My dad was with Teamsters his entire career. Recently retired and getting his pension has been a massive pain in the ass, mainly because the head of his local union was recently caught embezzling funds for years, and they're having trouble getting it all back.
I am a current Teamster, everyone is getting has been talking about striking when it comes up next year, we just found out we don't have a strike fund. One of the only things they are supposed to take dues for and it doesn't fucking exist.
I was a Teamster for 15 years. All they were interested in was collecting their union dues. The end.
My dad was with Teamsters his entire career. Recently retired and getting his pension has been a massive pain in the ass, mainly because the head of his local union was recently caught embezzling funds for years, and they're having trouble getting it all back.
Looting pension funds is their specialty.
That's their old buddies, the mob.
Sums up my father's experience with carpenters union in Indy.
I am a current Teamster, everyone is getting has been talking about striking when it comes up next year, we just found out we don't have a strike fund. One of the only things they are supposed to take dues for and it doesn't fucking exist.
I used to be in a union and I had a dispute with my employer where they were completely disregarding the rules in the employee handbook.
The union wouldn't do shit for me and said "why would we help you when you're just one person, there's not much return on that for us".
Cancelled my membership that day and I'll never join a union ever again.