You guys were fooled again . . . .believed all the BS

Really ? do you think the members on this existing executive board are Rocket Scientists ? They definitely cant add but they can sure take away. 24yrs is looking pretty good right now

Holy crap, look where our sick days are coming from !

I know it's not what it used to be . . . . . I got it. But when you crunch the #'s it's still an extra 4hrs. Holiday pay plus 4. Not a loss.

What's the truth ? I'd like to hear it.

You know what's amazing ? That this man is not the least bit worried about any repercussions. He knows Ernie won't do anything, Vinny or Robin won't do shit either. You expect this from a non Union shop, not from a shop with "union protection".  You can't walk in his office and use his shoe shine machine then be expected to rip him a new ass hole for how he treats employees. I truly feel Ernie is afraid of him, what else could it be?  I've heard it to many times on how we're gonna stand together and fight this ass hole and make a stand. The gun gets loaded but they're to afraid to pull the trigger.  If it was just one complaint, no problem. But this is out of hand. Do something Ernie !

Well, Cordiello has been shooting blanks for to long now. A new "Possibly Magic" bullet sounds good right about now. I'm telling you people right now, if we're given a disaster of a contract to ratify and are told "this is the best out there", or "this is the best we can do". And are also told "a no vote means an imposed contract", or something in that nature. I for one will vote no. If its that bad don't leave the table until you win.

I think you can forget about retro pay, I'm sure it was bargained away with some other items that were in our favor, i.e, (sick days) Ernie was in the drivers room for a while Friday after the pm run. He gave up a little info, I could be wrong but I thought I heard him say no raise, and some senior guys wont be happy. The Union also seems to be saying exactly what I thought they would. "a no vote equals an imposed contract by Neal". Well if this is true, they shouldn't have left the bargaining table. Not looking good. NO VOTE !

Listen Wakepu123, don't worry what some people are saying about you. This is an open sight for all 1181 members, Buzz wont block you. He doesn't work that way, he's not that bad. The majority of the people who seem to "live" on this site I'd say don't have much more than 5-8yrs on the job. One thing that will stick with me that really made me look at 1181 sideways is when the had a bullshit vote and gave up parity for a 1,500 check, which wound up being a weeks pay when they were done taxing it. and we were told "don't worry we could do better".  To think owners and 1181 aren't a little bit in bed with one another is a fetch. Because I tell ya, Owen sure does do what he wants around here. But I do feel 1181 is doing what they can to save face right now, they did totally fuck up this strike.  So don't worry about these amateurs, John and myself have well over 25yrs and have seen 1181 do some fucked up stuff.

Wakeup123, not one senior driver  laughs at junior people. I've never heard any one mock any junior driver because we've been there. I personally had 4 to 5 schools in the a.m & p.m with trips every day. so wake up.  The real issue is that any new stops or new schools used to go to dispatch and it was given out to usually the bottom man or women driver, seniority counted. I personally cant believe that so late in the school year such major changes are still taking place.  This is simply another shot in the arm for the industry, and its  official,  Seniority means nothing now. All we do is pick first, that's it.  It shows the lack of strength and respect of our union.  NY knows it has to deal with lots of blue collar unions with a seniority list, ours should be no different. I know we're not civil service, but we still service NY. Losing more and more respect for this union. I'm tired of hearing, "be lucky you have a job". Because at the next election if things don't change, they wont. 

       It was only last week when our Assistant Shop Steward made a very loud and clear announcement on the radio asking every one to simply do their own work. Not to cover any work for break downs or anything else. He made it very loud and clear that our boss didn't  want to give us anything back. No raise, NOTHING. We weren't worth it. He made it very loud and clear that our boss didn't want to discuss or compromise on any issue.   On or approximately 8:15 this morning Tommy needed some stops covered for PS 45, he called a few times and I hoped no one would answer   . . . . then some JERK OFF did . . . ." I'LL Do It Tommy". YOU FUCKING JERK OFF !!!    Let me make myself perfectly clear. if I know who you are I am going to post your bus # and name on this site, didn't you hear Andy ?  Your Boss don't care about you. Who ever it was your a JERK OFF !

         Lets take this a step further. Seeing as though the owner of our company has a manager who will personally call OPT to decertify his own drivers (yes its true, he did). At the first sight of ice on the drive way where you might slip, call OSHA. At the first sight of ice or snow in the parking lot, call OSHA. And now that we have been a bit more diversified in our employees,  if you feel you have been treated unfairly due to race, call EEOC. Do you know, according to OSHA rules and regulations we don't have enough toilets facilities ? ( i.e. water closets) Yup that's right, if I'm not mistaken we should have approximately six toilets and urinals with sinks to match . Look it up yourself, we should have so many toilets & urinals with sinks to match per employee. Sorry, he started it ! And sorry, contrary to what any one may say, we are entitled to sick days.  Does it sound like I'm far reaching? maybe . . . but Neal has a GM who will call OPT do decertify his own drivers, and Neal doesn't think we are worth shit. So when your shop steward says not to cover work. . . . . .Don't !       SORRY IM PISSED OFF          IM ENTITLED

Well, if these so called great negotiators would have actually used their heads they easily would have seen this coming. Who gives things back on a "promise" to maybe get it back.  On a promise to possibly revisit the issue if we get an extension. %#@*ing idiots !  It should have said, "we get it back upon an extension". What the @@ck were they thinking !  I heard a lot of tough talk in the beginning of the year and during the refresher courses about "we'll lock the gates it we don't get what we want".  Well here we are.  Bargain my money away on a damn promise. I don't want to hear they had no choice, that's bullshit there's always a choice.

You've got to love the transparency, and how they keep their members informed.

Air Brakes, many of us feel the same.  But there's also a few words I don't want to hear coming out of any of our elected officials mouths. For instance, I don't want to hear, "this is the best we could do", or "This is the best contract out there", or "a no vote is a strike vote". I don't want them trying to make us feel sorry for Neal, because I don't. Don't put an embarrassingly ridiculous offer in front of us and ask us to vote it in because "its the best out there", because I wont. And don't pull that bull shit "a no vote is a strike vote" on us. Because as far as I'm concerned this is what we should do, strike. Don't use it as scare tactic to try and scare your own members. I heard a lot of tough talk during our refresher course about going out the gate if we got a bullshit offer or if he didn't bargain. What happened ?   Listen 1181, don't get off the bargaining table unless you get our stuff back. Don't put some bullshit offer in front of us, I'm not buying it.  DO YOUR FUCKING JOBS.

Make calls and spread the word, lets get this thing rolling