Well we're about too kick the train into high gear down here in Charlotte NC (NCH) as well...simply because we're tired of all the "bullshit and intimidation " by a couple of people in Mgmt..mostly that "asshole FOM-Rick Green & his FOS protege' Jason Flemming...with his "punk-ass".. The problem those of us who are willing too fight to become Teamsters have is of course those " coward ass DSR'S who are "snitches and houseboat" happy with that little raise they've received not understanding that CWF would've not done that had it not been for Laredo TX standing up in the first place. Nevertheless..."I'm about that action Boss" ...and we're gonna push for an election too set these lying, arrogant, intimidating bastards straight and secure a contract for ourselves and our families future in spite of the "snitches and naysayers." P.S. as for Mgmt. reading this blog.."fuck off " ...we're tired of your shit and we will do something about it...
Well we're about too kick the train into high gear down here in Charlotte NC (NCH) as well...simply because we're tired of all the "bullshit and intimidation " by a couple of people in Mgmt..mostly that "asshole FOM-Rick Green & his FOS protege' Jason Flemming...with his "punk-ass".. The problem those of us who are willing too fight to become Teamsters have is of course those " coward ass DSR'S who are "snitches and houseboat" happy with that little raise they've received not understanding that CWF would've not done that had it not been for Laredo TX standing up in the first place. Nevertheless..."I'm about that action Boss" ...and we're gonna push for an election too set these lying, arrogant, intimidating bastards straight and secure a contract for ourselves and our families future in spite of the "snitches and naysayers." P.S. as for Mgmt. reading this blog.."fuck off " ...we're tired of your shit and we will do something about it...
Hello My Fellow workers....... So I posted this a Few post Back.I just want to remind some of you what it would mean if we vote Yes to having a Union Represent US....
-----------UNION WORKERS---------- Set work standards for the working class. Set working rights for the working class. They have a voice to set up living standards. AND They are Hard workers.Can't loose their jobs for just any REASON.
----------Non UNION-workers------- They run by company standards. They run by company rights. They have no voice in living standards. AND They are Hard workers.With the fear of losing their jobs for any REASON.
That's why Con-Way likes being UNION free.Because Con-Way doesn't want or have to Give rights or standards to the workers and to Con-Way wont matter how long you been working for or If your a Hard worker.They have the right to walk ANY of US right out the YARD.That people is called being an expendable Slave.
So people make a choice.Which one do we want to be??I vote UNION.
But this Goes to the NO voters and all of the low life RATS that turn their back on a Better Tomorrow.. ..CON-WAY's POLICY.... Only the President of CWF has authority to make any such arrangement or agreement or modify any such arrangement or agreement and then only in writing personally signed by him/her. Because these Personnel Policies and Procedures are unilateral rather than contractual, CWF retains the right to apply, modify, revise, or delete any policy or procedure as it deems necessary or appropriate, at any time, with or without notice. CWF also retains the right to approve or disprove an exception to any policy or procedure by company management with the express authority to do so as outlined within that specific P&P or as noted below.
Let's not forget LONGEVITY, the pockets might be deep but for how long? You see CON-WAY theory is to replace DSR'S who have seniority or DSR'S who they feel threatened BY meaning DSR'S who can think, process, & rationalize their motives.
YOU KNOW HUMAN BEINGS WHO ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THEMSELVES & THEIR FAMILIES. THEY WANT DSR'S WHO WORK LIKE SLAVES YEAR AFTER YEAR TO GIVE NUMBSKULL & MGRS BIG BONUS CHECKS TO BUY EXPENSIVE TOYS. THEY WANT WORKERS WHO WILL TAKE PENNY RAISES EVERY THREE YEARS & BE HAPPY WITH IT.
PEOPLE AND ALL THE ANN ARBOR GENIUSES WHO ARE READING THESE BLOGS, HERE WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY:
HAVE YOU TAKEN A LOOK AT THE DRIVER SHORTAGE AT YOUR COMPANY ANN ARBOR? WHY DO YOU HAVE A SHORTAGE ANN ARBOR? IS IT SOMETHING IN THE CULTURE YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO SHOVE DOWN YOUR EMPLOYEES THROATS?
LOOK NUMBSKULL YOU MIGHT TRY & LOOK CONFIDENT IN THE VIDEO WITH YOUR NEW AMMO BUT IN THE END IT WILL FAIL, MEANING THIS YEAR. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU YOUR TRYING TO HUSH THE UNION TRAIN DOWN BECAUSE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE SPENDING MONEY TO STOP IT. AND IF YOU THINK NEW HIRES WILL GIVE A DAM I THINK YOU NEED TO RE-EVALUATE YOUR TRACK RECORD IN KEEPING NEW DSR'S (POOR).NEW HIRES ALWAYS LEAVE TO GO TO OTHER CARRIERS WHO DON'T WASTE MONEY ON ELEMENTARY PROGRAMS LIKE LEAN.
LASTLY, YOUR NEW AMMO PUTTING PEOPLE IN HIGH PROFILE POSITIONS WHO DON'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE IN OPERATIONS IS JUST PLAIN SUICIDE. YOUR COMPETITORS ARE LAUGHING BIG TIME!!!! AND THE EXPERIENCE DRIVERS YOU'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF ARE TAKING THE CUSTOMERS WITH THEM...
GREEDY, THUGS, & THEIVES ALWAYS MAKE DECISIONS THAT ENDS IN DISASTER & NUMBSKULL YOU ARE THE WORST LEADER IN CON-WAY HISTORY.
GREG NUMBSKULL THE UNION WILL CONTINUE WITH NEW HIRES OR WITHOUT NEW HIRES. YOUR COMPETITORS ARE WAITING, YOUR DEEP POCKETS WILL GET SHALLOW UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP & THAT'S A KNOWN FACT. UNION FOR CON-WAY NO MATTER HOW DEEP YOUR POCKETS ARE AND NO MATTER HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE. THANKS NUMBSKULL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP!!!!
I AGREE NUMBSKULL HAS THE WORST LEADERSHIP IN CON-WAY HISTORY. THE COMPETITORS ARE ON STANDBY FOR THIS COMPANY & IT'S THE TALK AMOUNG LTL CARRIERS & THEY KNOW THIS COMPANY CAN'T COMPETE VERY MUCH LONGER WITH THE LEADERSHIP WE HAVE NOW. TRYING TO CONVERT A MANUFACTURING MODULE INTO A LOGISTIC CONCEPT IS SUICIDE IN THE END. RECYCLING HIGH PROFILE PEOPLE WHO WERE DEMOTED IS NOT GOOD BUSINESS & PROMOTING PEOPLE WITH NO OPERATIONS SKILLS IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT REQUIRES THIS IS WELL TO SAY THE LEAST IS AN IRRATIONAL DECISION. CON-WAY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH GUTS TO STOP RECYCLING PEOPLE AND GO FOR THE NEXT EXPERIENCE GUY & THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE PRICE THEY WILL PAY IN THE END......
I AGREE CON-WAY WILL FOREVER BE PAYING TO SHUT UP DSR'S FROM VOTING UNION....
I want to THANK the Mechanics for standing against the THIEVES and liars of Con-Way.I so wish I could be there and vote with you GUYS.........
Thanks for fighting for a Better future.and Thanks TEXAS,LA, and MIAMI.To all of you who voted YES I have the upmost RESPECT.IM hoping that my COWORKERS find the COURAGE to FOLLOW IN ALL OF YOUR FOOT STEPS.
I KNOW Con-WAY management comes here and reads this Blog....SO Ill ask you management.Why don't you explain what this means?This was way all your Sheep know what they get when they vote NO to the UNION..
(these Personnel Policies and Procedures are unilateral rather than contractual) CWF retains the right to apply, modify, revise, or delete any policy or procedure as it deems necessary or appropriate, at any time, with or without notice.
That line is from Your Con-Way policy..Does that mean your guaranteed to treat your slaves anyway you want????TAKE AWAY ANYTHING,ANY TIME YOUR BONUSES FALL SHORT?? WELL JUST EXPLAIN THIS TWO WORDS?. unilateral-contractual?????
Xgh I hope u could get one more guy to be on our side So we could win win win & win VOTE YES ( UNION ) 🏁🏁🏁🏁 Your family will be happy It's for u & your family good I got your back
Safety is a joke at Conway they only talk safety looks and sounds good but won't really stand behind being safe but they sure will push and stand behind lean program hurry hurry
...Because these Personnel Policies and Procedures are unilateral rather than contractual, CWF retains the right to apply, modify, revise, or delete any policy or procedure as it deems necessary or appropriate, at any time, with or without notice. CWF also retains the right to approve or disprove an exception to any policy or procedure by company management with the express authority to do so as outlined within that specific P&P or as noted below. (SCM's, FOM's, and FOS's will change policy on a daily / nightly basis as they see fit to accommodate profit and / or fright flow)
1. We expect everyone to return home safely. (Unless safety interferers with profits and / or freight flow. XEM/DSR...R.I.P Armando.)
2. We are personally accountable for our safety and the safety of others. (Conway reserves the right to dispatch DSR's in inclement conditions **including, but not limited to**...dangerous / hazardous weather, icy roads, blizzard conditions, white out conditions and dangerously low temperatures ect. should not dispatching interfere with profits and / or freight flow. Furthermore Conway will take no responsibility for your safety because "you are personally accountable for your safety and the safety of others.")
3. We have the courage to intervene and change behavior to ensure a safe work environment. (Unless said intervention interferers with profits and / or freight flow. However we do encourage you to tattle on others every chance you get. Conway's philosophy is this "If our employees are in-fighting then there will be no solidarity, thus we may remain union free and can therefore continue our proud tradition of fattening up the corporate management wile at the same time keeping our employees under our corporate thumb, and raping them of well deserved benefits)
4. We believe all incidents are preventable. We will measure, learn and share information from incidents and near-misses to continuously improve. (However as we reserve the right to dispatch DSR's in inclement conditions and will change policy on a daily / nightly basis we will do nothing about the lessons we learn should such lessons interferer with profits and / or freight flow. )
5. We accept safe behavior as a non-negotiable condition of employment. (Unless said behavior interferers with profits and / or freight flow.)
Conway recognizes that safety is the at the center of our culture. (Unless safety interferers with profits and / or freight flow.) And furthermore recognizes that our employees are nothing more than "employee number" ...not people with families and as such you can and will be replaced at any time for any or no reason. Profit is paramount for our continued success, and as such safety...though it is the at the center of our culture...takes a back seat to profit. Numbskull needs his 1 million plus salary, just as Stallon needs his 4 million plus salary. Therefore do not get caught and you can be as unsafe as you want, as long as your unsafe acts interferer with profits and / or freight flow.
In conclusion, do not mind the massive sums of money the company is spending on its anti-union campaign, it will not interferer with profits as Conway will continue to rape you with shitty health care, shitty 401k matches and other take a ways as we see fit. So bend over, grab our ankles and prepare to take it up the ass dry, as we cannot afford Vaseline because we spend all our lube money on pizza to bribe you!
I like the way you think NC..I agree seems like some of the people that were all for the Union bailed out now that they got extra pennies in their checks,Now most are happy thinking Con-Way cares about them.But you people just wait Con-Way is like a hungry shark in the waters,As soon as people stop talking Union they will attack Just to show the new workers how they can just attack old drivers and get rid off them.They will make a video of it too.Telling New drivers.You do as we tell you or Your gone like that 20 year driver that taught you how to drive.They will show all the drivers they fired.With the title of rotten Eggs. But anyways is sad how some people are so easily bought.Doug and Greg throw some pennies on the floor and people are all happy.But for all i care they can keep there change I'M still going to talk and I will stand strong in my believe that having a Union is power for all worker..I would and Will VOTE YES if I get my Chance.
IT'S REALLY SAD TO SEE THE HAPPINESS OVER $2 WHEN YOUR TERMINAL MANAGER GETS A VVP CHECK TO BUY IN CASH MOTORCYCLES, SPORT CARS & OTHER BIG TOY ITEMS. WHEN THE TEAM BUSTERS COMES IN OR AS THEY ARE CALLED CONSULTANTS HERE COMES THE FOOD PARTIES & TAKING THE DOCK WORKERS OUT TO HOOTERS FOR FREE FOOD & BRAIN WASHING. GUYS CON-WAY FEEL THEY ARE SO ANALYTICAL & POLITICAL IN CONTROL OF EVERYONE. WORK HARD GUYS YOU DON'T NEED RIGHTS OR PROTECTION YOU JUST HAVE TO WORK HARD, ASK NO QUESTIONS & CONTINUE TO MAKE MONEY FOR US (GREEDY, THUGS & THEIVES). ALSO YOU DON'T NEED RAISES EVERY YEAR, BUT WE DO BECAUSE WE MAKE THE RULES..
LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE NUMBSKULL IS GOING TO DRIVE THIS COMPANY IN THE GROUND WITH HIS BABY LEAN GENIUSES.
NNC BEWARE THE UNION BUSTERS ARE COMING THIS WEEK. LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN THAT WE ARE UNION BOUND. LET THEM KNOW HELL NO EEVERTHING IS NOT UNDER CONTROL IT'S REALLY FUCKED UP. WE NEED UNION REPRESENTATION TO TRULY SPREAD THE WEALTH. THIS WILL BE NUMBSKULL LAST YEAR IN LEADERSHIP HE HAS TRULY RUINED THE CULTURE WE HAD. NUMBSKULL IS NOTHING MORE THAN HIGH PAID THEIF ON THE LOOSE & WE NEED THE UNION TO SHUT HIM DOWN. UNION NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES
NUMBSKULL, ANN ARBOR, MGRS.....THIS IS THE QUIET BEFORE THE STORMS. SEEK SHELTER NUMBSKULL YOUR HOUR GLASS IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME. IT'S QUIET RIGHT NOW GREG BUT SOON YOU & YOUR CONSULTANTS WILL REALLY BE RUNNING TO THE NORTH, TO THE SOUTH, TO THE EAST, & TO THE WEST. SEND YOUR BEST CONSULTANTS TO ANALYZE OUR WORKERS. WRITE IT ALL DOWN & REPORT BACK TO YOUR MASTER LIKE GOOD LITTLE SLAVES, BUT BEWARE WITH YOUR SCARE TACTICS BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY GONE WAY TO FAR WITH OTHER TERMINALS. YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELVES ON YOU TUBE THIS TIME...DON'T GET TO COCKY WITH THOSE LIES YOUR SPREADING BECAUSE SOON YOU WE EXPOSED TO THE YOU TUBE WORLD......UNION NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES....
This blog should be smoking hot with ALL the posts from EVERY terminal in the system. What a pathetic bunch we are. Afraid to stand up and SACRIFICE the good of one for the good of all. No one will know how you vote, and if you are afraid of losing your job, then YES is the only protection you will have. Ask yourselves WHY a company would spend so much money to avoid the union. Only because the return on their investment will double what they spent. With corporations, IT"S ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY!!!
It's come to my attention that our SCM wants to meet with every single driver at our terminal to ask us how we think the service center is doing and what can we do to make it better well why don't you start with certifying the election and cut the crap all of a sudden you care yeah what a joke we all know you are up to something yeah I'm talking to you Paul Styers we are fed up with your BS and all the lies oh and to Greg Numbskull do us all a favor and quit you greedy thug you and your lean BS that's all a joke and to our new Regional Manager don't act like you care you are as fake as all the greedy thugs this corporation has as leaders UNION 2015 at CONWAY
GOING THROUGH THE SAME MOTIONS @ NNC WITH THE . ANALYZING. UNION BUSTERS COMING IN (AKA KNOWN AS CONSULTANTS). WE KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS ...I HOPE THEIR NOT COUNTING ON NEW DRIVERS TO REPLACE US OLD ONES BECAUSE THEY ARE IN BIG TROUBLE. THE GUYS THEY HIRE CAN'T FOLLOW SIMPLE DIRECTIONS & INSTRUCTIONS. WE ALSO HAVE A NEW REGIONAL MGR HERE IN THE SOUTH SETH MCGOWAN YES THE ONE WHO HAS NEVER HAD A TERMINAL. ..OH WELL CON-WAY DSRS IT'S SHOWTIME AGAIN WE CAN REALLY MAKE THIS HAPPEN NOW. TRUST ME NUMBSKULL THE HIGHEST PAID THEIF & THUG PLANS IS NOT FOOL PROOF. YOU SEE THAT BY THE CHILDREN HE'S PUTTING IN PLACE A BINCH OF LEAN BABIES THESE BABIES MAKES NUMBSKULL EGO FEEL GREAT. ...REMEMBER NUMBSKULL YOU ARE ABOUT TO GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR WITH YOUR NEW HIGH PROFILE LEAN BABIES.....UNION NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES, & OH NEXT TIME KEEP YOUR $2 RAISE WHICH WE KNOW YOU WILL ANYWAY WE WANT WHAT YOU GUYS GET....BONUSES EVERY QUARTER. A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE OTHER UNION LTL CARRIERS WHO READ THESE BLOGS WE WILL JOINING YOU GUYS SOON. HEY ANN ARBOR HOW Y'ALL DOING?
DO NOT GIVE UP THE FIGHT! CONWAY WANTS US TO BE AN AT WILL EMPLOYEES COMPANY TO DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT TO DO WITH YOU FIGHT THEM TO THE END! VOTE YESSSSSSS FOR UNION REPRESENTATION YES!
It looks like some Sheep have gone back to being Sheep.Seems Like some have lost the will to be better.So Ill post Some stuff from people who have the Brains to Do right for the better of the working people and to make a better Country.
April 11, port truck drivers working for Australian transportation conglomerate Toll voted by a 3-1 margin to join the Teamsters. They were the first port truck drivers in a generation to vote to unionize, giving hope to the 11,000 other drivers in the region trying to improve their generally miserable working conditions. Joseph Brock, a former Teamster turned anti-union consultant parachuted in by Toll to discourage workers from organizing. Toll employees saw through Brock’s pitch because they understood that the decision they made to form a union and join a powerful organization of millions of other workers like them was a democratic one. They ultimately had more faith in themselves and the potential that union membership has to change their lives than they did in the warnings of a high-priced consultant. ....UNION IS POWER TO HELP ALL WORKERS.
Here is more Industries who are trying to make a better tomorrow. Industrial Organizing Print Workers iu450 Foodstuff Workers iu460 Marine Transport iu510 Railroad Workers iu520 Freight Truckers iu530 Communications, Computer, and Software Workers iu560 Education Workers iu620 Entertainers iu630 Hospitality Workers iu640 Retail Workers iu660 Sex Workers iu690 and MAny MORE.
At the basic level, a union is a group of workers acting together to improve their job. This can include:
Raising wages Improving safety Removing or changing disrespectful supervisors Increasing worker control over hours Gaining paid sick days and vacation Increasing control over work rules Gaining company funded health insurance or pensions Dealing with management favoritism Improving job security.
This happens at Con-Way too.SO you old timers keep your nose to ground and clean..Either wise!!!!
action lawsuits are now pending on behalf of older Federal Express (FedEx) couriers who are victims of age discrimination. The suits allege that the company pushes couriers over 40 years old - particularly those with more than ten years' service - to leave the company. Older employees complain that FedEx takes away good routes, sets unrealistic performance goals, and writes up older employees for trivial issues. More than 20 older employees have joined the lawsuits already. Both actions are set for trial this year. If you are a victim of this practice, now is the time to come forward.
Federal express discriminationSome say these tactics are designed to push out older employees in favor of younger workers who require less medical insurance, sick leave and worker compensation. Employment law attorneys acknowledge that it is illegal to discriminate on the basis of age or benefits eligibility.
Another reason FedEx may try to push older employees out the door is because many employees have been grandfathered into a traditional pension plan. When FedEx changed their pension system in 2003, it asked its employees whether they wanted to stay with their traditional pension plan or move to the new cash-balance plan "FedEx Portable Pension Account". 137,000 employees stayed with the check-for-life plan. FedEx has also implemented early retirement packages in hopes of saving the company millions of dollars each year.
As Greg puts it why pay some one who's not working any more.Its not good business sense..
Larry Mungiello was the oldest working courier at FedEx and one of the longest employed. He gave the company 19 years of loyalty, commitment and hard work. Too bad the company wasn't loyal in return. Mungiello was terminated from his job in August 2005 without even a thank-you. He definitely was not getting the gold watch. He believes that FedEx wanted him out to make way for younger couriers. According to Mungiello, management tried over a period of five years to wear him down. And they would also set me up for failure. If they told me to do something one way, I would do it and afterward they would say it was the wrong way. For example, we were told to always fill the gas tank at the end of our shift. Certain deliveries had to be really early and some of the young couriers wouldn't fill up from the night before so I always filled it the next day. 'Here comes Larry, late again,' management would say, and they would write me up, but I was told to fill the gas tank.....
This is where Lean is going to be very useful...You don't follow LEAN,Your out of a JOB.Even if you do follow LEAN but a manager feel like making an example or is having a bad Day..Well then just remember (these Personnel Policies and Procedures are unilateral rather than contractual) CWF retains the right to apply, modify, revise, or delete any policy or procedure as it deems necessary or appropriate, at any time, with or without notice....
You need the union. Don't let any union busters tell you any different. That's what they are being paid to do. Corporate greed is the entire motive behind Con-Job's principals, procedures and policies. Yes, they want to get rid of the old and save themselves some money; however, they will answer all your questions in a ROUND ABOUT WAY to make you think the opposite. It's called brainwashing. You better think twice when getting an answer. You are being told what YOU WANT TO HEAR so you will not vote union and move on so they can lie to the next person. Conway use to be a great company that treated their employees with respect. That changed in 2009. Look at all the unhappiness running thru-out the centers. This is the NEW Conway that Greg has carved. They have computers thinking for everyone since computers are proven to be smarter than humans. A lot of folks are unhappy and that trend will continue for several years to come. You don't have a voice but you need one!
Hey Bakersfield here's a little reading for you while you wait for your masters to throw you a bone..
Taylor Farms workers in Tracy, California are standing up against poverty wages, disrespect and severe violations of their most basic rights. These 900 food processing workers in the Central Valley cut, wash and package salads and other products for the largest supplier of fresh-cut produce in the country. They feed the customers of major grocers, retailers and restaurant chains, including Walmart and McDonald’s. With a revenue of $1.8 billion in 2012, Taylor Farms can afford to treat its workers in Tracy with dignity and pay fair wages, just like their Teamster coworkers have at Taylor Farms’ facilities in Salinas, California.
Now think about it Bakersfield if you would have voted for the Union you Could have helped and would have Helped Others by setting standards for All workers.But instead you decided to kiss ass to the a BUNCH OF GREEDY SLAVE DRIVERS.....I hope all YOU NO VOTER are proud of yourselves.
OH yeah by the way I saw and heard the Regional Manager talking to some of the other managers.They were all talking about their new cars and how good the company is doing and how good their bonuses where this Year.Even tho they just spent a bunch of money on new Equipment. I guess we can all thank the No Voters for Making managements Year.
In Moreno Valley, Calif., UNFI broke federal laws that protect workers’ rights when it intimidated, threatened and fired workers. In November 2014, the Teamsters Union was federally certified as the drivers’ union in Moreno Valley, after UNFI managed to delay the counting of the ballots for over a year on a technicality. Yet, UNFI still refuses to recognize the workers’ union. “It’s time for UNFI to stop the bullying and stop the intimidation,” said Steve Vairma, Teamsters Warehouse Division Director. “Over the years UNFI has tried to undermine workers who have asserted their rights protected by United States law, even where the Teamsters have been certified as the workers’ union through federally supervised elections. UNFI wants to destroy its workers’ fundamental rights join together to improve their working conditions.” “Whenever a group of workers at a UNFI warehouse or truck yard attempt to form a union, UNFI management brutalizes them with a barrage of tactics based on contempt and fear, solely for the purpose of intimidating their own workers. It's time Sprouts took a stand to stop this illegal bullying behavior in their supply chain," said Randy Korgan, Organizing Director for Teamsters Local 63 in Covina, Calif. “We expect that Sprouts, with its claim to be values-driven, would tell its suppliers to treat the local workers and local community with respect.” Across America, UNFI has taken massive tax subsidies while local school systems struggle. UNFI recently built a warehouse in this manner in Hudson Valley, N.Y. – the company took 15 years’ worth of tax breaks, even though the community has experienced major cuts in the local school district’s education budget and have seen their property taxes increase.
Over the last 18 months, port truck drivers at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have dramatically escalated their decades-long struggle against trucking companies. These employers have misclassified them as independent contractors, which is just a wonky way of saying they engage in wage theft. But after going on strike on five separate occasions, something remarkable is happening to these drivers backed by the Teamsters -- they're winning.
In the last month alone, drivers for Pacer Carthage and Shippers Transport Express (STE) have had their concerns validated and are now being recognized as company employees under the law. Seven Pacer drivers won a $2 million claim against the company in San Diego County court, while STE agreed to classify drivers as employees. After voting to join Local 848, the union reached an agreement with STE management and drivers ratified their first union contract.
Port truck drivers in California have benefitted from state and local government officials who are increasingly siding with workers instead of corporate interests. The Teamsters have allies in both Gov. Jerry Brown and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, for instance. But there are signs that others elsewhere are also seeing the light.
Earlier this year, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an important ruling that limited the ability of companies to misclassify workers in the state. The ruling affects not only port truck drivers, but any workers whose employers deemed them independent contractors. And a bipartisan collection of lawmakers in Georgia are currently working to strengthen the misclassification rules on the books there as well.
That is important, because the issue of low pay is not just a port truck driver problem -- it is an American problem. This nation's descent into a country sharply divided by income not only hurt those receiving less in their paychecks, it hinders the U.S. economy. It is in everyone's best interest to having a thriving middle class, but that won't happen unless workers are treated fairly.
All of the bosses from Ann Arbor were in Miami last week wining and dining ....while most of us were dealing with ice and snow....and better not think of booking off due to weather !
Think about it, you are just a number in reality. 50% of the CSR force will be let go in the next 6 months. Don't think it wont happen because it will. Call LDA and see who answers. The call center will take care of all the billing, pickups, issues and anything else. All those night time CSR's that bill in the evening won't be billing any more. The drivers are faxing them to the call center. We've already been doing it for 5 months and lost 9 CSR's out of 19. More will be cut soon. Corporate Greed is the root to all this while the Big Boys spend their huge bonuses and drive their company cars, we do all the work to keep them their. Really think the raise this year put a dent in the bank??????? Look at what the profits were. We are so misled as the majority of the workers. We need a voice, we need a solution, we need an answer.......We can get that from a Union that will challenge these biggots and get us what we don't have now....Job Security and a better paycheck. Snooze or Loose. Whats it going to be.
YOU KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE IN LIFE ARE IGNORANT THAT SOMETIMES THEY SEE PROSPERITY AND A BETTER FUTURE IN LIFE AND THEY SETTLE FOR WHAT THEY HAVE IN FRONT OF THEM BECAUSE IT'S OK, THIS WORKS OUT FOR ME, JUST LET IT BE, SO THEY SETTLE FOR WHAT THEY HAVE, NOT KNOWING THAT THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER LIFE. BUT IF YOU KEEP LETTING COMPANY'S LIKE CONWAY FREIGHT DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH YOU THEN LET IT BE. IT'S CALLED AT WILL EMPLOYEES AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS. SO I TELL YOU, ARE YOU A LEADER OR A FOLLOWER. MY FRIEND'S I WILL TELL YOU THIS, WHY IS IT THAT THE COMPANY (NOW) WANTS TO GIVE THE DOCK WORKER'S & THE MECHANICS A PAY RAISE$$$$$ NOW, WHEN THEY COULD HAVE STOPED ALL THE PROBLEMS A HEAD OF TIME, WHY BECUASE THEY WAIT FOR THE SHITTTTTTT TO HIT THE FAN TO SPEND THEIR MILLIONS ON THIER UNION BUSTERS TO SAY TO THE WORLD LOOK WHATS HAPPEN TO US THE UNION IS TRYING TO COME IN, BUT TRUTH IS THAT WHEN YOU SEEK THE UNION IS BECAUSE YOU WOULD WANT A BETTER FUTURE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, BUT OF COURSE THE COMPANY DOESN'T WANT THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD INTERFEAR WITH THE PLANNING THEY HAVE FOR THE FUTURE WITH THE COMPANY AND WITH YOU TO DO WHAT EVER THE HELL THEY WANT TO DO. SO I REST MY CASE. PS: IN THE END THEY WILL DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT TO DO AT ANYTIME. BUT WITH THE EMPLOYEES BEING UNION IT WOULD BE HARD FOR THE COMPANY TO DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT TO DO. VOTE YESSSSSSS FOR A BETTER FUTURE. VOTE YES FOR THE UNION! I REST MY CASE.
FOR NOW.....BUT THAT'S ABOUT TIO CHANGE...WHAT'S THAT I HEAR NUMBSKULL & LEAN BABIES? WHY IT'S THE UNION TRAIN & THE NEW LAW IIN APRIL. THIS iS FOR ALL THE UNION NO DIVIDERS, LISTEN HERE NUMBSKULL DON'T CARE WHAT COLOR YOU ARE IF HE CAN USE THAT OLD MENTALITY OF KEEPING WHITES, BLACKS, & BROWNS DIVIDED HE WILL. GUYS HE DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT WHITES OR ANY OTHER COLOR UNLESS IT'S GREEN SO STOP LETTING YOURSELF BE USED. LOOK TO YOUR FUTURE & MGMT WITH EXPERIENCE YOU NEED TO WAKE UP, GET TOGETHER AMOUNGST YOURSELF & DO THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE THE LEAN BABIES ARE GAINING SPEED ON YOU. I HEAR A LOT OF THE LEAN BABIES HAVE LIFE COACHES (PHYSCHARITS). FIGURE THAT!
All western shop's need to band together get the union in. We need representation against Con-way's mob enforcers. UWS, USS, UOS, UFS, ULS & UPS time to put your big boy pants on and stand up. Shops are the back bone of Con-way's management making millions in bonus's from saving all the money and warranty pay back when we get peanuts.
Go Xgh vote yes
ReplyDeleteI hope drivers try to organize too
I'm with u we need Union
Well we're about too kick the train into high gear down here in Charlotte NC (NCH) as well...simply because we're tired of all the "bullshit and intimidation " by a couple of people in Mgmt..mostly that "asshole FOM-Rick Green & his FOS protege' Jason Flemming...with his "punk-ass"..
DeleteThe problem those of us who are willing too fight to become Teamsters have is of course those " coward ass DSR'S who are "snitches and houseboat" happy with that little raise they've received not understanding that CWF would've not done that had it not been for Laredo TX standing up in the first place.
Nevertheless..."I'm about that action Boss" ...and we're gonna push for an election too set these lying, arrogant, intimidating bastards straight and secure a contract for ourselves and our families future in spite of the "snitches and naysayers."
P.S. as for Mgmt. reading this blog.."fuck off " ...we're tired of your shit and we will do something about it...
Well we're about too kick the train into high gear down here in Charlotte NC (NCH) as well...simply because we're tired of all the "bullshit and intimidation " by a couple of people in Mgmt..mostly that "asshole FOM-Rick Green & his FOS protege' Jason Flemming...with his "punk-ass"..
DeleteThe problem those of us who are willing too fight to become Teamsters have is of course those " coward ass DSR'S who are "snitches and houseboat" happy with that little raise they've received not understanding that CWF would've not done that had it not been for Laredo TX standing up in the first place.
Nevertheless..."I'm about that action Boss" ...and we're gonna push for an election too set these lying, arrogant, intimidating bastards straight and secure a contract for ourselves and our families future in spite of the "snitches and naysayers."
P.S. as for Mgmt. reading this blog.."fuck off " ...we're tired of your shit and we will do something about it...
Holy crap. The Jason Flemming from NAT is in Charlotte. So that's where HARRY POTTER ended up Is in NCH. LOL.
DeleteHello My Fellow workers.......
ReplyDeleteSo I posted this a Few post Back.I just want to remind some of you what it would mean if we vote Yes to having a Union Represent US....
-----------UNION WORKERS----------
Set work standards for the working class.
Set working rights for the working class.
They have a voice to set up living standards.
AND
They are Hard workers.Can't loose their jobs for just any REASON.
----------Non UNION-workers-------
They run by company standards.
They run by company rights.
They have no voice in living standards.
AND
They are Hard workers.With the fear of losing their jobs for any REASON.
That's why Con-Way likes being UNION free.Because Con-Way doesn't want or have to Give rights or standards to the workers and to Con-Way wont matter how long you been working for or If your a Hard worker.They have the right to walk ANY of US right out the YARD.That people is called being an expendable Slave.
So people make a choice.Which one do we want to be??I vote UNION.
But this Goes to the NO voters and all of the low life RATS that turn their back on a Better Tomorrow..
..CON-WAY's POLICY....
Only the President of CWF has authority to make
any such arrangement or agreement or modify any such arrangement or agreement and then
only in writing personally signed by him/her.
Because these Personnel Policies and Procedures are unilateral rather than contractual, CWF
retains the right to apply, modify, revise, or delete any policy or procedure as it deems necessary
or appropriate, at any time, with or without notice. CWF also retains the right to approve or
disprove an exception to any policy or procedure by company management with the express
authority to do so as outlined within that specific P&P or as noted below.
----WAY TO GO NO VOTERS---
Conway has very deep pockets and let's not forget the law allows them to bribe even mechanics .
ReplyDeleteLet's not forget LONGEVITY, the pockets might be deep but for how long? You see CON-WAY theory is to replace DSR'S who have seniority or DSR'S who they feel threatened BY meaning DSR'S who can think, process, & rationalize their motives.
DeleteYOU KNOW HUMAN BEINGS WHO ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THEMSELVES & THEIR FAMILIES. THEY WANT DSR'S WHO WORK LIKE SLAVES YEAR AFTER YEAR TO GIVE NUMBSKULL & MGRS BIG BONUS CHECKS TO BUY EXPENSIVE TOYS. THEY WANT WORKERS WHO WILL TAKE PENNY RAISES EVERY THREE YEARS & BE HAPPY WITH IT.
PEOPLE AND ALL THE ANN ARBOR GENIUSES WHO ARE READING THESE BLOGS, HERE WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY:
HAVE YOU TAKEN A LOOK AT THE DRIVER SHORTAGE AT YOUR COMPANY ANN ARBOR? WHY DO YOU HAVE A SHORTAGE ANN ARBOR? IS IT SOMETHING IN THE CULTURE YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO SHOVE DOWN YOUR EMPLOYEES THROATS?
LOOK NUMBSKULL YOU MIGHT TRY & LOOK CONFIDENT IN THE VIDEO WITH YOUR NEW AMMO BUT IN THE END IT WILL FAIL, MEANING THIS YEAR. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU YOUR TRYING TO HUSH THE UNION TRAIN DOWN BECAUSE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE SPENDING MONEY TO STOP IT. AND IF YOU THINK NEW HIRES WILL GIVE A DAM I THINK YOU NEED TO RE-EVALUATE YOUR TRACK RECORD IN KEEPING NEW DSR'S (POOR).NEW HIRES ALWAYS LEAVE TO GO TO OTHER CARRIERS WHO DON'T WASTE MONEY ON ELEMENTARY PROGRAMS LIKE LEAN.
LASTLY, YOUR NEW AMMO PUTTING PEOPLE IN HIGH PROFILE POSITIONS WHO DON'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE IN OPERATIONS IS JUST PLAIN SUICIDE. YOUR COMPETITORS ARE LAUGHING BIG TIME!!!! AND THE EXPERIENCE DRIVERS YOU'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF ARE TAKING THE CUSTOMERS WITH THEM...
GREEDY, THUGS, & THEIVES ALWAYS MAKE DECISIONS THAT ENDS IN DISASTER & NUMBSKULL YOU ARE THE WORST LEADER IN CON-WAY HISTORY.
GREG NUMBSKULL THE UNION WILL CONTINUE WITH NEW HIRES OR WITHOUT NEW HIRES. YOUR COMPETITORS ARE WAITING, YOUR DEEP POCKETS WILL GET SHALLOW UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP & THAT'S A KNOWN FACT. UNION FOR CON-WAY NO MATTER HOW DEEP YOUR POCKETS ARE AND NO MATTER HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE. THANKS NUMBSKULL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP!!!!
I AGREE NUMBSKULL HAS THE WORST LEADERSHIP IN CON-WAY HISTORY. THE COMPETITORS ARE ON STANDBY FOR THIS COMPANY & IT'S THE TALK AMOUNG LTL CARRIERS & THEY KNOW THIS COMPANY CAN'T COMPETE VERY MUCH LONGER WITH THE LEADERSHIP WE HAVE NOW. TRYING TO CONVERT A MANUFACTURING MODULE INTO A LOGISTIC CONCEPT IS SUICIDE IN THE END. RECYCLING HIGH PROFILE PEOPLE WHO WERE DEMOTED IS NOT GOOD BUSINESS & PROMOTING PEOPLE WITH NO OPERATIONS SKILLS IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT REQUIRES THIS IS WELL TO SAY THE LEAST IS AN IRRATIONAL DECISION. CON-WAY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH GUTS TO STOP RECYCLING PEOPLE AND GO FOR THE NEXT EXPERIENCE GUY & THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE PRICE THEY WILL PAY IN THE END......
DeleteI AGREE CON-WAY WILL FOREVER BE PAYING TO SHUT UP DSR'S FROM VOTING UNION....
KEEP FILING PETITIONS WE WANT UNION & WITH UNION NEW LEADERSHIP. NUMBSKULL IS DRIVING CON-WAY IN THE DAMN GROUND.
DeleteIN NUMBSKULL OWN WORD;
HE DOESN'T MAKE GOOD BUSINESS SENSE. ...LOOK AT HIS TRACK RECORD & THE DECISIONS HE MAKES. UNION NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES!
Conway is always against there work force they will take back what little they give! Union Yes!!
ReplyDeleteFtp poppa head and the union !!! Union train my balls
ReplyDeleteWhat Happened with ULA's hearing?
ReplyDeleteIt's been rescheduled for February 24
DeleteThe 24th I will be there!!!!
ReplyDeleteI want to THANK the Mechanics for standing against the THIEVES and liars of Con-Way.I so wish I could be there and vote with you GUYS.........
ReplyDeleteThanks for fighting for a Better future.and Thanks TEXAS,LA, and MIAMI.To all of you who voted YES I have the upmost RESPECT.IM hoping that my COWORKERS find the COURAGE to FOLLOW IN ALL OF YOUR FOOT STEPS.
----LETS BE UNION--LETS VOTE YES--
I KNOW Con-WAY management comes here and reads this Blog....SO Ill ask you management.Why don't you explain what this means?This was way all your Sheep know what they get when they vote NO to the UNION..
ReplyDelete(these Personnel Policies and Procedures are unilateral rather than contractual)
CWF
retains the right to apply, modify, revise, or delete any policy or procedure as it deems necessary
or appropriate, at any time, with or without notice.
That line is from Your Con-Way policy..Does that mean your guaranteed to treat your slaves anyway you want????TAKE AWAY ANYTHING,ANY TIME YOUR BONUSES FALL SHORT??
WELL JUST EXPLAIN THIS TWO WORDS?.
unilateral-contractual?????
DONT BE SHY MANAGEMENT....
Xgh I hope u could get one more guy to be on our side
ReplyDeleteSo we could win win win & win
VOTE YES ( UNION ) 🏁🏁🏁🏁
Your family will be happy
It's for u & your family good
I got your back
Safety is a joke at Conway they only talk safety looks and sounds good but won't really stand behind being safe but they sure will push and stand behind lean program hurry hurry
ReplyDeleteNNC STAY STRONG IN THE WEEK AHEAD & DON'T GET DISILLUSIONED BY THE BRIBERY OF FOOD & IDLE CONVERSATIONS. REMEMBER WE ARE UNION BOUND.
Delete...Because these Personnel Policies and Procedures are unilateral rather than contractual, CWF retains the right to apply, modify, revise, or delete any policy or procedure as it deems necessary or appropriate, at any time, with or without notice. CWF also retains the right to approve or disprove an exception to any policy or procedure by company management with the express authority to do so as outlined within that specific P&P or as noted below.
ReplyDelete(SCM's, FOM's, and FOS's will change policy on a daily / nightly basis as they see fit to accommodate profit and / or fright flow)
1. We expect everyone to return home safely.
(Unless safety interferers with profits and / or freight flow. XEM/DSR...R.I.P Armando.)
2. We are personally accountable for our safety and the safety of others.
(Conway reserves the right to dispatch DSR's in inclement conditions **including, but not limited to**...dangerous / hazardous weather, icy roads, blizzard conditions, white out conditions and dangerously low temperatures ect. should not dispatching interfere with profits and / or freight flow. Furthermore Conway will take no responsibility for your safety because "you are personally accountable for your safety and the safety of others.")
3. We have the courage to intervene and change behavior to ensure a safe work environment.
(Unless said intervention interferers with profits and / or freight flow. However we do encourage you to tattle on others every chance you get. Conway's philosophy is this "If our employees are in-fighting then there will be no solidarity, thus we may remain union free and can therefore continue our proud tradition of fattening up the corporate management wile at the same time keeping our employees under our corporate thumb, and raping them of well deserved benefits)
4. We believe all incidents are preventable. We will measure, learn and share information from incidents and near-misses to continuously improve.
(However as we reserve the right to dispatch DSR's in inclement conditions and will change policy on a daily / nightly basis we will do nothing about the lessons we learn should such lessons interferer with profits and / or freight flow. )
5. We accept safe behavior as a non-negotiable condition of employment.
(Unless said behavior interferers with profits and / or freight flow.)
Conway recognizes that safety is the at the center of our culture. (Unless safety interferers with profits and / or freight flow.) And furthermore recognizes that our employees are nothing more than "employee number" ...not people with families and as such you can and will be replaced at any time for any or no reason. Profit is paramount for our continued success, and as such safety...though it is the at the center of our culture...takes a back seat to profit. Numbskull needs his 1 million plus salary, just as Stallon needs his 4 million plus salary. Therefore do not get caught and you can be as unsafe as you want, as long as your unsafe acts interferer with profits and / or freight flow.
In conclusion, do not mind the massive sums of money the company is spending on its anti-union campaign, it will not interferer with profits as Conway will continue to rape you with shitty health care, shitty 401k matches and other take a ways as we see fit. So bend over, grab our ankles and prepare to take it up the ass dry, as we cannot afford Vaseline because we spend all our lube money on pizza to bribe you!
I like the way you think NC..I agree seems like some of the people that were all for the Union bailed out now that they got extra pennies in their checks,Now most are happy thinking Con-Way cares about them.But you people just wait Con-Way is like a hungry shark in the waters,As soon as people stop talking Union they will attack Just to show the new workers how they can just attack old drivers and get rid off them.They will make a video of it too.Telling New drivers.You do as we tell you or Your gone like that 20 year driver that taught you how to drive.They will show all the drivers they fired.With the title of rotten Eggs.
ReplyDeleteBut anyways is sad how some people are so easily bought.Doug and Greg throw some pennies on the floor and people are all happy.But for all i care they can keep there change I'M still going to talk and I will stand strong in my believe that having a Union is power for all worker..I would and Will VOTE YES if I get my Chance.
IT'S REALLY SAD TO SEE THE HAPPINESS OVER $2 WHEN YOUR TERMINAL MANAGER GETS A VVP CHECK TO BUY IN CASH MOTORCYCLES, SPORT CARS & OTHER BIG TOY ITEMS. WHEN THE TEAM BUSTERS COMES IN OR AS THEY ARE CALLED CONSULTANTS HERE COMES THE FOOD PARTIES & TAKING THE DOCK WORKERS OUT TO HOOTERS FOR FREE FOOD & BRAIN WASHING. GUYS CON-WAY FEEL THEY ARE SO ANALYTICAL & POLITICAL IN CONTROL OF EVERYONE. WORK HARD GUYS YOU DON'T NEED RIGHTS OR PROTECTION YOU JUST HAVE TO WORK HARD, ASK NO QUESTIONS & CONTINUE TO MAKE MONEY FOR US (GREEDY, THUGS & THEIVES). ALSO YOU DON'T NEED RAISES EVERY YEAR, BUT WE DO BECAUSE WE MAKE THE RULES..
DeleteLIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE NUMBSKULL IS GOING TO DRIVE THIS COMPANY IN THE GROUND WITH HIS BABY LEAN GENIUSES.
LET'S STOP THE ABUSE, UNION 2015.
Go Conway drivers still organize more terminals we need union more petitions come in. Vote yes
ReplyDeleteNNC BEWARE THE UNION BUSTERS ARE COMING THIS WEEK. LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN THAT WE ARE UNION BOUND. LET THEM KNOW HELL NO EEVERTHING IS NOT UNDER CONTROL IT'S REALLY FUCKED UP. WE NEED UNION REPRESENTATION TO TRULY SPREAD THE WEALTH. THIS WILL BE NUMBSKULL LAST YEAR IN LEADERSHIP HE HAS TRULY RUINED THE CULTURE WE HAD. NUMBSKULL IS NOTHING MORE THAN HIGH PAID THEIF ON THE LOOSE & WE NEED THE UNION TO SHUT HIM DOWN. UNION NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES
ReplyDeleteDockworker's strike, oil workers strike: That's union power and solidarity!!! We can have this if only we stand together!!!
ReplyDeleteNUMBSKULL, ANN ARBOR, MGRS.....THIS IS THE QUIET BEFORE THE STORMS. SEEK SHELTER NUMBSKULL YOUR HOUR GLASS IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME. IT'S QUIET RIGHT NOW GREG BUT SOON YOU & YOUR CONSULTANTS WILL REALLY BE RUNNING TO THE NORTH, TO THE SOUTH, TO THE EAST, & TO THE WEST. SEND YOUR BEST CONSULTANTS TO ANALYZE OUR WORKERS. WRITE IT ALL DOWN & REPORT BACK TO YOUR MASTER LIKE GOOD LITTLE SLAVES, BUT BEWARE WITH YOUR SCARE TACTICS BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY GONE WAY TO FAR WITH OTHER TERMINALS. YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELVES ON YOU TUBE THIS TIME...DON'T GET TO COCKY WITH THOSE LIES YOUR SPREADING BECAUSE SOON YOU WE EXPOSED TO THE YOU TUBE WORLD......UNION NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES....
ReplyDeleteThis blog should be smoking hot with ALL the posts from EVERY terminal in the system. What a pathetic bunch we are. Afraid to stand up and SACRIFICE the good of one for the good of all. No one will know how you vote, and if you are afraid of losing your job, then YES is the only protection you will have. Ask yourselves WHY a company would spend so much money to avoid the union. Only because the return on their investment will double what they spent. With corporations, IT"S ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's come to my attention that our SCM wants to meet with every single driver at our terminal to ask us how we think the service center is doing and what can we do to make it better well why don't you start with certifying the election and cut the crap all of a sudden you care yeah what a joke we all know you are up to something yeah I'm talking to you Paul Styers we are fed up with your BS and all the lies oh and to Greg Numbskull do us all a favor and quit you greedy thug you and your lean BS that's all a joke and to our new Regional Manager don't act like you care you are as fake as all the greedy thugs this corporation has as leaders UNION 2015 at CONWAY
ReplyDeleteGOING THROUGH THE SAME MOTIONS @ NNC WITH THE . ANALYZING. UNION BUSTERS COMING IN (AKA KNOWN AS CONSULTANTS). WE KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS ...I HOPE THEIR NOT COUNTING ON NEW DRIVERS TO REPLACE US OLD ONES BECAUSE THEY ARE IN BIG TROUBLE. THE GUYS THEY HIRE CAN'T FOLLOW SIMPLE DIRECTIONS & INSTRUCTIONS. WE ALSO HAVE A NEW REGIONAL MGR HERE IN THE SOUTH SETH MCGOWAN YES THE ONE WHO HAS NEVER HAD A TERMINAL. ..OH WELL CON-WAY DSRS IT'S SHOWTIME AGAIN WE CAN REALLY MAKE THIS HAPPEN NOW. TRUST ME NUMBSKULL THE HIGHEST PAID THEIF & THUG PLANS IS NOT FOOL PROOF. YOU SEE THAT BY THE CHILDREN HE'S PUTTING IN PLACE A BINCH OF LEAN BABIES THESE BABIES MAKES NUMBSKULL EGO FEEL GREAT. ...REMEMBER NUMBSKULL YOU ARE ABOUT TO GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR WITH YOUR NEW HIGH PROFILE LEAN BABIES.....UNION NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES, & OH NEXT TIME KEEP YOUR $2 RAISE WHICH WE KNOW YOU WILL ANYWAY WE WANT WHAT YOU GUYS GET....BONUSES EVERY QUARTER. A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE OTHER UNION LTL CARRIERS WHO READ THESE BLOGS WE WILL JOINING YOU GUYS SOON. HEY ANN ARBOR HOW Y'ALL DOING?
DeleteDO NOT GIVE UP THE FIGHT! CONWAY WANTS US TO BE AN AT WILL EMPLOYEES COMPANY TO DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT TO DO WITH YOU FIGHT THEM TO THE END!
DeleteVOTE YESSSSSSS FOR UNION REPRESENTATION YES!
It looks like some Sheep have gone back to being Sheep.Seems Like some have lost the will to be better.So Ill post Some stuff from people who have the Brains to Do right for the better of the working people and to make a better Country.
ReplyDeleteApril 11, port truck drivers working for Australian transportation conglomerate Toll voted by a 3-1 margin to join the Teamsters. They were the first port truck drivers in a generation to vote to unionize, giving hope to the 11,000 other drivers in the region trying to improve their generally miserable working conditions.
Joseph Brock, a former Teamster turned anti-union consultant parachuted in by Toll to discourage workers from organizing.
Toll employees saw through Brock’s pitch because they understood that the decision they made to form a union and join a powerful organization of millions of other workers like them was a democratic one. They ultimately had more faith in themselves and the potential that union membership has to change their lives than they did in the warnings of a high-priced consultant.
....UNION IS POWER TO HELP ALL WORKERS.
Well they finely made it to Dallas, not impressed, welcome "Consultants"and we thought you were going to forget about us here in the BIG "D"
ReplyDeleteHere is more Industries who are trying to make a better tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteIndustrial Organizing
Print Workers iu450
Foodstuff Workers iu460
Marine Transport iu510
Railroad Workers iu520
Freight Truckers iu530
Communications, Computer, and Software Workers iu560
Education Workers iu620
Entertainers iu630
Hospitality Workers iu640
Retail Workers iu660
Sex Workers iu690
and MAny MORE.
At the basic level, a union is a group of workers acting together to improve their job. This can include:
ReplyDeleteRaising wages
Improving safety
Removing or changing disrespectful supervisors
Increasing worker control over hours
Gaining paid sick days and vacation
Increasing control over work rules
Gaining company funded health insurance or pensions
Dealing with management favoritism
Improving job security.
This happens at Con-Way too.SO you old timers keep your nose to ground and clean..Either wise!!!!
ReplyDeleteaction lawsuits are now pending on behalf of older Federal Express (FedEx) couriers who are victims of age discrimination. The suits allege that the company pushes couriers over 40 years old - particularly those with more than ten years' service - to leave the company. Older employees complain that FedEx takes away good routes, sets unrealistic performance goals, and writes up older employees for trivial issues. More than 20 older employees have joined the lawsuits already. Both actions are set for trial this year. If you are a victim of this practice, now is the time to come forward.
Federal express discriminationSome say these tactics are designed to push out older employees in favor of younger workers who require less medical insurance, sick leave and worker compensation. Employment law attorneys acknowledge that it is illegal to discriminate on the basis of age or benefits eligibility.
Another reason FedEx may try to push older employees out the door is because many employees have been grandfathered into a traditional pension plan. When FedEx changed their pension system in 2003, it asked its employees whether they wanted to stay with their traditional pension plan or move to the new cash-balance plan "FedEx Portable Pension Account". 137,000 employees stayed with the check-for-life plan. FedEx has also implemented early retirement packages in hopes of saving the company millions of dollars each year.
As Greg puts it why pay some one who's not working any more.Its not good business sense..
Larry Mungiello was the oldest working courier at FedEx and one of the longest employed. He gave the company 19 years of loyalty, commitment and hard work. Too bad the company wasn't loyal in return.
ReplyDeleteMungiello was terminated from his job in August 2005 without even a thank-you. He definitely was not getting the gold watch. He believes that FedEx wanted him out to make way for younger couriers.
According to Mungiello, management tried over a period of five years to wear him down. And they would also set me up for failure. If they told me to do something one way, I would do it and afterward they would say it was the wrong way. For example, we were told to always fill the gas tank at the end of our shift. Certain deliveries had to be really early and some of the young couriers wouldn't fill up from the night before so I always filled it the next day. 'Here comes Larry, late again,' management would say, and they would write me up, but I was told to fill the gas tank.....
This is where Lean is going to be very useful...You don't follow LEAN,Your out of a JOB.Even if you do follow LEAN but a manager feel like making an example or is having a bad Day..Well then just remember (these Personnel Policies and Procedures are unilateral rather than contractual)
CWF
retains the right to apply, modify, revise, or delete any policy or procedure as it deems necessary
or appropriate, at any time, with or without notice....
YOU,ME, or anyone else Can be fired...
You need the union. Don't let any union busters tell you any different. That's what they are being paid to do. Corporate greed is the entire motive behind Con-Job's principals, procedures and policies. Yes, they want to get rid of the old and save themselves some money; however, they will answer all your questions in a ROUND ABOUT WAY to make you think the opposite. It's called brainwashing. You better think twice when getting an answer. You are being told what YOU WANT TO HEAR so you will not vote union and move on so they can lie to the next person.
ReplyDeleteConway use to be a great company that treated their employees with respect. That changed in 2009. Look at all the unhappiness running thru-out the centers. This is the NEW Conway that Greg has carved. They have computers thinking for everyone since computers are proven to be smarter than humans. A lot of folks are unhappy and that trend will continue for several years to come. You don't have a voice but you need one!
Hey Bakersfield here's a little reading for you while you wait for your masters to throw you a bone..
ReplyDeleteTaylor Farms workers in Tracy, California are standing up against poverty wages, disrespect and severe violations of their most basic rights. These 900 food processing workers in the Central Valley cut, wash and package salads and other products for the largest supplier of fresh-cut produce in the country. They feed the customers of major grocers, retailers and restaurant chains, including Walmart and McDonald’s.
With a revenue of $1.8 billion in 2012, Taylor Farms can afford to treat its workers in Tracy with dignity and pay fair wages, just like their Teamster coworkers have at Taylor Farms’ facilities in Salinas, California.
Now think about it Bakersfield if you would have voted for the Union you Could have helped and would have Helped Others by setting standards for All workers.But instead you decided to kiss ass to the a BUNCH OF GREEDY SLAVE DRIVERS.....I hope all YOU NO VOTER are proud of yourselves.
OH yeah by the way I saw and heard the Regional Manager talking to some of the other managers.They were all talking about their new cars and how good the company is doing and how good their bonuses where this Year.Even tho they just spent a bunch of money on new Equipment.
ReplyDeleteI guess we can all thank the No Voters for Making managements Year.
In Moreno Valley, Calif., UNFI broke federal laws that protect workers’ rights when it intimidated, threatened and fired workers. In November 2014, the Teamsters Union was federally certified as the drivers’ union in Moreno Valley, after UNFI managed to delay the counting of the ballots for over a year on a technicality. Yet, UNFI still refuses to recognize the workers’ union.
ReplyDelete“It’s time for UNFI to stop the bullying and stop the intimidation,” said Steve Vairma, Teamsters Warehouse Division Director. “Over the years UNFI has tried to undermine workers who have asserted their rights protected by United States law, even where the Teamsters have been certified as the workers’ union through federally supervised elections. UNFI wants to destroy its workers’ fundamental rights join together to improve their working conditions.”
“Whenever a group of workers at a UNFI warehouse or truck yard attempt to form a union, UNFI management brutalizes them with a barrage of tactics based on contempt and fear, solely for the purpose of intimidating their own workers. It's time Sprouts took a stand to stop this illegal bullying behavior in their supply chain," said Randy Korgan, Organizing Director for Teamsters Local 63 in Covina, Calif. “We expect that Sprouts, with its claim to be values-driven, would tell its suppliers to treat the local workers and local community with respect.”
Across America, UNFI has taken massive tax subsidies while local school systems struggle. UNFI recently built a warehouse in this manner in Hudson Valley, N.Y. – the company took 15 years’ worth of tax breaks, even though the community has experienced major cuts in the local school district’s education budget and have seen their property taxes increase.
This Reads a lot like CON-WAY
UNITED WE ARE STRONG DIVED WE ARE JUST SLAVES.
ReplyDeleteOver the last 18 months, port truck drivers at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have dramatically escalated their decades-long struggle against trucking companies. These employers have misclassified them as independent contractors, which is just a wonky way of saying they engage in wage theft. But after going on strike on five separate occasions, something remarkable is happening to these drivers backed by the Teamsters -- they're winning.
In the last month alone, drivers for Pacer Carthage and Shippers Transport Express (STE) have had their concerns validated and are now being recognized as company employees under the law. Seven Pacer drivers won a $2 million claim against the company in San Diego County court, while STE agreed to classify drivers as employees. After voting to join Local 848, the union reached an agreement with STE management and drivers ratified their first union contract.
Port truck drivers in California have benefitted from state and local government officials who are increasingly siding with workers instead of corporate interests. The Teamsters have allies in both Gov. Jerry Brown and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, for instance. But there are signs that others elsewhere are also seeing the light.
ReplyDeleteEarlier this year, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an important ruling that limited the ability of companies to misclassify workers in the state. The ruling affects not only port truck drivers, but any workers whose employers deemed them independent contractors. And a bipartisan collection of lawmakers in Georgia are currently working to strengthen the misclassification rules on the books there as well.
That is important, because the issue of low pay is not just a port truck driver problem -- it is an American problem. This nation's descent into a country sharply divided by income not only hurt those receiving less in their paychecks, it hinders the U.S. economy. It is in everyone's best interest to having a thriving middle class, but that won't happen unless workers are treated fairly.
UNITY IS POWER...
All of the bosses from Ann Arbor were in Miami last week wining and dining ....while most of us were dealing with ice and snow....and better not think of booking off due to weather !
ReplyDeleteThink about it, you are just a number in reality. 50% of the CSR force will be let go in the next 6 months. Don't think it wont happen because it will. Call LDA and see who answers. The call center will take care of all the billing, pickups, issues and anything else. All those night time CSR's that bill in the evening won't be billing any more. The drivers are faxing them to the call center. We've already been doing it for 5 months and lost 9 CSR's out of 19. More will be cut soon. Corporate Greed is the root to all this while the Big Boys spend their huge bonuses and drive their company cars, we do all the work to keep them their. Really think the raise this year put a dent in the bank??????? Look at what the profits were. We are so misled as the majority of the workers. We need a voice, we need a solution, we need an answer.......We can get that from a Union that will challenge these biggots and get us what we don't have now....Job Security and a better paycheck. Snooze or Loose. Whats it going to be.
ReplyDeleteNNC is in!
ReplyDeleteI ask this why would anyone not want better pay and better health benifits? The answered Conway drivers are brain washed and self haters
ReplyDeleteYOU KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE IN LIFE ARE IGNORANT THAT SOMETIMES THEY SEE PROSPERITY AND A BETTER FUTURE IN LIFE AND THEY SETTLE FOR WHAT THEY HAVE IN FRONT OF THEM BECAUSE IT'S OK, THIS WORKS OUT FOR ME, JUST LET IT BE, SO THEY SETTLE FOR WHAT THEY HAVE, NOT KNOWING THAT THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER LIFE. BUT IF YOU KEEP LETTING COMPANY'S LIKE CONWAY FREIGHT DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH YOU THEN LET IT BE. IT'S CALLED AT WILL EMPLOYEES AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS. SO I TELL YOU, ARE YOU A LEADER OR A FOLLOWER.
ReplyDeleteMY FRIEND'S I WILL TELL YOU THIS, WHY IS IT THAT THE COMPANY (NOW) WANTS TO GIVE THE DOCK WORKER'S & THE MECHANICS A PAY
RAISE$$$$$ NOW, WHEN THEY COULD HAVE STOPED ALL THE PROBLEMS
A HEAD OF TIME, WHY BECUASE THEY WAIT FOR THE SHITTTTTTT TO HIT THE FAN TO SPEND THEIR MILLIONS ON THIER UNION BUSTERS TO SAY TO THE WORLD LOOK WHATS HAPPEN TO US THE UNION IS TRYING TO COME IN, BUT TRUTH IS THAT WHEN YOU SEEK THE UNION IS BECAUSE YOU WOULD WANT A BETTER FUTURE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, BUT OF COURSE THE COMPANY DOESN'T WANT THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD INTERFEAR WITH THE PLANNING THEY HAVE FOR THE FUTURE WITH THE COMPANY AND WITH YOU TO DO WHAT EVER THE HELL THEY WANT TO DO. SO I REST MY CASE.
PS: IN THE END THEY WILL DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT TO DO AT ANYTIME.
BUT WITH THE EMPLOYEES BEING UNION IT WOULD BE HARD FOR THE COMPANY TO DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT TO DO.
VOTE YESSSSSSS FOR A BETTER FUTURE. VOTE YES FOR THE UNION! I REST MY CASE.
5 - 3 company wins
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FOR NOW.....BUT THAT'S ABOUT TIO CHANGE...WHAT'S THAT I HEAR NUMBSKULL & LEAN BABIES? WHY IT'S THE UNION TRAIN & THE NEW LAW IIN APRIL. THIS iS FOR ALL THE UNION NO DIVIDERS, LISTEN HERE NUMBSKULL DON'T CARE WHAT COLOR YOU ARE IF HE CAN USE THAT OLD MENTALITY OF KEEPING WHITES, BLACKS, & BROWNS DIVIDED HE WILL. GUYS HE DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT WHITES OR ANY OTHER COLOR UNLESS IT'S GREEN SO STOP LETTING YOURSELF BE USED. LOOK TO YOUR FUTURE & MGMT WITH EXPERIENCE YOU NEED TO WAKE UP, GET TOGETHER AMOUNGST YOURSELF & DO THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE THE LEAN BABIES ARE GAINING SPEED ON YOU. I HEAR A LOT OF THE LEAN BABIES HAVE LIFE COACHES (PHYSCHARITS). FIGURE THAT!
DeleteAll western shop's need to band together get the union in. We need representation against Con-way's mob enforcers. UWS, USS, UOS, UFS, ULS & UPS time to put your big boy pants on and stand up. Shops are the back bone of Con-way's management making millions in bonus's from saving all the money and warranty pay back when we get peanuts.
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