Roadway Express, Inc. - Akron, Oh. - Truckers' Trucking Forum | Message Board

brisk · **^ Top** #1 06.06.2006

I worked for roadway before I went to overnite in the mid 1990's. I thought the union pay was a good thing. Well its good if your fulltime and not a casual. I was a casual and it sucked. There were people like me but with more senority who were casuals wanting someday to get fulltime. I had to live next to the phone all week only to get called in to work only on the weekends. The fulltime guys all had a mental union mentallity. And I do mean lots of them were brain washed mental. What the union casual thing does is make you work with no benefits waiting to get on fulltime someday. If you want to be a line haul driver at roadway, you must first sacrifice alot.

pro1driver · **^ Top** #2 06.06.2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by brisk

I worked for roadway before I went to overnite in the mid 1990's. I thought the union pay was a good thing. Well its good if your fulltime and not a casual. I was a casual and it sucked. There were people like me but with more senority who were casuals wanting someday to get fulltime. I had to live next to the phone all week only to get called in to work only on the weekends. The fulltime guys all had a mental union mentallity. And I do mean lots of them were brain washed mental. What the union casual thing does is make you work with no benefits waiting to get on fulltime someday. If you want to be a line haul driver at roadway, you must first sacrifice alot.

this is basically the same thing at Yellow. the non-union guys get paid higher wages, but no benefits. if you get "put on the list" then your pay drops, but you now get the benefits. call me old fashion, but at my age, i want money AND benefits. this is why i will not work "casual" at any union job.

maybe when i retire, nah, i don't want to ever see myself working any trucking job when i retire.............

buck and a half · **^ Top** #3 11.02.2006

I see roadway hasn't changed much,ltl hauled for them in 1971-72, helped load my truck,had to call in by payphone every hour for pickups, sleep on the side of the road to get done in 10 hrs instead of 8,had a cycle then to ride,wanted to finish early,no way,union steward said sleep for 2 extra hours,I was worried about getting fired for sandbagging,but found out they all were. I too,did not make the list after a whole year,waiting by the phone,always called wednesday and worked wedn thru friday,got 40 hrs a week sometimes.Like you say,not for everybody.

MACK E-6 · **^ Top** #4 11.04.2006

Where I work they frown on drivers being on the dock. We don't load trucks here. Thankfully, I work a rural area where pick-ups are rare.

buck and a half · **^ Top** #5 11.04.2006

Yep,its better in some places,I still recommend roadway.

MACK E-6 · **^ Top** #6 11.05.2006

Just to clarify, I don't work for Roadway. I work for a different LTL.

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes	Rate This Thread
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode	Rate This Thread:

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Trucker Forum	Replies	Last Post
Roadway Change Of Operations	latanea	Teamsters, OOIDA, NAFTA	13	07.15.2008 08.11 PM
Hit a tire and wheel in roadway	Cybergal	Trucking Accident Reports	0	05.01.2008 09.11 AM
Akron tow-truck driver robbed at gunpoint	Cybergal	Truckers News	0	04.17.2008 04.35 PM
7/7 out of akron	choo choo train	Roehl	1	04.06.2008 10.37 AM
Heyl Truck Lines, Inc. - Akron, Ia.?	mascmo	Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop	3	10.17.2006 01.45 PM

Truckers' Trucking Forum/Message Board - The Premiere Truck Driver Forum
Sponsored Links

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)