Run in with the union

On the positive side, It creates jobs. Union / Non Union is well beyond my pay grade to understand or try to change crap.

On the fence and do the job best i think it can be done, Help everyone and avoid those won't help you and don't kill routes, no one likes a noob going 150% for a day and the bosses asking questions.

 

Not guna argue with ya there! Back in 06-07, I hauled a #### ton of steel on an Alcoa acct..Alcoa was great, but then the reload in Chi or east Chi sucked! US Steel was the worst!!

 

US Steel isn't so bad in Pittsburgh area, TMK IPSCO is the worst to deal with, Nothing is on pace at these mills and frankly, I don't care if i pick up or drop off. IPSCO is the worst. Seems like they pooled in the biggest idiots / lazy people from around the country in 1 spot. These folks give other union workers a bad name.

 

I've been there; that's the place where one of the times they were on strike and a flatbedder ran over a few of them when they attacked him. He killed 2 or 3 of them. I think he got about 6 years in prison which was 6 yrs. too many.

 

Striking workers attack the truck driver. The truck driver defends himself. The truck driver gets 6 years in prison.

Did the striking workers get any prison time for attacking the truck driver?

Whatever happened to common sense and justice for the victim?

 

If I remember correctly, the non-union truck driver crossed a picket line to make a delivery; when he tried to leave, he was attacked at the gate, so he gassed on it.

 

Oddly enough was NOT going to comment, If it was the same situation thinking of. The Strikers did indeed inflict harm on the driver, The driver was NOT aware of the situation and proceeded to protect himself.

A crapfest from both sides. Feel for the driver though. would of done the same. Being judged by 12 is better than being carried by 6.

 

I have been around unions for decades. I have seen nothing positive about any of them. They are a jobs and industry killer. I see no need for unions. They have been responsible for the mass exodus of millions of jobs to other countries.

 

SADLY & UNFORTUNATELY, the 4 biggest examples of this would be the automotive industry, footwear (shoes & sneakers), the steel industry, and the textile industry.

In reference to the footwear and textile industries, one would be hard pressed to find clothes and footwear made in the U.S.A.!

 

You can't even find a decent belt that is made in the USA. I have a friend who used to manufacture T-shirts. He was making pennies on the dollar. I don't see how he survived as long as he did. He finally closed the door on two manufacturing plants and did something else. He employed several hundred people at one time. I remember back in the 60's and 70's there were ads on TV running to encourage people to buy American textiles. This exodus started in the 60's. Unions got a foothold and finally killed those industries.