Comments on: Teamster contract approved by a landslide http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/teamster-contract-approved-by-a-landslide/ Watching the pulse of the auto transport industry Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:32:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: The Chap Man http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/teamster-contract-approved-by-a-landslide/comment-page-1/#comment-376 The Chap Man Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:21:51 +0000 http://transportfool.com/?p=325#comment-376 Sometimes it takes losing a great job like the PTS employees did to realize how good they had it. It is a true shame that PTS closed and opened the door for the Non-Union carriers. Now that the door is open expect it to be kicked down... Here is the kicker to the situation, the same Union drivers that held their ground with PTS are now working for those non union carriers and doing the job that they should have done in the first place before their company closed. The reality is that there are not a lot of Union Jobs out there because the companies that do business with the Union can not afford to stay open. The sad part of the situation is that the owner of the company is not affected on a personal level; unlike the union employees who ultimately lose there job and now have a history that most employers do not want to touch. It is a sad but true statement, but if the union employee did what is described in the contract as “fair days work for a fair day’s wage” then companies like PMT, Allied, and the fallen PTS would be strong and competitive in today’s market. Sometimes it takes losing a great job like the PTS employees did to realize how good they had it. It is a true shame that PTS closed and opened the door for the Non-Union carriers.

Now that the door is open expect it to be kicked down…

Here is the kicker to the situation, the same Union drivers that held their ground with PTS are now working for those non union carriers and doing the job that they should have done in the first place before their company closed. The reality is that there are not a lot of Union Jobs out there because the companies that do business with the Union can not afford to stay open.

The sad part of the situation is that the owner of the company is not affected on a personal level; unlike the union employees who ultimately lose there job and now have a history that most employers do not want to touch.

It is a sad but true statement, but if the union employee did what is described in the contract as “fair days work for a fair day’s wage” then companies like PMT, Allied, and the fallen PTS would be strong and competitive in today’s market.

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