ABF sues YRC and Teamsters

already gone · Nov 6, 2010

chalupa said: ↑

So...likely the ABF board will be looking for a way to "shove" a similar concession up their employees ###? Seems logical . Or ABF will likely fold as a cheaper YRC takes their freight, yes? ( If all stays as it is ) ?

my opinion? i don't even know where i should start. from who i have talked to that works at abf, they are all becoming "company" men, since ABF has stood up to a sweetheart deal with YRC. Most of them like their job, and their pay scale, and are pissed that YRC is renigging on a contract that they signed. AND they no longer care about a union that APPARENTLY does not have their back when it comes time to think of ALL NMFA members, and just one company.

And agreed....no employee would gladly accept a concession however.....times are tough and when your job is threatened, your pension threatened..... your very likely to do what you have too and buy the time you need ( to find something else, to hit the numbers for retirement ) . Been there.......

true, this is probably why ABF wanted out of the NMFA, and wanted its own contract, before the 2008 negotations...
Regarding the lawsuit...... what on earth could the law do? Tell YRC to reinstate the contract as written? ( Death of YRC ) Tell ABF s'ok to shaft your guys like YRC ?
Or take cash from the union and YRC and give it to ABF to support more expensive operations? ( Not likely ) It's a no win.

yrc should have to reinstate the contract as written, and the union should have to give money to abf to support its more expensive operations, since it has not been "blessed" by the international for the last 2 years. When yrc goes under, let ABF renegotiate to get out of the pension plan, as that is what is dragging them under. their pay is no different than any other top LTL carrier, just let them out of 8$ an hour into the teamsters pension for every teamster employee. It will kill them, it doesn't matter how much business they get from yrc going under.

Your opinion?
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my opinion is that yrc is a non-union trucking company that still has union cards, and that they have shafted the last standing NMFA carrier. If i worked at ABF, I would be livid. I would also not want to pay dues.

With the unions 0 wins, ALL losses record of the last few years, I would no longer care about having a contract, since, evidently, the international will gladly print it on paper about 4 inches wide, perforate it, and wrap it around a cardboard tube, for the owners to hang next to their toilet.

Don't get me wrong, I support unions, and want to see them win. but when they volunteer to drag down an industry that I work in, I want to see them leave, before everyone gets ######, union AND non union.

zentrucking · Nov 6, 2010

Divide and conquer ...

Been the corporations plan to break the unions for decades ...

Moves like these only make it easy for them.

chalupa · Nov 6, 2010

Ha! Funny Walleye ! I read the article, YRC counter suing? Gawd! The butt head brothers will burn up all their precious capital suing each other and the lawyers will cash out. Everyone but the lawyers will lose !

Butt heads !!!!!

already gone · Nov 6, 2010

yep, all that money that they were going to save is going to go right into court!

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