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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambivalence, post: 1303845, member: 30979&quot;]LOL!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>The Navistar/ Iron Tiger/ Truck Movers/ any ole body with a pulse &#039;experiment&#039; just started at the first of the year.&nbsp; JHT Holdings ATT division handled this account up to then.&nbsp; By all reports, the &#039;experiment&#039; is failing.&nbsp; The Iron Tiger/ Mack/ Volvo &#039;experiment&#039; is succeeding in the sense they have had very low shipping volumes.&nbsp; The Navistar and Volvo/Mack accounts were handled by JHT&#039;s Active division until a few years back.&nbsp; The Active employees were represented by the IBT (Teamsters); JHT merely closed the Active shops one day and reopened them as ATT shops (IAM represented) the next day with the resulting decrease in pay, benefits, etc.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Same thing again;&nbsp; JHT closes the ATT shops one day and reopens them as Iron Tiger shops the next day.&nbsp; Although Iron Tiger employees are still &#039;represented&#039; (company imposed) by the IAM (Machinists); they are working under the pathetic &#039;give back contract&#039; demanded by JHT prior to bankruptcy in 2007.&nbsp; Keep in mind that JHT Holdings only competes with itself so the &#039;bankruptcy&#039; was just &#039;posturing&#039; on the company&#039;s part - many contractors/ service providers got ripped off big time as a result.&nbsp; Most think JHT owner Dennis Troha looted JHT to finance his failing casino businesses, thus forcing the bankruptcy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind the worst kept secret is that JHT bought out Truck Movers right after coming out of bankruptcy in 2008.&nbsp; The &#039;below the radar&#039; transaction is disguised as an &#039;operating agreement&#039; so as to keep from going back to federal court over the &#039;double breasting&#039; issue and probable monopolistic trade practices.&nbsp; JHT still owns the entire new truck haul driveaway segment as a result.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unions ruined what?&nbsp; You&#039;ve been getting real, truthful feedback from a number of contributors to this thread.&nbsp; I&#039;m guessing you&#039;re still looking for that &#039;our company is non union and we are fat and happy&#039; thread.&nbsp; I&#039;ll create one if you&#039;d like.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies-vb/roundies/biggrin_25512.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":biggrin_25512:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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