What if their never was a noose, ever used anytime in American history. That lawsuit would have never happened. Know your history. Would that be visual pain and suffering?
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Puff Driver
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Was Jussie Smollett a casual there?
Jussie and Bubba Wallace both.
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You got it backwards. Socialist governmental regulation was everything America isn't. Government control of the marketplace is not in the best interest of the American consumer. It's great for employers who can pass on costs to the consumer without worry of going out of business. It's great for the special interest groups like the Teamsters.
Creating a system where service providers must compete for business in the free market dismantled the regulated industry. Exceptional, damage free service at a competitive price is now the standard. Shippers now have choices. Regulation wasn't the answer, regulation was the problem.
Explain how deregulation was a bad thing for America. Goods are being moved, shelves are full, stores are busy. 340 million Americans are being well served by the free market. More Americans are employed in trucking than ever before. Sounds like a win-win to me.
Competition always weeds out the inefficient and unproductive. Competition always provides a better product at lower prices. There used to be three car companies, all unionized. Cars lasted a maximum of four or five years. 100,000 miles on a car was unheard of. Asian competition forced the "Big Three" to improve quality and pricing.
Deregulation killed the uncompetitive trucking companies. If the US Gov't hadn't stuck their nose in it, the industry wouldn't have been regulated to begin with.
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In the late 70's I used to fly to Los Angeles from NYC, in the regulated airline era that airfare was around $350 round trip
Today in the deregulated market I can get a round trip for the same price.
If you Google $350 in 1979 and convert it to todays dollars that would be $1,585.84
Americans are better off with deregulation.
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ALL of that inflation is because of deregulation.
I believe that most of you never read what you write before posting. My Teamster pensions total $40,280. The same amount today as when I retired in September 2004. In today's dollars, that would be $66,575.
Once again, if you made no plans for retirement. If you took no personal responsibility for your future. If you depend on Social Security and a third party pension to fund your retirement, you made bad decisions.
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ha ha
Do you read what you write before you post?
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I hit the wrong key. If that's all you need to ignore my post, you ar extremely intellectually challenged.
Jeez it was a joke, but it is pretty ironic that you bash others about reading posts, when you obviously don't read your own..Have a Snickers...
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Give him time Blade. He will get wiser as he ages. Just think back to how intellectually challenged you were one thousand and twenty years ago!!!
Union wouldn't be done if workers were not so easily deceived by greedy Anti-union management, And the hurray for me attitude. What that means is Union people are supposed to stick together, and not just look out for themselves.
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Rebel I've never seen your posts before. Welcome! Why are the workers so easily deceived? Might it be that they never chose to get educated or self-educated? Both are possible. I agree, Union people are supposed to stick together. However, there is an argument to be made that those who are spending their lives "milking the pooch" are not sticking together with their hard-working "git er dun" brethren who are trying their best to keep the company in business, and all of us employed in the process. Consider that, OK?
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Unions aren't done. Folks are easily deceived by both extremes. CBA's benefit below average workers more than they benefit above average workers. They also benefit people that have lots of years vested. Have you seen the work ethic of most of gen Y and gen Z?
Relax. It's called irony.
Spelling and grammar aren't my strong suits. Sometimes I'm tempted to call somebody out with weak arguments over their misspellings or grammar mistakes, but I have trouble remembering how to spell both "misspelling" and "grammar", so typically refrain.
I'm an above average worker and I feel a CBA benefits me, without one I wouldn't have a pension or the great health insurance......I would get the same thing as all the other guys even if I was non union, there is no merit pay with the nons either.....
Yes, they do benefit you, just not as much as they benefit the slugs they protect.
Not universal across the board. I know the vast majority of nons have pay scales with step wages based on time on the job. However, there are those that do allow acceleration and merit pay increases. When I was at GI prior to Estes purchasing we did have experienced drivers hired that didn't start at the bottom of pay scale. We also had drivers awarded additional pay for safety milestones (merit).
A bonus isn't the same as merit pay....I'm talking everyone who is maxed out is the same...everyone who meets the criteria gets bonus pay....a slug can get safety bonuses right?
Do they get delay pay, breakdown, drop and hook, fuel .