The Overnite Transportation Co. Teamsters recently reached a settlement after a “a nasty–and ultimately unsuccessful–strike” against the company. The settlement states the teamsters will no longer carry, brandish, or threaten people with weapons. Among the items they have agreed not to use are guns, knives, ball bearings, and projectiles. What the heck happened during their last strike? What have unions come to?

The settlement states:

“WE WILL NOT brandish or carry any weapon of any kind, including, but not limited to, guns, knives, slingshots, rocks, ball bearings, liquid-filled balloons or other projectiles, sledge hammers, bricks, sticks, or two by fours…”

It continues stating they will not use or threaten people with weapons such as “guns, knives, slingshots, rocks, ball bearings, liquid-filled balloons or other projectiles, picket signs, sticks, sledge hammers, bricks, hot coffee, bottles, two by fours, lit cigarettes, eggs, or bags”. By far, the absolute weirdest item on the list is “balloons filled with excrement”. That is just absolutely disgusting.

Honestly, we can’t believe how extensive this settlement is. Just to give you more of an idea, it also states they will not damage equipment or vehicles and disable or attempt to disable vehicles owned by the company.

“WE WILL NOT batter, assault, spit on, blow whistles loudly near a person’s ear, throw any liquid or solid object at, or attempt to assault any non-striking employee of Overnite or any member of his or her family or any employee of a neutral employee doing business with Overnite, or any security guard or supervisor or manager of a neutral employee doing business with Overnite in the presence of employees.”

“WE WILL NOT threaten to kill or inflict bodily harm, make throat slashing motions, make gun pointing motions, challenge or threaten to fight or assault employees, threaten to sexually assault non-striking employees or their family members, threaten to follow non-striking employees to their homes, use racial epithets or obscene gestures at non-striking employees or otherwise threaten unspecified reprisals on any non-striking employee of Overnite or any member of his or her family or any employee of a neutral employee doing business with Overnite, or on any security guard, supervisor or manager of Ovemite or neutral employers doing business with Ovemite in the presence of employees.”

Sorry for quoting so much but we’re in utter disbelief all this was covered, extensively. The actual document covers much more. This questions the kind of employees this company hires. Strikes are used to show dissatisfaction with the company but apparently these guys took it to a whole new level. Feel free to click the “Read” link below if you want to read more about it. Be prepared for a long, yet interesting and shocking, read.

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