Long Haul Union?

Stevens transport driver ona broken cpap machine sitting around with no miles talking about unions....


That's the most trucker thing I've heard in the past 15 minutes. And possibly the most trucker thing I'll hear in the next 15 minutes. Maybe.

 

Trucking was once the highest unionized job. 38% I believe. Between the Mob robbing the pension, the Government wanting control, and Union busting deregulation, that’s all history. Probably the most interesting of all Union history. Now here we are. ABF, UPS, are about the last 2 good paying Union jobs left.

 

I don’t know how union representation would help.If they did vote in the teamsters union as a truck load company they would never get the A contract that a few LTL employees have (ABF)There’s not enough profit margin in truck load the contract you would end up with wouldn’t change anything because you would most likely work as a union member with no real contract.You would in all likelihood be paying dues with no contract just paying in the fund just to say you’re a teamsters without the benefits

 

No

 

Yes. He needs to get his machine fixed otherwise he might have trouble renewing his medical card.

 

Yep, it happened to me. You need at least three months of compliance data.

 

The Master Freight Agreement contract. That has always been the big money. Used to be a couple local Truckload Companies around Detroit. Drivers made about 75% of the MFA pay. A few Steel haulers also had a contract, represented by a local in Chicago. The Members referred to it as a P.O. Box. Lol. Wasn’t a very good contract from what I’d been told.