Changing the Industry

11/13/2018

I have always thought it wrong that drivers are expected to sit around without being paid. Now, it is time to take action. If you are not being paid for part of your day and you decide to change companies, let them know why. You may want to wait until after you leave. What will this do? These companies need to know that we aren't going to tolerate volunteer time any more. The more they hear about it, the more they will realize what they are doing is wrong. If you think drivers can't have any power, look at what just happened in the last couple of weeks at UPS. Because drivers said they MIGHT NOT come to work over a contract dispute, UPS stopped accepting shipments! The power was with the drivers because they stuck together. You may not totally agree with unions but those drivers got a raise and had the company on the ropes. We can definitely make the industry change. Stop sitting for free!

I recently received a complaint about the color of this blog. Its black letters on a white background here. Is it readable? This is the first complaint I have received so I want to make sure its legible.

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See you on the road!

1 Comment

TripleV

11/13/2018 05:39:38 pm

Hi Mark! I fight tooth and nail not to work for free. My company has offered me hourly work at times. They offered me $18/hr. I respectfully declined and told them that my CDL was worth a minimum of $25/hr. Later they offered me $20/hr, again, I respectfully declined and restated my position on my CDL's worth. The third time they offered me hourly work they accepted my condition of $25/hr. Whenever I do hourly work it is now at my rate.

I subsequently worked this into my detention pay, as well. I told them I was no longer willing to accept $15/hr for detention pay. I now receive $25/hr for detention pay.

I accomplished all this before I recently found your channel. Subscribing to your channel was easy for me because we have similar personalities and beliefs on what our CDL's are worth.

It seems when something goes wrong we hear, "But you're a professional driver." Conveniently, they forget we're professional driver's when it comes to compensation.

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