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If you restrict yourself to only working for union companies, whether trucking or not, you may never work again. I'm not going to bash you for being pro-union, or even bash unions themselves, but to choose to not drive for a company just because it is anti-union is just not smart, especially considering the current unemployment rates and the economy.

I'm not completely anti-union. I believe the original intentions and purpose of the unions were good. To give the average worker a larger voice in the workplace, and more power in negotiations over working conditions and such.

The problem is that the unions has forgotten their original intentions. They protect lazy, good-for-nothing, don't-wanna-work employees which do nothing but cost the employers (and the public) more money.

Maybe there are some good atributes of unions. I admit I have never actually worked for a union. I have worked in factories where the regular employees where union, and have talked with others who have worked in union factories, and have seen the results myself. Unions are doing more harm to our economy now than they used to do good.

In the plight the trucking industry is in today, maybe a truckdrivers union would be good. If we all banded together, perhaps we could improve our working conditions, pay, and driver treatment. Doubt that will ever happen, but would be nice to see.

If you are serious about getting into trucking, consider all the pros and cons of that company. Does that company offer what you need in a job? Don't just base your opinion on whether or not that company is pro-union.

 

Man I have been looking all over here in OK and every time I get a different reason for not hiring so yeah its tough, but we just gotta keep keeping on. I've been out for a year and they keep wanting refresher courses and all of that. Now I have been driving just not for a specific co. I have been filling in for people who wanted to go on vacation. Landstarve just turned me down today. we will al be working soon though I can feel it in my bones

 

I agree with other posters that unions made their mark, but for the most part their time has come and gone. This guy who heads the Teamsters is an embarassment to his family name and should hang his head in shame on his way to the courthouse for a legal name change. He is no Jimmy Hoffa. Any union that buys hook, line and sinker, the Socialist ideology pressed by the ACLU is no friend of mine, the true Working Man or the USA.

That said, I understand this is not a pro-vs, non-union thread. I will get back to topic.

It would have been nice if you had all of the facts to work from. Unfortunately, you didn't. It sounds to me like you're ready to move forward anyway. Good luck to you. It would have been nice to have you on my team.

 

Hehehe...the quote from Redd?

Some of the folks here have a difficult time with the concept I'm a woman and have been all my life, with no plans on changing the arrangement. I've been called "he" "him" and "dude" quite a bit on here. Probably because I have an ambiguous user name.

Redd is the only member who has met me in person and he's a fairly well known and respected character here. Therefore, he would be a fairly good judge of what gender I am. I've gotten tired of explaining it all the time, and I love the way Redd said it. So I stole his words and made them my sig line.

 

A positive, real life review of a company! ...Pray tell! hmmmmm?