Just a thought/suggestion

Pullin3 · 12-23-2009

I would be willing to bet that sooner, rather than later would be a good time to get out.
Yrc is successfully turning us from a highly successful, lucrative, well respected regional company, into a national YRC wannabe.
With the closing of 6 terminals visibly on the horizon, and big chunk of Seattle's city and line work being handed over to a non union terminal, where does it end?
For those that suggest we stand up and grieve and fight whatever comes our way, I can give you a good case for that being "urinating in the wind."
Our locals can resist these actions by YRC, but they don't have any backing from the IBT. I have surmised that the IBT and YRC have already made an agreement in which the IBT will give YRC WHATEVER they want. So when the IBT cries "were saving a company and preserving jobs," I ask where do you draw the line? There has to be a defined breaking point at which the concessions become ridiculous. Are we just supposed to concede whatever right down to the very last job. We given the inch, they will now be taking the mile.

shopstew162 · 12-25-2009

When a company as large as YRCW is unable to make a payment of 19 million dollars or it goes broke the writing is on the wall.

The IBT might be allowing YRCW to do what ever it wants to do, but the end game is to make sure that when the end comes the blame can only be put where it needs to be right in the lap of YRCW's Management. No one can say the Teamsters had anything to do with the demise of YRCW.

Pullin3 · 12-28-2009

Good point also stew

SeaDriver · 01-08-2010

flip it in a day · 01-08-2010

I lost my Union car haul job 19 months ago and I have yet to be called back. I recently talked with my BA about my prospect for getting called back and it looks very bleak. I am only jumping in here because he told me that if the economy doesn't pick up in 2010 then yellow is toast.

I hope for all you freight drivers that this does not happen. When I lost my job I had $15,000 in cash in the bank and I thought I could wait for another good job, but that did not happen and I burned up my savings in about 4 months.

Prudence could be in order for 2010. I wish you ALL keep your jobs.

Pullin3 · 01-09-2010

4 months..............
That's got to put a slow leak in your balloon.

Hubbahead · 01-10-2010

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Originally Posted by Pullin3

I would be willing to bet that sooner, rather than later would be a good time to get out.

Well I can say this much. I just got out of training for FedEx and there were 5 Reddaway drivers in the same training as me. Three are working for the same terminal as I am and two were from another location or vice versa I didn't pay that much attention. At any rate, I think they are feeling the same thing. Out of the 10 new hires I would like to add that none of them were under 35. I was kind of shocked by that, but in a good way because I am getting old.

flip it in a day · 01-10-2010

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Originally Posted by Pullin3

4 months..............
That's got to put a slow leak in your balloon.

I had to cobra my Teamster health insurance to keep it current because of my wife's brain tumor.

loa24y · 01-10-2010

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Originally Posted by Hubbahead

Well I can say this much. I just got out of training for FedEx and there were 5 Reddaway drivers in the same training as me. Three are working for the same terminal as I am and two were from another location or vice versa I didn't pay that much attention. At any rate, I think they are feeling the same thing. Out of the 10 new hires I would like to add that none of them were under 35. I was kind of shocked by that, but in a good way because I am getting old.

Were any of them 55 or older?