I keep getting asked about this so I want to talk about it. I'll probably do a video on it as well. Next April 12 truckers are supposed to stay home or go see their representative rather than working. This will teach the industry a lesson! No, it won't. There is a group, Truckers stand as one, that seems to be promoting this. I won't link to their website because it is not secure. What does that mean? Look at the web address of sites you are on. Does it start with https or http? The "S" means the site is secure. Just like Black Smoke, it matters. You can choose to go look at it if you want.
Even if everyone took the day off, what is that supposed to accomplish? Each driver is having trouble in a different area. Some drivers need more pay, some don't get detention, some feel parking is a problem. Many of these issues are not solvable by the government. You want to get paid for detention? Stop sitting for free. The government doesn't regulate pay in this country. Do you want them to? I doubt it. A better solution is to strike an individual company. For example, Company X may make drivers wait 4 hours and then pay $10/hr for detention. On April 12, every one of their trucks parks and sends a message to call whoever they have decided. Well, as the company sees hundreds of messages with trucks parked all over, I bet they make a call. You do this to a large company. How long before they agree to up their pay? A few hours, likely. "But Mark, they will just fire the drivers!" Um, no way. As soon as they fire you, you are no longer responsible for the unit. Do you really think they are going to leave hundreds of trucks and loads all over the country? Very unlikely. After you do this to only a few companies, the rest will talk without any further walkout. First, though, you need to find a spokesperson and pick a large carrier. Stop looking to the government to solve your problems. They are the one that creates problems. See you on the road!
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Curtis Moseley
1/12/2019 12:27:16 pm
OTR company truck drivers are going to get screwed with the new tax laws. Not being allowed to claim their per diem as a tax write off. But they will figure it out talking to their next door neighbor that wrote off the exact same amount on their taxes as they did. The difference is, the neighbor didn’t actually have to spend the money to live on the road eating truck stop food at their prices. He also didn’t miss his God’s ball games and recitles and birthdays. He got to sleep next to his wife and eat breakfast and dinner at home and took lunch to work with him. Without the tax per diem, the OTR company truck driver has lost his reason to be out there on the road. If they want a pay increase, go get a local job and there is a $1,000 a month that they aren’t paying out of pocket to be on the road. That’s after taxes money. Congress needs to realize this before OTR company drivers figure this out. It would be nice if you mentioned it to them and they call their senator to ask them to “give concession to the Tax per diem to the OTR company truck driver”
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