The new HOS proposal has been out now and drivers are really happy, in general with the "flexibility" it will provide. This is mainly due to the up to 3 extra hours a day you can spend off duty and extend your 14 hour day to 17 hours. I have seen no one talking about the fact that this is UNPAID time. You will be adding 3 hours a day unpaid. Is that the flexibility you want? This will relieve the pressure on shippers and receivers to get you out sooner. Your company has much less incentive to get you moving because you have all this new "flexibility". It pains me to see OOIDA in support of the new proposal. Why are many drivers in a constant fight to try to work as many hours as possible for free? Plus, who the heck wants to work 17 hours a day? It is bad enough to have to fight companies to get paid, now the drivers are on the side of the company and willing to add 3 unpaid hours a day. Ridiculous.
See you on the road!
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Aubrey Smith
8/22/2019 01:44:01 am
All of this is nothing more than bullshit and everyone knows it. The clowns have done it again?! Who’s letting them get away with this crap?!?! Scrap The Whole damn elog bullshit!!! It’s not saving lives!! More people are dieing!!! Stupid greedy clowns!!!!!!!
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KMSJ
8/22/2019 07:41:17 am
WOW I JUST LOVE WORKING FOR FREE ! NOT ....
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Kevin Mercer
8/23/2019 12:47:15 am
It's total BS. I just recently went looking for a job and found it disturbing that most I spoke to had the same story. Do you pay stop pay? Yes, we do. After the first two or three hours, we will pay some stupid amount. One company felt proud to tell me that they pay after the first two hours, $14 an hour! Unacceptable! I don't work at McDonald's. STOP accepting jobs that tell you that your time is not valuable! Nobody in the office is expected to give two or three hours a day to the company for free.
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AuthorHi! Welcome. I'm Mark and I've been a professional truck driver for over 33 years, the last 19 years at the same company. It is time that drivers got paid for every minute that we work and we are treated like the licensed professionals we are. Archives
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