Fundemental Points

HOS is just fine and "resonable" for me and I'm sure other's. What works for some will not work for others. Oh well

"safty groups" this is still America right? They (and you) have the right to lobby for what ever they want, or should we change that comrade?

 

Mandatory dock pay, hmmn more fed rules-n-regs, yup that should work! It's not a bad idea but if it's a real problem why do you still work for that Co.?

Stopping the clock, yeah I could go for that.

 

OK, I'm not even going to bother with this cept I do agree with the last sentence

 

so do I

 

The simple fact that the 'Safety Groups' involved in lawsuits against the government are the ones that have nothing to do with trucking and everything to do with pushing their will on one industry makes them unacceptable. Take a look at the ones behind the lawsuits against the government over the HOS and then tell me what you think. Comrade.

 

You missed the point,
You , just like me and ANY and EVERY American can address or lobby for whatever you want. Just cause you don't want it dosn't mean it shouldn't happen.
I haven't bothered to look at any law suits or complaints over HOS, It dosn't matter at all! If you want them to change or stay the same SPEAK UP the same as any one else. BTW HOS is a poor example, why? Because HOS does effect every body with costs of goods and safty on the road

 

The last time I emailed my Congressman. He emailed me back and said he agreed, blah, blah, blah, I feel the same way, blah, blah, blah.

Then vote day he voted the other way. At least he emailed me back.

 

1. End company driver mills,you have to go to a community college to get a license.
2. Overtime pay for local drivers and hourly wages for detained highway drivers.
NO WORK WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT COMPENSATION.

A Strike needs to be about public relations as much as it is about our bottom lines and lifestyles. If you get the medias sympathies and the publics,the politicians will follow........public opinion is everything to an elected official.

The time has never been better for packaging and selling a strike to the general public. If the strike is presented in the form of public safety and interests it will garner more support which would have a lasting impression once the strike would end.

Instead of being the meathead at the dock,scale or shopping mall that wanted to hold America hostage for selfish reasons you are now the champion of public interest and saftey. The idea is to come out of a strike looking like the victim not the villain.

With the conomy as it is we are seeing more companies outside of driving scale back on wages and using how truckers are paid as an example of where America is headed in general on everyones wages,we will have the public sympathy rather than their ire.
Ending driver mills cuts the supply of drivers coming into the industry which should see demand increase and the cost of employing a driver increase. The public needs to be protected from US and that is how you package the strike.

Anything else and you are just another whiney prick trying to squeeze more money out of a flatlining economy.

I like using safety groups to carry on our fight once we have gone back to work,ever wonder why companies fight these guys tooth and nail? Because if the ideas that the groups have were implemented it would mean higher wages for drivers and fewer driving hours while doing so.