Comments on: The Pizza Delivery Drivers Union

By: Kobycat

Kobycat — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:44:49 +0000

Our Papa Johns franchise has just given us another cost of
living paycut. Everytime the government raises the minimum wage, they take it out of our milage. I’ve been there 15
years and make less than when I started. This is the honest to God truth. Why am I still there? It is a part time job
that I enjoy, and it is easy to switch shifts when I need
to take my wife to the doctor.
I understand how unions bully, and I wish we
did not need them. But this is in your face greed, or else
they just aren’t competent enough to turn a profit without
sucking it out of the employees.

By: COD

COD — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:37:10 +0000

What could happen is that the union will lead to a critical labor shortage of pizza delivery guys when they insist that all tips be pooled and shared equally. No decent delivery guy would ever agree to that. There is too much tax free cash to be made if you are good at it.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:02:27 +0000

I’m willing to bet that 75% of Domino’s franchisees that own just one or two stores are working harder and making less than they could at a regular job. If it wasn’t for their dream of getting rich and buying a boat, they wouldn’t be willing to take the risk that allows those delivery drivers to have jobs in the first place.

By: Basil

Basil — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:06:56 +0000

What’s more important? Another boat for the “powers that be” at Dominos, or a better living for the thousands of people who make a living for their families driving the delivery cars? Capitalism is a system that sometimes needs checks and balances like unions.