Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

The Union didn't hire Bill Zollars who decided to buy Roadway and numerous regional carriers on credit with no real plan to integrate them effectively. The Union didn't get caught for over-charging the DoD for decades. The Union didn't amass $1B in debt due to poor management, poor OR and low morale.

Now, the Teamsters are far from perfect, but to lay so much blame at their feet is foolish. Both parties signed a contract and YRC knew exactly what they had signed.

 

They would have to eliminate the concept of piece work.

In the simplest of legal terms, otr truck drivers are paid by the piece.

 

If they pay us by the hour then they would tell us when to leave to start a load. The best part of otr trucking is the freedom of just having a time to be somewhere and not being told when to start.

 

Could you imagine the lines at the fuel pumps with drivers milking the clock if we were all paid hourly

 

Lol! So true.

I personally take pride in not being paid by the hour. I like getting paid by the piece.

 

The unions didn't close departments or plants because they don't make company business decisions. What do you expect them to do?

 

I disagree. Hourly is the way to go.

 

Unions had theor place in time now they are past that time and should be outlawed