canaryinthemine
Retirement....The Job I Was Born To Have!
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As we go into negotiations shortly, I'd like to present this historical oddity to my Brothers and sisters in the trucking industry.
I am old enough to remember this unit being run as a prototype in Ohio. The guy who drove it used the CB handle of "Headless Horseman".............as long as he did not knock his aerials off making a turn.
Many people think this piece of equipment was one of those large Truck Driver Stories ......Fantasy, and not real.
Nope,....it was real,.....companies did contemplate using it, .....and it bothered the Teamsters enough that they did add it to the contract. Of course, that was back when we were a powerful voice in trucking. It's still in the contract, by the way......
I always said that the rest of the trucking industry should be thanking the Teamsters that they aren't getting down on their hands and knees to get into their tractors........A strong Union presence back then kept common sense and safety prevailing over corporate greed.
Keep this in mind during the upcoming contract negotiations when the companies introduce new technology,.......such as super-single tires on sets of doubles,........Saves the company money,....but what do you do when you blow a tire on a convertor gear? The corporate answer is to turn a blind eye until there are too many deaths to ignore.
Stay vigilant! Good Contract in 2018!
Stand by.....I am trying to upload the picture of the Strick Cab-Under. Anyone that wants to see one, type in those words.
Anyone that wants to see the Teamster's response to that, go to page. 86 in the NMFA. Sentence (h), middle of page.
I'll post the picture as soon as I win the tussle with the technology........
I am old enough to remember this unit being run as a prototype in Ohio. The guy who drove it used the CB handle of "Headless Horseman".............as long as he did not knock his aerials off making a turn.
Many people think this piece of equipment was one of those large Truck Driver Stories ......Fantasy, and not real.
Nope,....it was real,.....companies did contemplate using it, .....and it bothered the Teamsters enough that they did add it to the contract. Of course, that was back when we were a powerful voice in trucking. It's still in the contract, by the way......
I always said that the rest of the trucking industry should be thanking the Teamsters that they aren't getting down on their hands and knees to get into their tractors........A strong Union presence back then kept common sense and safety prevailing over corporate greed.
Keep this in mind during the upcoming contract negotiations when the companies introduce new technology,.......such as super-single tires on sets of doubles,........Saves the company money,....but what do you do when you blow a tire on a convertor gear? The corporate answer is to turn a blind eye until there are too many deaths to ignore.
Stay vigilant! Good Contract in 2018!
Stand by.....I am trying to upload the picture of the Strick Cab-Under. Anyone that wants to see one, type in those words.
Anyone that wants to see the Teamster's response to that, go to page. 86 in the NMFA. Sentence (h), middle of page.
I'll post the picture as soon as I win the tussle with the technology........
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