It is time. A coworker told me that he has called the Teamsters because they are bada-- unions who will help us and our families. We tired of this happening and then waiting for it to happen again and again. VH and LV rise! Theyl'l send out our VP to talk to us to act like he got our back. He tells the high ups how we all like him and how good our employee surveys scores be but they are good because we like our jobs not him. He put his old friends that he promoted to run our DCs and then does nothing for us but try to get promoted again. He knows and was in the meetings about technology for taking our J O Bs in our 2 centers and talked to one of the companies where my sisters husband works. He will stand in front of us again and throw free food at us while behind our backs they probley will replace all us with some automotion robots and racks like they say in the posts before this. He and our leeds came up the ranks with us and we can still work together with them but like our benefits forhealth, we'll have insurance for our jobs with the teamsters. Watch posts come in on this site saying how unions are bad idea and thumbs down hits but we know it is our own ops or CE putting messages on here to change our mind but we need to listen to the unions and take care of our families. Y'all watching us on this site is bulls---. Give us our right to talk and care of our families. UNITE!
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There is an IT UNION.
https://www.joinifpte.org/.
The Teamsters are speaking to some of my coworkers now. For those that know, don't say anything or speak about it at work because the VP and his Directors have managers and friends that will tell him. So just keep saying we don't want a union and no has heard from them so they don[t start automation before we are a union. They are also telling us it won't happen but we know he knew about it. We know.
These guys don't play and will have us vote before the VP O SP knows what hit him. The Director said the VP told executives thee is no sign of unions. Keep it that way. UNIONIZE COMING! See, now we have friends telling us everything. This time it is different.
I did not know unions but I talk to friends who work and have unions. They said they good thing with them and he makes more money and no lay offs. I am going to casinos and have fun and then I am ready to say yes to union. We have to do these now.
You have returned to the discussion. Are you in management yet? .
If your job can be done by mindless robots and that is what terrifies you, maybe you should invest in yourself and re-skill? I think CDW would actually help you do that.
We were told to complain to your local manager or Director of WDC before ever calling that number. We have have done what we were told but it is still a problem. I am the 3rds or 4ths women to complain about it on this layoffs site. We don't trust compliance because they neva ever come out here and safety and security says he is friends with high ups in law and they hides things. I read about the safety of VP carrying a g-n and asked our safety security guy here and he said it did happen. He said he even told jokes about g-ns to all security people and nothing happened. Law office found out because the guy here said some one call the integridy compliance line and nothing happened. Did compliance peoples fire him? No, so why would they do anything for us women here. You already showed men have diferent punishment at CDW. What I read below is true. If a coworkor bring a g-n into work here at the WDC now, nothing happens to him because you let other do it and nothing happen. You woudl be sued now because if he can do it and you do nothing, we can do it or lawsuit. They protected their friends and put us in danger because we heard and now can do it once. And you want us to report problems to them? Mrs Leahy fix law office, so we can call them for help again. Hear us Mrs. Leahy, we didnt have these problems when you was the boss in the law office. Please fix it but I bet you dont share these posts with her. Help us Mrs Leahy. Union yes but we are being asked if we hear anything about union and we all told eachother to say no because they talk to some cowokers to find out what we be thinking. Not this time. We are shutting up and saying no here but yes on vote. Help Mrs Leahy and Teamsters. We want to work without harrass and dont want to layoff for computer robot automation. We do not have university degrees but we work very hard and want to make it easy for all of y'all to grow. We be doing our part. Mrs. Leahy yes! Union yes and layoffs no!
To the person complaining about s-xual harassment and the ignoring theft CDW does have an ethics hotline to report those issues
Yes, there are there are VARs operating with a union. And the DC would remain as they are an integral part of our business and must exist. My father works at Dell inside a union warehouse and makes more than I do as a Senior Manager at CDW. Much more. i cannot join a union because I am in leadership but if I were a distribution co-worker, I would join the teamsters.
Yes, union to stop layoffs. That guy below proves there are people that don't care about us. I would have said no but when I read that, now I say yes. I hope a Union comes to VH fast.
I agree. Unionize. I was in the union before I moved to LV because my husband took a job here, I joined CDW where I make much less and work in the warehouse, not configs. My father left my mom when I was 17 he and left us with nothing. So I took a job and sent the money back home for my mom and mostly my little sister so that she could go to a special school because of her disabilities. I was never able to finish my education and the union made sure our benefits were free and my pay was liveable. I take one class a semester because it is all I can afford but I am trying. Our workplace is safe here at LV , but the s-xual harrassment here is real but we are afraid to say anything because the Director is a freak and everyone knows it. I have also seen people steal phones and security turns their heads or is busy flirting with me. I tried to call the VP of Security Safety Business Continues and left him a voice mail but never had a call back. One security guy here told me that is because he doesn't give a fu-- about stealing here and thinks that we LV coworkers and leaders here should do their job and stop the stealing and he only needs to stop sho-ters coming in. He told us he wanted the detectors taken out but that our VP had a sh-- fit and stopped it. That is why I never called him back to report the harrassment and other theft since then. I have also seen drinking and weed here. Yes, I want a union. They would listen and help us with all of this since our directors and VPs wont.
Unionization would be the end of CDW based on costs alone, or the end of distribution center’s business model at least, which are slowly but surely losing their value as I type this. Are there ANY VARs operating with a union in play? Nope!
No need to respond to him. He stated his position, though in a selfish manner. He is expressing his opinion and is a co-worker and team member so while most of us would disagree with him, he has every right to be selfish and say what ever he wants on this site. I too am a Director within the company and am reading this thread for the first time and also agree that unionization is best for the distribution centers based on the automation threat and job security. We at CDW always excelled as a company by making the right business decisions while taking care of our co-workers. We have increased our revenue in the past without automation. We can all do it the right way if all of us that remain over-perform and care for each other. Let's take care of our co-workers and Bring IT.
That message from the person who said they don't care about the co-workers and that he stands for AI and robotics to be utilized in taking coworker jobs and improving margins so it can personally benefit him is the exact belief our executives are operating under. That statement is a perfect reflection on why our coworkers should unionize to avoid layoffs. I am a Director with CDW and am appalled by what I am reading. This is not our old CDW and that person who wrote that is not the type of people we were at CDW.
I think it is about layoffs. They are discussing how to prevent them and they seem to commenting on what they all recommend, which is helpful. I appreciate all of what they are providing here. I cannot unionize because I am in management but it is an interesting discussion. Based on what I have read here, I agree that the DC coworkers should unionize but that is their choice. Good luck to everyone.
This platform is veering off course. I thought this site was about layoffs.
Mr. educated responder. Use the correct data next time you want to express your views. Your findings were based on a small poll of only 14k health care workers that you googled. That is solely a low percentage of that industry. Secondly the data is old. (see below)
In a cross-sectional study of 14 298 US health care workers, the prevalence of reported labor unionization was 13.2%, with no significant change from 2009 through 2021.
Consider taking classes and increasing your education on gathering data and delivering an accurate analysis. However, avoid the educational institution that you attended because your assessment does not reflect well of their graduates. Try to make a more educated decision next time you decide which university to attend.
Shame on you for demoralizing our fellow co-workers and team members.
It is my first post and thank you for this site and our chance to express our opinions. I agree with the previous poster saying he doesn't need to unionize and he has every right to feel that way. I am not sure about our need to unionize in the offices but do agree that the coworkers at the DCs should based on the data provided on their job security.
I can say that the poster who said he doesn't care and only cares for himself should consider being a future executive here. You share their "i don't care about others" attitude.
Lastly, I can tell your education, like mine, is a not from a prestigious university. You make fun of others but express your viewpoint with grammatical issues. It is comical. That being said, you have every right to share your viewpoint and thoughts and thank you for your opinion.
That being said, I concur with most of the posters that the DCs need to consider unionizing and also thank you for all that you do to make us "educated coworkers" successful. We could not do it without you and wish you the very best.
Thank you for your post. I am still employed and never thought about how important our coworkers at the LVDC and VHDC are. We sell our services to customers and much of what we sell is dependent on what our coworkers at the DCs do. It is unfortunate that they may not have the same level of education that those of us do in the office but one must remember to "walk a mile in their shoes". The comment on proofreading is degrading because many of them in their centers come from families with poor financial family history and many have English as a second language. But they work diligently to make sure they provide the products needed to deliver on our sales, and unlike me, they don't make a large bonus or commission for their hard work. I want to apologize for not thinking about this sooner and thank you for all you do and providing me with a 6-figure salary. I too know of the push to use automated centers and moving jobs overseas and cannot say how I know, or they will figure out who I am. But I do agree it is time to protect yourselves and unionize. My brother is a teamster at a tech distribution center, and he makes more than I do and has a secure job picking and packing components. You as my sisters and brothers deserve the same. Your had work has allowed me to go to Bora Bora this year and vacation on the beach with my entire family. Thank you and know I support your unionization efforts.
I will tell you who I am; I am an educated professional who is not interested in unionizing. My education and my work experience is my protection. I do not understand the plight of distribution co-workers and that is not my concern. I do not care about their perspective. I care about advancing AI and robotics because that impacts my job. NO to unionization and that is my choice whether you like it or not.
Spoken like a person who has never been in a Union. I have and our pay was better and the job security and the costs of benefits were lower. Ours are higher than a similar industry company of our size and so are our salaried. I only left that job because I married my wife and moved to Illinois. I would vote yes to unionizing. Based on how you are wrote your response, you are not a distribution center coworker so you don't understand their environment, nor their pay and challenges. Your position cannot be replaced by robotics like theirs will. Try to look at it from their perspective. Your position may not need it but theirs will. We are not a healthcare company. But nice try. We know who you must be and it won't work this time. UNIONIZE! I would vote yes for the warehouse and configs jobs. Millions already have.
A plot is not a professional job and only 13% of healthcare workers are unionized (COVID drove up the numbers in recent years). My choice would be NO to unionizing as I see it as a waste of time and resources. CDW is a decent employer. My pay is consistent with industry standards and the benefits are average. If you do not like working for CDW, leave on your own accord. Stop complaining and move on.
Maybe you can find a new job as a Proofreader, if you have been or you are going to be fired from CDW for being petty. LOL!
It is not like an episode. It is real life and coworkers and their families were let go and are hurting and others may be let go in a few months. The coworkers at the distribution centers are in trouble too. I know for a fact that automation talks have happened and that would take out 85 percent of the DC coworkers because the racks are made to pick items and move them by conveyers into the trailers. I heard all about it from our Director who was part of their meetings and the VP of Supply Chain was involved and he manages the distribution centers. Automation works because companies are using it and they save money. The savings were too big not to do this and they are deciding which vendor will do it. So our coworkers at the distribution centers don't have much time and should get'er done and unionize. They had talks on outsourcing the configs jobs too and other companies have done that too. This is not an office episode to them. They are in trouble and we on the inside will aid them because we could be next. I do hope they don't buy the sh-- they are going to be told by their leaders and unionize. That will save their jobs and they won't have to look at their families and kids and wonder why they didn't do it.
I Never Said All That S#it! ;)
Confucius
This is like an episode of the office I swear
"Not interested. Unions work for blue collar jobs (no offense just facts) but not white collar jobs like in the technology industry. Do not get me wrong, we can join a union though it is unlikely to change anything and it might make things worst."
- Airline pilots are union, as are many doctors and healthcare professionals. And I think the word you're looking for is "worse," not "worst."
Unions protect the rights and benefits for all workers (not just blue collar).
Think of how the company has steadily eroded our benefits over the past 5 years. In sales the commission plans change every year to make it very difficult to earn the same amount as the year before. How often do the bonus plans change in ITS? How often are you chasing down a late or incorrect bonus/commission checks? How many times have you emailed payroll to get no response? Unions demand accountability for their members, as far as I can tell the EC are placing blame on everyone else and therefore they will keep cashing in off the backs of workers. Watch merit get cut in the spring due to ‘lack luster performance’. The EC will keep getting theirs.
I think the writer is from our distribution centers and the union would be great for them. They would increase their pay and protect them from automation taking their jobs. They would have to move quickly or it will be too late it would be a great move for them.
“Unions work for blue collar jobs (no offense just facts) but not white collar jobs like in the technology industry.”
OP detected. lol.
Not interested. Unions work for blue collar jobs (no offense just facts) but not white collar jobs like in the technology industry. Do not get me wrong, we can join a union though it is unlikely to change anything and it might make things worst.