Posted: 1 month, 1 week ago
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Massive Layoffs At UPS A Big Win For The Union!
The largest union in the country is the teachers union. 15 years ago, the average teacher salary was 53k. Today, it's 65k. Less than 1k per year increase.
Professional athletes are not a real representation of unions. There's a very small percentage of them on the planet and the richest people are competing for their services because they generate revenue. Those numbers are also earned. For example, Brock Purdy made 900k in 2023. Patrick Mahomes is looking at about 53M a year. Their union should do something about that pay discrepancy. They do the same job, right?
The numbers NFL players make is tied to how many tickets they sell, merch they sell, advertisers they get and bonuses for performing well. Saying it's solely because they have a union is ridiculous.
Posted: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Just for the record it’s not my unreliability it’s the insurances that requires it.
Incorrect. If what you posted is accurate, you have the experience to satisfy the insurance requirements. See my first response to you. You have a whole bunch of other issues that make nobody want to touch you.
Posted: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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I'm curious as to how you have 20 years experience when you posted This 7.75 years ago.
You also failed to mention here that you have a DUI. That's not a minor detail.
Posted: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Another question
From 2015-2021 I bounced around every 3to 6months cause the pay wasn’t sustainable.
This was one of the busiest times in recent history. If you couldn't make it work in that window, what makes you think you'll make it work in this economy?
Posted: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Let’s say I don’t meet the prerequisite
What does that mean? We're not mind readers here. If you want real advice drop the whole story. Don't pick and choose the parts you want to tell.
From 2015-2021 I bounced around every 3to 6months
There you go. You're not reliable and companies don't have time for that. It's a corporations market. They're not desperate for drivers right now. Truckers are getting laid off, people are trying their hand in this field out of desperation and freight levels are low.
You're going to have a hard finding a company to gamble on you. Just keep applying and see what happens.
Posted: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't believe these lights have anything to do with safety?
The lights let other drivers aware of the height, width and length of the vehicle. They're required to be operational by federal law.
They wrote him up with some type of ticket or warning, not sure.
This would go on his MVR and effect his CSA score.
But can this be put on his DAC?
Yes, but it probably won't. I'd be more concerned with the CSA score and the MVR.
Posted: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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The prerequisite is typically
1 year experience in 3 years
3 years experience in 5 years
5 years experience in 10 years
You meet those requirements, so I'm guessing there's more to this story.
Posted: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Massive Layoffs At UPS A Big Win For The Union!
In my adult life, I've learned that everybody wants to complain, but nobody wants to do anything.
Posted: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Massive Layoffs At UPS A Big Win For The Union!
That's kind of a scary statement. In other words, if I'm in a position to take advantage of you, then that's your fault, so you get to suffer the consequences and I get to blame you.
Their not looking at employees as people, they're looking at them as dollar signs. If McDonald's is your only option, you take what they give you. Why don't you or I work at McDonald's, Brett? Because we have options.
In the early 20th century, death rates were extremely high, with estimates ranging from 20-30 deaths per 100,000 workers annually in the US.
But it's no longer the 20th century. All the alphabet government agencies and lawyers have made work places as safe as they can be. I know FedEx doesn't care about my safety, they just don't want me to do something that will get them sued or workers comp claims and God forbid negative press. I'm safe because I care about my safety and getting home the same way I left.
You can't just sit back and watch them take advantage of people and then blame the people they're abusing for it.
I disagree. How many posts do we see here where people need weed to sleep? How dare the corp not hire them!!
That DWI was 20 years ago, why do they care?
I only have 4 speeding tickets... That's not a lot.
You just limited your options. Circumstances have a direct correlation with decisions and actions.
I didn't want to learn a trade or get a degree, but Dunkin donuts should pay me a living wage so I can buy a house!
When does the line get drawn?
Posted: 1 month, 1 week ago
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Massive Layoffs At UPS A Big Win For The Union!
Like I stated, it's because there are so few and billionaires are competing for their services.
Is there a limited number of cashiers in the world that Walmart and Target have to compete for?
My local Walmart DC has billboards up all over the place that advertise a starting wage of 27/hr. That's because the work is hard, not everybody can do it and they're competing with other warehouses for the limited amount of people able to keep up the intensive pace.
If the unions really are that effective, why does your largest union sector put up the lowest pay increases over time?
You ignore the failures of every other union and remained focused on UPS (which is laying off union employees all over the country) and the NFL. Those aren't real world examples.