It’s like young people saying I love that weed is legal. Yea it’s legal to distract you from how bad you’re getting screwed in all other facets of your life. Ah, the union. I’m gone 14 hrs a day from my family. My body is crippled. I have no time for hobbies or personal interests, or my kids game. I’ll just go in the 9.5 list for a month if I need a break. Good on you guys. But my soul, my very liberty is worth more than living in my truck.
Then simply find a better way to pay your bills.
Every person has their peak earning years. It's the time in their lives where you've got to make a little bit of money for yourself the best way you know how.
There is one common thread surrounding the box grunt business regardless of the carrier.....The job is a joint killer making it imperative that a person be positioned in such a way that when that job has completely destroyed their joints whether it be 66 or 46 their basic needs will still be met.
Given the constant ongoing attacks by corporate and political interests on health and welfare programs....you know....those evil so called "legacy costs" that must wiped off the books one way or another it's imperative that the IBT and it's membership put down those attacks on it's compensation and benefit plan. If they fail and settle for a compromised contract it will only serve to ramp up attacks on employee compensation and benefit plans both union and nonunion across a much broader segment of the economy.
Don't believe me?....Just take a look at what Memphis Fats has been doing these past few years with his own employee plans.
