If I heard it once I heard it a million times.  Two union members greeting  each other “Workin’ hard” say’s one.  “Hardly workin” automatically responds the other.  Reading “My Life as a Teamster” reminds me that the greeting was much more than a humorous quip.  It was a union mans badge of honor.  The author of the article talks about a career full of empty promises and disappointments that the Teamster made.