LadyTrucker
03-20-2009, 07:38 AM
Today, the trucking industry is approximately 95 percent non-union, compared to about 90 percent unionized before the industry was deregulated in 1980. Except for large LTL carriers belonging to YRC Worldwide, Arkansas Best and UPS Freight, nearly all of the other 214,000 for-hire trucking companies registered with the Department of Transportation are non-union—and would prefer to stay that way.
Unions claim they are the ticket to the middle class, but this study confirms that passing EFCA would have a damaging effect on an already weakened economy,” said the Chamber of Commerce’s Johnson. “This legislation is a bad idea any time. But it is particularly irresponsible at a time when policy makers should be focusing on creating, not destroying, jobs.”
LINK TO ARTICLE.......Read more (http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/CA6645311.html?industryid=48465)
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Unions claim they are the ticket to the middle class, but this study confirms that passing EFCA would have a damaging effect on an already weakened economy,” said the Chamber of Commerce’s Johnson. “This legislation is a bad idea any time. But it is particularly irresponsible at a time when policy makers should be focusing on creating, not destroying, jobs.”
LINK TO ARTICLE.......Read more (http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/CA6645311.html?industryid=48465)
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