Us foods strike

Having worked at both union (United Airlines,UPS) and non-union jobs,based on my experiences things really have gone downhill with unions in recent years. What's the point of (over)paying on union dues from every paycheck but when **** hits the fan and you're unemployed,you get no representation? It's almost like all these "fleece purchase"owners-paying the bill on the truck but not actually owning the truck when it's paid off.

 

My experience mirrors this. My former local wouldn't even consider requests to apply to other businesses covered by the same local. So much for the "hiring hall" concept. They'd hire new off the street rather than vested members from another shop who could come in and hit the ground running with a minimum of training. The only benefit I got for my dues was good health insurance at an excellent price. That's it. No training, no placement assistance, no support in any way, shape or form. I figured I could do just as well solo. And it's turned out I was right.

 

US Foods has been pulling a lot of drivers out of our non-union yards here in Florida both in Port Orange and Tampa I believe. They have certain drivers and warehouse guys on the list to travel to certain parts of the country to fill these vacant positions when the union goes on strike. Either way you look at it, US Foods is screwed either way because they are taking help from their original yards and placing them in Union yards across the country. I kind of wonder if US is going to have a Merita Bread deal and shut down because of the union? Who knows!

 

And we'll blame it on US Foods because they dont want to pay their drivers a livable wage of $150.00 an hour before OT and OT after 25 hours.

This is a joke, don't y'all get your panties in a bunch(for those that still have em on).

I know US Foods drivers bust their butts, but some days idk.

 

US Foods has an obligation to barain in good faith with a workforce that's represented by a union. A negotiation shouldn't be about what employees should "give up" to lower the standards, it should be about what they can gain. Obviously your numbers are an exaggeration, but most bargaining unit employees simply want a "fair" deal that works for them. Those employees that authorized the strike had a hard decision to make, obviously they felt they weren't being treated fairly and chose to walk the line knowing it could eventually cost them their jobs.

 

Peer pressure can be overwhelming to some, I told our membership to vote exactly the way THEY wanted to vote. No coercion in our local.

 

Did Sysco recently land a large account? They're advertising a $2500 sign on bonus in our area, I don't think I've ever seen that before.

 

Nobody wants to work for Sysco Pittsburgh and drivers with 10+ years are walking out. Only way to get drivers to work there is to bribe them, LOL. Plus school delivery season(a large part of their business around here) and they need more bodies, I mean drivers, LOL