... they signed a contract that really boosted the drivers, but the book stated my sections rate for $2.00/hr less than I was making. Which meant I was going to miss a couple of step raises for a year or two. So I was going to vote no, and everyone knew, because I was of an intemperate disposition. I signed the book. A wiseass boss, the beneficiary a sweetheart contract, asked why I signed,
with a big grin on his ugly mug. Said I, "Because the organizers had explained the health benefits to me."

For eight bucks a month all I got was a union rag every month. And Fitzgibbons gave away a pension fund and voted full pay for the three official jobs he did for the union.

Loved the AFL/CIO. Loathed the Teamsters.