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Sunday, February 1, 2015

False Guarantees

We received this letter signed by Conway big wigs. It was full of guarantees and false promises. This letter doesn't really mean anything. Should we vote the union down the company will pretend this letter never existed. Conway has the gall to call the union liars but they themselves are worse. It's time to get off the fence and take a stand! Conway has made billions off our hard work, it's time we make them share the wealth. A yes vote will give us a legally, binding contract. We will be voting in the right to negotiate working conditions, wages, health benefits, job protection, and a possible pension.
NOF employees don't let management intimidate you. We know they are breaking the law by trying to bribe us one by one, trying to threaten closures, and many more underhanded tricks. They are nothing more than thugs.

                                                             THIS IS NOT A CONTRACT
                                                             This was given at (UBF) Bakersfield, CA

These guarantees mean nothing

This was given at (NMF) Miami, FL 

The Reality of Conway's Termination Policy

711—Termination of Employment 
Policy Number: 711
I) Purpose & Scope 
To state the company's policy regarding termination of employment. This policy applies to all 
employees of Con-way Freight (CWF). 
II) Policy 
Employees are expected to conduct themselves in such a way that termination of their 
employment is neither requested nor necessitated. The term of any employment is necessarily 
indefinite and at will. Employees are free to leave at any time, for any reason or cause, with or 
without notice, just as CWF is free to terminate an employee's employment at any time, for any reason, with or without cause, and with or without notice. 






111—Personnel Policies & Procedures 
Policy Number: 111 
I) Purpose & Scope 
The purpose of this document is to provide guidelines for the preparation, revision, publication 
and distribution of personnel policies and procedures at Con-way Freight Inc. This policy applies 
to all employees of Con-way Freight Inc. (CWF). 
II) Policy 
It is the policy of CWF to develop and maintain appropriate policies and procedures (P&P's) on 
personnel administration and related topics to provide reasonable standards, uniform application, 
and general guidance for CWF management use. As such, these Personnel Policies and 
Procedures are not a contract and no employment contractual obligations on the part of Con-way 
Freight shall arise as a result of the publication of such policies and procedures. 
Neither these Personnel Policies and Procedures nor any other publication or communication by 
any management representative, either written or oral, made at the time of hire or during the 
course of employment or at the time of termination, is intended in any way to create such an 
employment contract. 
All offers of employment and all continued employment with the company are mutually 
understood to be “employment at will”. This means that CWF has the right to terminate
employment at any time for any reason, with or without notice
,
just as an employee has the right 
to terminate employment with CWF at any time for any reason. The terms and conditions of 
employment with CWF may be modified at the sole discretion of CWF, with or without cause, with 
or without notice. Examples of the types of terms and conditions of employment which are within 
the sole discretion of CWF include but are not limited to the following: promotions, demotions, 
transfers, hiring decisions, compensation, benefits, qualification, discipline, or any other term or 
condition of employment. Other than the President of CWF, no one has authority to make any 
arrangement for employment other than for employment “at will” or to make any agreement 
limiting CWF’s discretion to modify terms and conditions of employment. No implied contract 
concerning any employee related decision or term or condition of employment can be established 
by any statement, conduct, policy or practice. 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. Nothing herein shall be 
deemed to interfere with any rights employees have under applicable state or Federal law.





                         
                                                                                                                                          
Without unions, who will fight for the working class?

44 comments:

Anonymous said...

JUSTICE
DIGNITY
RESPECT

On Thursday Feb. 5th the service center in Orlando,Fl known as (NOF) will have the opportunity to Vote YES to this.

Even the Preamble to the United States Constitution mentions how important every individual rights are. " We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect UNION, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare ..."

The discrimination must come to an end, for this to begin the drivers and hourly employees must have a voice to speak with out the open door to kick us out.

2015 will be a year of choices and decisions. Do we remain as slaves or set the standard for the future of all drivers at Con-way.

1. Fix the overtime for southern drivers.

2. Repair the Health Insurance problems. Don't say you can't: find the loop holes your education taught you to find, you have proven your good at it.

3. Reestablish a retirement program that works not just a few crumbs in the 401k. Think outside the box be the industry leader you claim to be. Time to step up is NOW!

No more empty promises now is the time for action! NOF make the action happen with a good strong YES VOTE!!

Anonymous said...

Belonging to a Union makes a powerful difference in peoples lives, providing greater economic security an helping then punch their ticket to the middle class.
Tom Perez U.S. Labor Secretary

Anonymous said...

Without Unions.....
Who will fight for the working class?

Anonymous said...

Union contract are counterbalances for workers.
Contract are legal agreement that that help keep employers from having unchecked and limitless power
over working conditions, wages and more.

Anonymous said...

Yeah its funny.Ive beeb telling my Coworkers that Conway has the right to fire anyone for any reason.Because they use the Employe at will card and most of my Coworkers dont even know what it means or they think the company cant just fire anyone without cause.I keep telling them when you got hired they tell you we can fire you at any time for any reason we see fit and then they make you sign a paper saying you cant sue Conway for any reason and that you waive your rights to any legal representation and most go no i didnt.I tell them wheres all the contract you sign with Conway so you can look at what you sign and the answer is i didnt get a copy of anything i signed.So their you go are you goin to go back and see what you signed.Conway doesnt like to give out anytype of paper work because that would mean there be a paper trail of all the (Con)jobs they pulled on us the slaves.

Anonymous said...

Thats why they want to deal with us directly that means full control to walk you out when ever they want for any of their fabricated reason LOI -drive cam bull shit points next lean program only one answer with this company is to have a union fair wages job security UNION YES

Anonymous said...

These gaurantees are worth less than the paper they are printed on! Mine as well wipe my ass with them! All of them are rights already gauranteed to us by law. The only thing that is gauranteed is that we all got a fat ass raise and a fair safety policy because of what went down in Laredo. Union ain't gonna make all are dreams come true, but it sure as hell ain't gonna make anything worse than it has been.

Guys research LEAN and see what its about and what the Goals and Outcomes of LEAN are when it is brought into the workplace. See who.profits from it. LEAN is why Lemkuhl was made president on Conway. He said so himself at our meeting at NOF a couple of months ago. LEAN makes companies higher profits by creating higher efficiency and lowering labor costs. LABOR COSTS ARE OUR WAGES AND BENEFITS!!

LEAN means that veteran drivers are to expensive to retain, and an ever changing labor force of junior less paid drivers will be more cost effective and efficient. These junior drivers will come and go as the freight dictates. This is what they call Flexibility.

Look at how the world is changing guys. Douche bags like Lemkuhl, Stotlar, Mitt Romney, and many more make their millions turn into billions by implementing programs like LEAN. They constantly pat themselves on their backs about how much money they made or make for their companies. But they never tell how they do it. They do it by eliminating good paying full time jobs with benefits and creating low paying part time jobs with no benefits.

Again thanks to Laredo! We got a real deserved raise, not some shitty 1% or 2% cost of living raise. Thanks to Laredo, I stopped hearing how Obamacare was going to make company paid health benefits impossible. Thanks to Laredo we don't have catastrophic events that get us fired even when the company forces us to use defective equipment.

In the future I hope to say that thanks to Laredo, Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando and the many other service centers that followed us in faith for a better future that we will never, ever, ever be LEANed out of our careers.

Anonymous said...

That's funny xau here go to NLRB site and look at your rights when trying to form a union that's all there so they are not promising you anything that buy law they can't do just look at xau they tried to mess with us and now they have five labor charges to answer too vote yes we need are first win of 2015 this is going to be a great year just wait for them to release the numbers for this year and everyone will see how much they make and shit on us

we're brothers said...

while you were watching the superbowl remember this: all the players are union members why not us at NOF

Anonymous said...

MIAMI DRIVER TEAMSTER . YEAH I WONDER WHY THIS PLAYERS NEED A UNION AND ALL HAVE A CONTRACT. DONT BE FOOLED BY FALSE PROMISES. VOTE YES NOF.

Anonymous said...

Am glad numskull gave me those papers l ran out off toilet paper that is what only its only worth for

Anonymous said...

This Wednesday( FEB 4 ) con-way freight will release their fourth quarter earnings, as well as year end ( 2014) earnings. On Thursday FEB 5, the same day as the election, there will be a conference call with the financial community to discuss those results, which are expected to be huge and "beat the street ".
anyone can dial into this call to hear first hand how many millions of PROFIT the company made last year

Anonymous said...

Nof Midwest got your back
Let's make it happen vote YES
X?? getting our # we in line too
Yes yes yes all the way!!!!

Anonymous said...

Miami teamster, the only thing they guarantee is that if you vote no you will not have a contract and sooner or later they'll go back to their old ways and treat you like shit and fire you at will. VOTE YES AND GET THE RESPECT YOU DESERVE FOR YEARS TO COME.

LAREDO DRIVER said...

THE GUARANTEE SHEET,CONWAY GOING TO SIGNED TOMORROW IN FRONT OF EVERYONE TO IMPRESS YOU GUYS DON'T BELIEVE THAT CRAP.NOF YOU ARE PART OF THE CHANGE DON'T LOOSE THIS OPPORTUNITY THAN YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW AND VOTE FOR UNION
REPRESENTATION

Anonymous said...

Miami teamster driver. :that ltetter is all bullshit dont' fall for it, vote yessss is not so hard, we back you uo 100% union all the way

Anonymous said...

UPS drivers across the nation are standing with you .vote yes vote yes .time to put your man pants on. Get it done guys.

Anonymous said...

Not one of those clowns has any idea what goes on in any of these terminals, believe me they will retaliate against pro union drivers!

Anonymous said...

California come on gets some balls stand up

Anonymous said...

I would just like to point out something about the Union.

I want people to think about this.Most people think of the Union as a corporation just like Con-Way is.But the difference is that Workers are what makes a Union.Workers who stand together and fight for workers rights.Unions aren't run by a select group.The Union contract is decided by the workers for the workers.We the working people are the Union we Make the Union what it is.PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT.

Now think about How and Who runs Con-Way..Do any of the workers at Con-Way have a say on anything that happens at Con-Way?????
As a worker at Con-Way I've been lied too,Been threaten in many way,I've been cheated out of supposedly Stuff that Con-Way offers.And when i speak out or stand up for my rights Management tells me this is my place I can run it anyway I want I don't have to give you shit.If you got problem with it there's my office ill fix the problem for you,and go head call the Ethics number I have the right to fire you right now.
Thats how Con-Way is ran...

So people which of the two would you prefer??Some control or No control where management can fire you because you'r standing for whats your right????

Greg,If your reading this take a look at the History of the Hayward shop and Ask Your self? why is it that this shop has such a high turn around in mechanics??But of course maybe thats the way you want things to be ran.Management taking care of workers.

Anonymous said...

So California show up to NLRB hearing why you so afraid of Conway bull shit UNION YES

Anonymous said...

FEDEX Freight (ORL) IN THA HOUSE!!!! VOTE YES!!! WE ARE WATCHING, AND LOVING IT, VOTE UNION YES

Anonymous said...

Nof there's so much on the line right now .I can't begin to express how important it is for you guys to win. We have several service centers right now ready for petition status. Your win is so critical and important. You have come this far .your only a couple of inches away from the victory line .

Anonymous said...

We got a guy coming to are terminal named Rick zaggway anyone know anything about him.

Anonymous said...

EXCELLENT POINT, NOW GUYS IF YOU DON'T GET ANYTHING ELSE FROM THIS MOVEMENT GET THIS:

PEOPLE YOU SEE IN EVERYDAY LIFE ARE A PART OF THE UNION: POLICEMEN, FIREMEN, BUS DRIVERS, ATHLETICS, TEACHERS. JUST TO NAME A FEW. ARE THESE PEOPLE STUPID, SCARED OR DUMB FOR BEING PART OF A UNION? I THINK NOT, THEY ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR FUTURE & FAMILIES. WHY CAN'T WE AS CON-WAY SLAVES WANT A BETTER WORK ENVIRONMENT & FUTURE, WHY CAN'T WE BE TREATED AS HUMAN BEINGS? WE CAN IF WE STAND TOGETHER, SUPPORT EACH OTHER & VOTE YES TO UNION. LET'S SQUASH THIS SLAVE MENTALITY!!!

Anonymous said...

Miami teamster driver :dont' worried about that guy. Nof get a rope & tie. Your. Nuts. Vote yesssssss, your voted is secret. Stand your ground, keep your word & your balls, is not hard vote yesssss ,piece of cake

Anonymous said...

Orlando you are going to do this and bring us the first win of 2015!!!!! Yes to a better future, UNION YES!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

That's right is a piece of cake,just use your common sense.Set your mind on voting yes and just do it as simple like that.That's what I did in LLA.

ULX TEAMSTER said...

NOF you guys can do it give us that first win of 2015 we here in Downtown LA got your back 100% and on another note this goes out to our SCM cut the bullshit and certify our election we won get over it we here at ULX are tired of your crap Paul Styers we won fair and square

Anonymous said...

Once again lupe and his goons trying to make everyone believe that he cares about you !! This guy is such a liar this guy sold his soul to satan .i heard he was up to his old tricks up in Orlando. Hey lupe give it up your going tp loose orlando !! Why dont you get your pimp numbskull a new shirt .numbskull you aint fooling anyone at orlando .they got you squared away .we heard you were going to cry again like you did at other plsces .numbskull you talk about respect you talk about integrity numbskull you dont even know what those words mean so dont try to use them.you are as guilty as your pet bitches lupe and conpany . Hey numbskull what you going to do when these other centers petition ? Cause you know its coming dont you ? Better get your checkbook ready for your bitch lupe. But you know what numbskull ? You wont be able to stop whats coming .let me be the first to tell you .15 service centers ready to petition .numbskull you might loose your job .hahha. Orlando we are with you . Vote yes give numbskull a Going away gift .vote yes on thursdsy the 5th

Anonymous said...

MIAMI TEAMSTER . NOF BROTHERS AND SISTERS TOMORROW YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE YOUR DESTINY, VOTE YESSS.

Anonymous said...

Miami teamster driver, GOD ,COUNTRY AND BALLS NOF, DON'T BELIEVE THOSE RATS ALL THEY WANT IS FOR YOU NOT TO HAVE A CHANCE TO LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD, UNION YES!!!!.HERE IN MIAMI AS SOON AS THEY LOST THE ELECTION THEY LEFT RUNNING LIKE THE RATS THEY ARE

Anonymous said...

Yes stand up after all California has no nuts they belived what was written on those Conway Guarantee bull shit signed paper it's worth noting but Greg knew you would fall for it and you did WTF WAKE UP

Anonymous said...

Keep your word and your balls.United We stand,Divided we fall.Use your common sense and make your own choice,it is a no brainer.Respect,Seniority, Pension Plan,Over time after 8 ,Lower health insurance,and job security as long as you keep working hard and do not take advantage of the union.

Anonymous said...

Orlando! I'm a Michigan DSR You guys are fighting for OT after 8, and what I will tell you is if conway gives it to you they will take away your hours! That's what there doing here. They are eliminating OT by over hiring DSR'S and Dock workers most of us only get 2 or 3 hours a week. soon to be 0!! So everything your fighting for they will take back some other way. The only way to insure we get what we deserve is to vote Yes!!!

Anonymous said...

I agree with the Michigan Driver. This company, can and will take back everything they gave out! They have already started taking up here in the north. We are All in this now together North, South, East,& West. We must bring the Union in or this company will retaliate against us for years to come!

Anonymous said...

Well said! FYI People Conway now has there fos's & fom's filling out a 5 page form if they here anyone say the word Union! Who when why what contex it was used in everything they are tracking the supporters to eliminate them this is true we got it from a fos! We have no choice but to go union!! Good Luck NOF!! We in the North support you let them fill out paper work it won't matter when we go union!!

Anonymous said...

con-way earnings up 23.8% in fourth quarter 2014 versus 2013

Con-way Inc. Reports 2014 Fourth-Quarter And Full-Year Results

February 04, 2015: 04:05 PM ET


ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW) today reported 2014 fourth quarter net income of $24.9 million, or 43 cents per diluted share. The results compare to fourth quarter 2013 net income of $11.7 million, or 20 cents per diluted share.


On a non-GAAP basis, earnings per diluted share were 41 cents in the 2014 fourth quarter compared to 23 cents in last year's fourth quarter. (Non-GAAP items, which consisted of tax-related adjustments, and a previously-disclosed charge for termination of a legacy pension plan related to the former Emery Worldwide business, are detailed in the attached reconciliation.)

Operating income in the fourth quarter was $41.3 million, a 23.8 percent increase from the $33.4 million earned in the fourth quarter a year ago. Revenue for the fourth quarter was $1.44 billion, up 6.1 percent compared to $1.36 billion in the previous-year period.

Other income and expense in the 2014 fourth quarter included $5.1 million of foreign-exchange losses, which compares to a small gain from foreign-currency holdings in last year's fourth quarter. These exchange-rate impacts relate predominantly to international activities at Menlo Logistics.

Con-way recognized an income-tax benefit of $1.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2014, compared to income-tax expense of $9.7 million in the previous-year period. Both years were affected by discrete and other tax adjustments (see the attached reconciliation). The 2014 period benefited from a decline in the incremental rate for state taxes and an alternative-fuel tax credit, which was not available during 2014 until legislation was enacted in the fourth quarter. Excluding the adjustments, the effective tax rate would have been 40.1 percent in the 2014 period, compared to 38.9 percent in 2013.

Anonymous said...

WOW-------YOU SHOULD PUT THAT FINANCIAL STUF ON THE FRONT PAGE FOR ALL TO SEE BEFOR THEY VOTE

Anonymous said...

NOF. GROW SOME BALLS. (COJONES ) OR. YOU GET FUCKED LATER. MAN UP. DON'T BE. A. CHEERLEADER VOTE YESSSS , OR YOU WILL GET. FIRED EVENTUALLY.

Anonymous said...

THIS SAYS IT ALL.....SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER OPERATING INCOME

“Con-way Freight achieved growth in revenue and significantly higher operating income compared to last year on the strength of its ongoing revenue management efforts bolstered by a stable demand and pricing environment,” said Douglas W. Stotlar, Con-way’s president and CEO. “The increase in operating income was constrained to some degree by higher expense for workers’ compensation, fleet maintenance and professional services.”

Anonymous said...

Rat Alert rat Alert rat alert rat alert Omar perez and miguel valentin plus bucktooth rat NATE Cruz .ate all the cheese at Nof . Wonder how they going to feel a couple of years down the road when they get fucked by their masters lupe and conways greg numbskull.

Anonymous said...

SOUNDS LIKE CON-WAY IS GETTING THEIR NEW AMMO IN PLACE. THIS VALIDATES A BLOG FROM LAST YEAR WHEN A SUPERVISOR REVEALED THE STRATEGY CON-WAY WAS GOING & THAT IS TO REPLACE 900 DRIVERS BY USING THE LEAN CONCEPT. SO NOW THEY ARE PUTTING THESE LEAN CATS IN THESE HIGH PROFILE POSITION TO CARRY IT OUT. IF YOU'RE READY TO HAVE A FOOT SHOVED UP YOUR ASS TO KICK YOU OUT ON THE STREETS INTO THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE PUT A YOUNG BRIGHT LEAN PERSON IN CHARGE WITH NO OPERATIONS EXPERIENCE. THIS GUY HAS MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE BUT NO OPERATIONS EXPERIENCE. .....

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO FIGURE OUT HOW FAST THE REST OF THE OUTSOURCING IS GOING TO GO. THIS IS FOR ALL THE LOYAL PEOPLE GOING MOVING FORWARD & WILL VOTE NO TO UNION. ....WHERE'S CON-WAY LOYALTY TO IT'S EMPLOYEES & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DON'T TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT , THE ECONOMY, & ESPECIALLY UNEMPLOYMENT WHEN CON-WAY IS ONE OF THE COMPANIES WHO PRACTICE MOVING AMERICA JOBS OVERSEAS TO SAVE A BUCK FIFTY. 
NO CON-WAY YOUR NOT A PART OF THE SOLUTION YOU'RE A PART OF THE PROBLEM. .......GREED

Anonymous said...

SOUNDS LIKE CON-WAY IS GETTING THEIR NEW AMMO IN PLACE. THIS VALIDATES A BLOG FROM LAST YEAR WHEN A SUPERVISOR REVEALED THE STRATEGY CON-WAY WAS GOING & THAT IS TO REPLACE 900 DRIVERS BY USING THE LEAN CONCEPT. SO NOW THEY ARE PUTTING THESE LEAN CATS IN THESE HIGH PROFILE POSITION TO CARRY IT OUT. IF YOU'RE READY TO HAVE A FOOT SHOVED UP YOUR ASS TO KICK YOU OUT ON THE STREETS INTO THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE PUT A YOUNG BRIGHT LEAN PERSON IN CHARGE WITH NO OPERATIONS EXPERIENCE. THIS GUY HAS MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE BUT NO OPERATIONS EXPERIENCE. .....

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO FIGURE OUT HOW FAST THE REST OF THE OUTSOURCING IS GOING TO GO. THIS IS FOR ALL THE LOYAL PEOPLE GOING MOVING FORWARD & WILL VOTE NO TO UNION. ....WHERE'S CON-WAY LOYALTY TO IT'S EMPLOYEES & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DON'T TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT , THE ECONOMY, & ESPECIALLY UNEMPLOYMENT WHEN CON-WAY IS ONE OF THE COMPANIES WHO PRACTICE MOVING AMERICA JOBS OVERSEAS TO SAVE A BUCK FIFTY. 
NO CON-WAY YOUR NOT A PART OF THE SOLUTION YOU'RE A PART OF THE PROBLEM. .......GREED