Jason

As I stated, its not just the unions faults. I blamed the company itself. I am just wondering why the unions are basically untouchable right now? You are not going to fix the problem unless you can cut some of their power. Otherwise it is just going to happen again. No body can give me an answer of why unions are untouchable.


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I would love to know who we cannot put some of the blame on unions when you have a girl who has been known to steal money from the cash draw (although she was never caught money in hand, her bag was short constantly), would call out of to work 2-3 days a week on average, collapsed a few times when she did come to work stoned or whatever drug she was on, and the union says you cannot fire her.

Then you have a guy who steals drugs from the company, sells them, gets busted for one of the biggest pill busts in the county in years, and tells the cops that he is addicted. So the union steps in says you need to pay for his rehab and give him his job back.

Or another girl the company paid rehab for over 3 times. A lot of the same problems as the first girl above. They couldn't fire her due to the union. She did end up quitting on her own.

Don't get me started on how many lazy workers are there. Show up late, call in constantly, and performance is plan poor, and then have the guts to file a grievance any chance they get. One of them admitted to trying to work past his 9.5 hours 3 days a week just so he can file a grievance on it and get paid more for the overtime.

Then the issue with the evening crew there. All but one guy have a full time job some where else. Most people are just starting a family and are there for the benefits. They come in, bust their rear to get their job done, and go home. After nearly 5 years of this, the Union all of a sudden steps in (not one single person complained about how many hours they work, all but one person who gets all the time he wants, just want to get in and get out) says since the contract says you are guarantied 3.5 hours a night, you have to work it. Union didn't bother to talk to the people at night about it. Just went ahead and did it. Then when asked about it told them tough luck we went ahead and did it, deal with it. Mean while drivers are supposed to be guarantied 8 hours, some of which go home early sometimes, but thats a different story, they can do that. Oh and since not a single person on the evening crew filed a grievance the money goes to the union.

Now this is just a small hub. About 15 people on the evening crew, 2 working the counter, 2 clerks in the back, about 15 more on the morning, and maybe 40 drivers.

The above instances are just what has happened in about 2 or 3 years. I cannot remember when the one girl quit, if it was beginning 08 or late 07.