FLASH!! LADY DRIVER WINS / under STAA@31105 /Refused to drive Rig w/ bad tires

What?

*tries again*

What?

 

Been in a similar situation with another company,wonder if this company is any relation to who I drove for or the same company.We need more drivers that refuse to drive due to unsafe equipment or it doesn't meet DOT standards.I did sue the company I drove for wrongful termination.Sad thing is companies like this don't care and never will and FMCSA lets that company continue to operate unsafely.So we know the laws and fines are mostly about revenue.FMCSA knows how I feel about how they do business too.I didn't sue my company for money but for satisfaction and for the other drivers at this company.Everyone of those drivers I spoke with was on my side and offered to be a witness including a dispatcher and 2 of the mechanics.

 

ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS!!!!! Everybody should do this and the roads and motoring public and drivers would all be better for it

 

Here is the ruling by the Dept of Labor and OSHA

http://www.translaw.org/Documents/News Items/OSHA Oregon Aug. 2014.pdf

 

It also looks like the company owner tried to use the "but she was a contract (1099) driver therefore she wasn't an employee" excuse. This doesn't work.

I have just successfully sued a former employer who owed me back pay, through the state dept of labor. Because I was paid on a 1099 didn't matter to the state, they determined that legally I was not a contractor but an employer. Just wait until I finally do my taxes. I'm going to also do an amended return for 2012, filing as an employee and not a contractor, because of what my state determined.

The time for illegal hiring practices and employee abuse are coming to an end.

If it's true that there is a capacity shortage, which I believe there is, and rates are going to continue to go up, brokers and 3PLs as well as shippers are going to start demanding much better service, if they have to pay more to ship their goods. They aren't going to pay the $2.50-$3.50/mi dry van rates to carriers who have trucks falling apart and drivers who look like they just came out of the sewer.

 

Most of the people on 1099's are NOT contractors. Most 1099'd people aren't even aware of what makes them a contractor vs employee. People who aren't sure should file an SS-8 on themselves and see what the IRS says.

 

Caps button is vibrating again.

 

In the past, I've contracted with Gulick Trucking to move a trailer from North West to Utah; inspected the trailer & found defects, issue were resolved before i left that facility. (u gotta remain vigilant)

Myself, i will walk away from a job, if equipment is not brought into focus, at the time while im promoting the issue...we can pickup freight later. i.e. Take an expired annual inspection decal, we fix it now before we do anything.)

 

Absolutely right on. We should all be safe, do our inspections, and take responsibility that our rigs are safe. That's actually the purpose of all those regulations. Nice to see some cooperation, some mutual understanding.