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#31

05-07-2008, 01:27 PM

YoungZ.W.

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Yeah you were on the committee that oversaw their books :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: They were so profitable thats why they closed down :lol: :lol: :lol: What a dip$hit.

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#32

05-07-2008, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jedfxg

Buster Brown is the biggest shitbag company out there.

Yeah, pretty much. But they pay good.

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spend years waiting by the phone while your family starves to death

What the hell are you talking about?

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then when you get in good they look for ways to try to get you out before they have to pay the full retirement.

They would...if it wasn't for the Teamsters.

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they even make you take a mandatory unpaid break everyday...what a bunch a scupbucket bottom feeders.

This has nothing to do with UPS - it's state law. After 6 hours or local work, you must take a lunch break according to Ohio and California state laws...others states are similar.

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can't wait for the responses...and before you go insulting my company and pay there CFM, uhm lebron james...make sure i didn't recently switch jobs. all without asking you what i should do.

Who are you pulling for now Jed? CR England? :lol: :lol:

#33

05-07-2008, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by feederfred

....No-one posting here that I can see has anything bad to say about OTR drivers, just the one's that haul freight for NOTHING.

Exactly. That is where the lines get blurred.

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#34

05-08-2008, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by jedfxg

in addition, whether the otr driver is within your company or not that otr driver still made the cushy local job possible. i think you missed the point snowman, otr is otr. would you want to do those team runs, probably not. well i don't wanna bumb 25 docks a day. just a personal preference. nothing against your job.

I'm trying to stay out of this because we've really hijacked the thread but anyway. I'm not a city driver I'm a road driver so the only docks I bump are at the terminal. Our road drivers move our freight, our city guys deliver it and pick it up. Our road runs are on schedules, whether solo, team, home daily or laydowns they are out and back, returning to the home terminal. Is that OTR? I dont know, probably not in the common definition. I dont care for city work either so we can agree on that, although it would be nice to work days. And just to clear the record I have never put down the OTR driver. Ask feederfred about the argument we got into last year because I actually defended the OTR guys. Especially new guys or guys who live in remote areas who dont have alot of options. I admit I post alot about LTL but I do it without putting down OTR. I believe LTL pays better and gives me what I want. The down side is its more like a job, less freedom, hard to break into. I agree to each his own. However nobody should be asked to work for .26 a mile, thats just wrong. I do think readers are entitled to know everything about trucking and make their own decisions. LTL has virtually zero turnover compared to over 100% for OTR so that right there tells you something. I think people deserve to know. I just wish it could be debated without the name calling.

#35

05-08-2008, 05:01 AM

YoungZ.W.

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Your right snowman you aren't one of the ones that bashes OTR but theres plenty of others that bash OTR for no reason. They talk about how great their jobs are and how their benefits are protected but yet their so worried about what everyone else is doing.

To the orginal topic starter- Stevens will keep you out for a few weeks at a time. The have damn nice equipment that looks well maintained, but on the down side their starting pay is rather low.

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#36

05-09-2008, 12:53 AM

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to some people 26 cents might be considered good money. i really do not have a problem with ups, just heard rumors from outside and within the company from other drivers that run the same routes as me. i was trying to make a point maybe succeeded, maybe not. i have lightened up on the beers to feederfred or whoever the brown guy was...i drink mich. ultra, very light low carb beer.

#37

05-09-2008, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by YoungZ.W.

AH no moron, READ the POST (or didn't you pass the 3rd grade...) I never OVERSAW their books I was on the Joint Council 42 committee that ASKED to see their books. Your a pretty big man hiding on an Internet board aren't you ?? Speaking of idiots.....Enjoy life @26cpm in that Swift truck....Perhaps you could actually READ a book every now and then or are you too busy being a "big strapper" ??? I'm at the Pilot in Fernley, Nevada, every Tuesday around 9AM. I deliver their fuel part time....

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#38

05-09-2008, 11:33 AM

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I'm in Gators Sports Pub Coshocton, Oh every Fri and Saturday nights so your more then welcome to come up this way cuz i run regional and don't get down to Nevada ever. Oh, I have to ask- If you didn't see their books then how do you know they were profitable? Aww the teamsters said so right :roll:

Oh and you did say you saw their books -Heres the proof you dumb Unions Personal Slave driver

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feederfred Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject:

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And you know how UPS operates how ?? Have you worked for UPS ? If so, where ? I spent 31 years at UPS. I now have a comfortable retirement due to my work and that of the Teamsters on my behalf. So will the UPS Freight Teamsters, no matter what you say or think. As far as PIE, you can blame that one on T. Boone Pickens and the "trickle down" theories of Ronald Reagan. PIE (AND C/F, because I just KNOW you will bring that up next) were both profitable companies. Deregulation and corporate raiders destroyed PIE. I know, I was on the committee that saw their books and C/F. Both times we were told "no the contract doesn't need to be re-opened, we're fine"....No-one posting here that I can see has anything bad to say about OTR drivers, just the one's that haul freight for NOTHING. You say we should "stick together" ?? Yet in your useless posts you just lambast people who believe in organized labor. UPS Freight workers are just now finding out just how advantageous it is to have a strong union behind them and we (the employees of UPS-active and retired) are very happy for them and welcome them to the IBT. 2 suggestions jedfxg: spell-check is a wonderful thing and perhaps you lighten up on the beers and posting....

Shouldn't your precious teamsters have known the contract was in trouble? Or do they just sign papers without reading them so you cry babys would complain about something as usual.
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