Thursday, December 17, 2009

This was sent to change fedex to win

Thank you for allowing me to clarify with snippets of what I was attempting to write in my previous blog. The first question that you posed was: “Where is your proof that unions are out just to rack in as much money as they can just to fill their own pockets?”
Answer: the following information is what their yearly salaries have been: Hoffa 335k, Keeqel 297k, Johnson 208k, Bell 190k, Bouver 187k, Witlen 186k, Johnson 184k, Dellinger Jr 174k, Young 174k and Gegare 172k. The source of this information comes from the Department of Labor, Office of Labor Management Standards LM filings.
Your second question was: “What company has closed because of a union?” Since there are numerous companies, I attempted to break it down to Transportation Companies. Answer: Delta, System99, PIE, Superior Fast Freight, Milne, CF and Cresent. Cresent was non-union then when they became union, approximately three years later they shutdown.
So I now have answered your two questions, next I will address your reference to shareholders being unproductive. Let’s start with a basic definition of what being a shareholder means. A shareholder is an individual or group that owns shares in a company. If you have a retirement plan then you are a shareholder, your monies are put into a fund or mingled with shares of another company so your investment will grow with their profits, even the Unions retirement fund uses this principle to grow their money. Some reading you might want to do is read Basic Economics- A Citizen’s Guide to the Economy, by Thomas Sowell (only 48 pages long). Now that we have clarified the shareholders concept let’s move on to the comment pertaining to the Fedex versus YRCW people. You stated that the Fedex people were very productive people being stripped of their hours and benefits. Then you stated that the due to BAD management from YRCW it was only because of the sacrifice of the union that they are still in business. This is the same concept but with a different spin on it. They are both making sacrifices to preserve their jobs. But in your opinion you believe that Fedex was punished and the glorious teamsters saved the company . And now the final comment that was pertaining to typical management union busting comment. This has nothing to do with management busting but insuring that all people are informed of the cons associated with any form of a Union. Since you are expressing view points for the pros I thought it would be inviting to show the cons. I understand that you have a cause but you need to make sure everybody has all the facts and not one sided or manipulated facts.
Thank you for allowing me to rebut

Unions

Upon reading your mission statement I can only be truly amazed at how you believe you will be creating a more secure future. As we glance back at some of the major unions in America we can only see devastation and a lack of productivity. The true concept of the current unions is to extract as much monies and benefits with as little work exertion from the union brother as possible. As harsh as it sounds, this is the true essences of the unions. Unions are the main reason for companies outsourcing their jobs to foreign lands. If the union is the true way to be why is it you do not get paid for job performance? Without this concept you are stifling the American dream and ideal of increased work equaling increased company profits which in return means increased wages and jobs. A company needs to increase profits in order to survive and grow but the unions see this as a threat to their lethargic ways. This is why Chevrolet and YRCW are in the situation they are in. A subsequent concern is the large amount of corruption that is associated with unions. Let’s embellish on this: to all you union brothers and sisters, ask yourself why is the SEIU (Service Employees International Union) promoting the health care reform act? Is your union not already providing sufficient benefits? Let’s explore this a little: when your union is placed on the new health care reform (which it will be) and the company is still contributing the same amount, where will the extra monies go? And why is it that the Obama administration just revised the LM-2 form so now there is no accountability for the union leaders’ spending? This is the monies that come directly from YOUR dues. Why is it that the senate the pushing for the reclassification of FedEx? I will give you a hint (increased profits for the union leaders from new union member dues). Do not be upset that you were sucked into believing you were doing something good. It is okay we non-union people forgive you.