Contract proposals for 2018

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Coldworld

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I expected to be off work today (taking a dead day to go fishing). PDS just called me in due to a staffing shortage. Told him they needed to hire more service providers and he replied he is taking referrals. No one wants this job so much anymore.
Who wants to work in modern day slavery....lol
 

Coldworld

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You can say whatever you want about him as a person but you should refrain from disparaging his service record unless you know for a fact that he was dishonorably discharged.

Now, unless he retired from the military, he would not have access to VA care.

BTW, in case you were curious, I received an honorable discharge upon separation.
Thanks for throwing a bone to yourself AGAIN.... illusions of grandeur...
 

dudebro

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Be nice to see some language regarding ORION, whether it is just a tool to use and not being required to follow it or relaxing the tolerance of following it. The 85% is too high it needs to be down to 75-70%.

The only way ORION will truly work is if the board auto optimizes after each stop complete, which will require the diad holder in the truck be hard wired to the truck to charge diad as the board's battery at this time is not big enough to handle

Regarding re-optimization after each stop - we want to do that. With the state of current tech, that's a heavy lift for computer processing. The belief is computers will continue to increase in processing capacity with lower power costs to make this a reality a few years from now.
 

anHOURover

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THIS POST IS MEANINGLESS
THE IBT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR PROPOSALS
JUST LIKE LAST CONTRACT
ALL CONCESSIONS
NO GAINS IN 623
FACT
 

oldngray

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LeadBelly

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Or they are getting washed out for something stupid....
Some of them get the taste of the job and they realize it's just not for them. There is a new generation coming up that doesn't care to make 36 an hour to do this job. Guys like us Cold have a hard time understanding this, but it's a real reality. The harassment from UPS makes it. It worth it. You and I grew up engrained in the ups culture, waiting for the full time job. This newer worker hasn't. They get the full time job either off the street or work part time for a year. It's just not the same nor is it worth it.
 

MostHelpNeeded

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Average incomes (Household) in a lot of areas are creeping on 80K a year. A lot of guys (even here) say $35/hr like it's a lot of money. In a lot of places, it's merely average. I know it's hard to understand if you've been here a while, but this isn't the 90's anymore. 100k income is pretty much needed to maintain a decent middle class lifestyle; house, 2 cars, kids, etc.

The more time goes on, the less and less appealing this place is. It's not even so much that we work long hours, it's with 9:00 + start times putting us on the road later and later, combine that with the harassment, the BS, giving up Saturday's.....If it hasn't lost its appeal in your area yet, it's coming. People want lives outside of work. Good luck raising your kids and keeping your wife happy when you're never home. Pretty soon it isn't going to be worth it anymore. Not to just get by. And then we have people like Upstate saying we should be capped at $25/hr lol....SMH
 
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It's all good brother.

My previous statement was directed toward "the village idiot".


@anHOURover keeps displaying a (disturbing) animosity towards the IBT and his Local.

He invades every thread with the same mindless rhetoric.

But, offers no solutions.


At this point, I might have to apologize to the TDU people.... for calling them stupid. :biggrin:


Lets get this thread back on track.



-Bug-
How can he be anHOURover if he works a 23.3 job inside?
Maybe aFEWBRICKSshort but not an hour over.
 

anHOURover

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It's all good brother.

My previous statement was directed toward "the village idiot".


@anHOURover keeps displaying a (disturbing) animosity towards the IBT and his Local.

He invades every thread with the same mindless rhetoric.

But, offers no solutions.


At this point, I might have to apologize to the TDU people.... for calling them stupid. :biggrin:


Lets get this thread back on track.



-Bug-

I have solutions

let the members vote don't steal their vote again
 

anHOURover

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It's all good brother.

My previous statement was directed toward "the village idiot".


@anHOURover keeps displaying a (disturbing) animosity towards the IBT and his Local.

He invades every thread with the same mindless rhetoric.

But, offers no solutions.


At this point, I might have to apologize to the TDU people.... for calling them stupid. :biggrin:


Lets get this thread back on track.



-Bug-
brother i have not been in a village in some years

sean o gave away 25 and out
fact
 

Coldworld

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Some of them get the taste of the job and they realize it's just not for them. There is a new generation coming up that doesn't care to make 36 an hour to do this job. Guys like us Cold have a hard time understanding this, but it's a real reality. The harassment from UPS makes it. It worth it. You and I grew up engrained in the ups culture, waiting for the full time job. This newer worker hasn't. They get the full time job either off the street or work part time for a year. It's just not the same nor is it worth it.
True.. we grew up in the system, so to speak, death row for life...lol
 
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