Somebody Had A Dream.....

Some folks remember the dream this gentleman had?
About living in a nation where his children would be judged by the content of their character...

My recent posts have reflected on racist drivers and the union.
I was told a story today about the union and two racist drivers and their connections.

In its current form, the union supports discrimination and racism.
As a liberal organization, one of its policies is a reflection of the ancient "Affirmative Action."
It forces RTD to hire based upon race, skin colour and gender rather than upon qualifications - the content of an employee's character as it were.

So here's the story I was told:

At least 7 years ago there were two drivers on a bus making racist and religionist jokes back and forth between each other. 
But there was a third person who happened to be another driver who was hearing all this interplay.
Eventually the two drivers were disciplined and asked to sign a sort of probationary agreement that allows them to remain with the company but reminds them that they are one strike away from being released if they don't improve their performance.
One driver refused to sign the agreement and was let go.
The other driver signed the agreement but during probation broke both state and local driving laws and a local ordinance and was let go as well.

This is where the story should end but remember, we are choked by a union that forces RTD to retain crappy employees.

The driver who signed the probationary agreement and was eventually fired went on to work at FedEx for the last seven years and is now coming back to drive once again for RTD.
That driver is getting his job back!

The guy who got fired because he wouldn't agree to the probation fought the decision with his union and against RTD's better judgement was not only given his job back but was paid back pay for the 9 months he was out of his job!

And as his previous behaviour had already shown to both his employer and everybody who had a brain cell, this driver went on to "lose it" with a passenger and beat the poor guy to within half an inch of his life.
He was fired again.

Had there been an ounce of justice in the system, that employee would not only owe that 9 months of back pay to RTD (the tax payers) but the union would also have to repay RTD (the tax payers) for all the months that they forced RTD to rehire and employ a driver who everybody already knew was bad business.

And if history has shown us anything, the driver who went to FedEx and is now coming back to RTD, shouldn't be allowed to or should sign an agreement to reimburse the company & tax payers for his salary if he hasn't changed for the better after his past two strikes against the system.
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Keep in mind these are stories I was told about the history of drivers and the union here at RTD.
While I trust the story tellers believe that what they told me is true, there is no real way to verify the veracity of the facts but it does support the ties that bind racism and sexism that are evident between the union and some of these drivers.

One more great fact about a union that forces RTD to be a party to these horrible and wicked practices & policies.
One more reason that the union has to go and hopefully will someday.

As Always, "Welcome aboard, Find your seats, Avoid the Unionists - Let's Roll!"