays an enhancement that left us with only five days. Oh and of course in the prior year they grilled and threatened you every time you called in sick and intimidated you to come to work to make sure that the lowest possible number of days were used, 3 or less. The other part of that enhancement was that when you called in from now on it would be no questions asked, you just call in and say pto and they would say thank you for calling, that went quickly by the wayside. Then they went to a system of, "We all pay the same percentage for healthcare because that would be fair". When they realized they were paying more because they make more, we were paying $20 and they were paying $500, they quickly revised that plan to, "We all pay the same flat cost because that was the only thing that would be fair". Now we come to the latest healthcare statistics, our weekly deduction into healthcare has gone from $20 about 3 years ago to $400 for a family of 4 today. Health insurance has gone up about 35% in the US in the last 2 years. I am just a truck driver, but I think that those numbers just don't add up. Next,we go from a pension (stock market ups and downs don't effect our retirement payout) to a 401K match (ups and downs now greatly affect our payout). Wow! So when the stock market crashes not only making our company match disappear, our company stock, 401k, and retirement plan all take a hit too. But that's not all, we lose our vacation which has already been earned, up to six weeks in some cases, at about a $1000 a week per employee, $5000 for me. I actually knew people who believed we didn't loose any vacation. It wasn't until I asked them where is the vacation we earned from April to April that they got it. Our pay is skimmed telling us that the right number profit will bring it back, never seeming to hit that mark. Wait, lets give them some money to the workers and take it back in the name of healthcare. Thats a lot of cuts and we should be pissed, and then we either leave or deal with it. My pension would have been roughly $3000 a month in 5 more years, now it will be approx. $1000, just enough to pay my health insurance. My youth has been stolen with empty promises and there is no time to build a new retirement pension. With all that has been taken from us, if they would have told us the truth we would be mad for a while and had gotten over it. To think because we drive a truck we are not smart enough to figure things out, you highly underestimate your workers and have called them idiots, and for that, we will never forget. By the way I got a prize from safety points 2 years ago, and now the price of that item has more than doubled on our awards site. Even that benefit is loosing value. Where is all our money?? New trucks? No. I hear our new trucks are all leased. Maybe they spent it on the new computers they track us with. Karma can be a ***** when it comes back to bite these dudes in the a**.
