Thank you for the clarification and the research S69. I was about to go hog wild getting back pay for all of my co-workers that have tested positive for Covid. Like I said, we have had well over 50 cases reported here at the Rock since this pandemic first started.
Maybe I should clarify… the feds paid COVID missed work claims filed by those deemed to be essential workers at 100%. That is reimbursed to the company they work for after claim was filed by said company. Company check actually backed by federal govt.
Well that is good for you. I am not against the union at all. It’s just that every young guy I interact with now is just only concerned with their own situation. And as far as I know that isn’t standard union members viewpoint.
Good of you to tell SOR thanks, shop stewards don't hear that very often.
Short answer….deregulation in 1980. Industry was almost entirely unionized in the regulated environment. One by one , union carriers started to fall by the wayside once it became a deregulated free market. For whatever reason they had a hard time being competitive
Back in the 70's,and 80's, union carriers were content with OR's in the 90's. When the non union companies started to emerge after deregulation, the companies and the union did not try to adapt to changes in the industry to compete. The biggest disadvantage was the company and union did not try to streamline work rules, change from the hub and spoke distribution system, upgrade to a more efficient direct loading and relay system. Too much handling of freight creates more damage, and kills service. And paying 2 people to do one job, with 1 person sitting in the breakroom, getting paid to complain, while someone else is getting paid for hooking, loading, fueling, or wasting more time does not help either. Nor would I want to guess how many millions YRC has paid the banks in interest payments the last 15 years.
After the 8th calendar day, it pays back to the first day.
Go ahead and start one and see how far you go with that! been there and the workers spoke! the union isn't going to do :
: but make it worse.Form a new union with new leadership not corrupted by power yet and it may not be worse. Teamsters? Can you say YRC? UAW? Meh, too big to be interested in ltl. Freight engineers union! There ya go
That has been tried before UPGF went teamsters a startup called APWA tried. Its expensive takes a ton of volunteers willing to come out of pocket to travel the country. It can be done but it's very difficult. Everyone will point out the teamsters short comings but I can honestly say the new leadership seems to have balls and integrity.
That is not true. An election supervised by the National Labor Relation Board does not put you under contract. All the election does is certify the union as your bargaining agent. It can take years to get that first contract.
That is why we need a national right to work law. Union leadership will not listen to members until members control the money.
Just join the YMCA 
They told me I needed 50% + 1.
Some of our terminals tried this a few years ago. It did not work out for them as I remember.
If I go union, at what point in my retirement will I be asked to take a pay cut due to lack of funds in the pension?
