Comments on: Efforts to unionize Hansen & Adkins

By: Carey

Carey — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:19:38 +0000

I am Currently laid off from a Union co. In last 16 months i have been laid off 7 1/2 months. I have a family to feed and cant afford being laid off that much. yes the bennefits for a Union Co. is nice but the look of disapointment on my kids face that i cant buy them birthday presents or new clothes and shoes is not worth it. All the top senority guys have forgotten where they came from and always talk about sticking together well their greedy butts wont turn down extra loads and sat work so all of us that is laid off can come back. I love hauling cars and just want to provide for my family but i cant do so sitting at home.

By: Eraby

Eraby — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:34:39 +0000

The union is only good once you get some seniority, and these days who has the time to be laid off for three or four months a year while waiting for someone above them to retire? My husband went to work for Allied in 2004. It was his 1st union job, ans seemed great at first, but then came the layoffs–no money and no health insurance. Next to YRC, same union, different local, no one retiring above him, no seniority, long layoffs. Then to another union carrier that we won’t name because he is technically still employed there, but laid off. Unions may have a purpose, but I wish my husband could go back to being a non union driver. At USF Dugan, when he was non union, there were no layoffs and the pay was just as good as at the union companies, but they went out of business and what remains of USF is union. Non union companies that pay well won’t touch mu husband due to the way some union drivers abuse the system filing grievances to cover their own lazy butts. He’s trying Hansen/Adkins–non-union. Maybe he will get to work. I sure hope so. You guys who love the union maybe forget about the guy who is low seniority on the board and gets laid off all the time. It’s hard on a family, you know. So don’t knock the ones who want to be non-union.

By: johnny coolj

johnny coolj — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:16:26 +0000

Now, listen non-union carhaulers are second to union carhaulers, 1.16 cents a loaded mile as of june 1.2011 is second to none period! work rules are inportant in contract not just pay and benefits, going home is very important to me 28 yrs on the job, you take a trip out,your next trip is back in direction of your home terminal and your back haul trip pays 96 cents a mile,wow! do the math you dumb ****ing non union drivers!

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:33:22 +0000

Jack cooper is buying unitedroad!

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:21:33 +0000

If non union is so great then why are all the new unitedroad driver leaving and working for cassens?

By: ROBIN

ROBIN — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:11:01 +0000

TOM I HATE TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE, BUT MY HUSBAND IS MAKING MORE THAN $90,000 A YEAR DOWN IN TEXAS FOR A NON-UNION AND COMPANY. HE WAS UNION AND LAID OFF TIME AND TIME AGAIN, HE WOULD NEVER GO BACK TO UNION AND IF THEY TRIED TO MAKE HIS COMPANY UNION I CAN SAY HE WOULD BE AGAINST IT. SORRY TO BE THE ONE TO GIVE YOU BAD NEWS, OH AND ALSO HE WORKS 60 HOURS A WEEK OR EVEN LESS SOMETIMES

By: TOM

TOM — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:56:56 +0000

You dumbasses that work non union car haul prove how stupid you are from all the comments I just read on here.I have been a union brother for 28 years in Detroit.Hauling cars and trucks is a hard job.If you non union dumbasses are willing to work for $700.00 a week and work over your 70 hours,I know you do I talked to 2 united guys this week that told me they are putting in 80 to 90 hours a week.Be real careful the scales because of all the e mails I sent out to the DOT in the midwest and all over the south.They will be looking for you!Oh ya union brothers average $90,000 per year lets see you top that!

By: Lance

Lance — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:03:13 +0000

Unoin please, give yourself a break. Local 917 which I think has been absorbed by a joint-counsel has got be to the least,the biggest bull#%#^&^^&& ever to rep. a group hard working folk. Take for instance fleetcar, never will. Why? The trucks are there own entity, trucks not owned by the company. URS, worse case sernerio, managment will give drivers raises to off set any attempt,and if not that they will shut the door. Unoin is washed up in car-hauling. CAN you say CORN_FLAKE/the flipside to that is CONWAY.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:50:48 +0000

you have got to be kidding me…if there was no threat of union you would be working for 10 dollars a hour with no over time…like state law says…the union sets the rate of pay and if you work for harbor you no they have already dropped there pay

By: john McLaughlin Jax Fl

john McLaughlin Jax Fl — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:50:30 +0000

work in the rain and snow for 800 a wk nice try scabs