ALL Schneider Drivers Please Read!

I just wanted to say that as a Schneider driver who just had my wages froze right before my raise, I will no longer be shopping from any stores that carry Schneider goods. This includes my local Wal-Mart, Target, Sears, Dollar General, Petsmart, JCPenney, and any other retailer that I find out Schneider contracts with. I'm asking any other Schneider employee to do the same until we are granted are raises as Schneider continues to make hundreds of millions in profit. The thing that Schneider doesn't understand is that even if we still continue to buy there we will not be able to buy as much due to wage freeze. This will ultimatly effect Schneider's need to haul goods.

 

Yea, and if they freeze our wages then we're not going to have as much money to buy their stuff. This is what's called the cycles of recession. Less buying, less producing, less jobs, more fear.

The thing is the opposite is also true. Better wages, more production, more consumption, less fear.

For every dollar they cut from their drivers they cut also cut from their profit. Under my plan though, for every dollar they cut from me, they cut 100% from themselves.

 

No, they haven't shown me anything. The only thing I do know is that in 2008 Schneider went from being a 3.4 billion dollar corporation to a 3.7 billion dollar corporation. That's 300 million dollars in profit! And they made cutbacks that year and now this year. I asked if the top level executives would also be making pay cut backs and they said yes but declined to go into any detail.

To me it's like this. On the one hand, yes I should be glad I have any job after the awful things that both parties of government and greedy evil bankers and politicians have done this country. It's like we were all stolen from. Some of us had more stolen than others. But it's no real consolation to a theft victim to say, "Well at least you weren't raped, tortured, or killed!" like they're some kind of ####### for being upset they got ripped off. We all have every right to be upset when bad things happen to us even if it's not the worst possible thing that could have happened. We all have the duty to be upset, and to take steps to make sure this never happens again. But while you're gladly accepting the crumbs that fall off the table the rich are getting even richer. They're making off with your money. And it's time you stop being so scared and rise up and take it back. The Bush administration was all about scaring you into giving up your rights and your privacy. This administration is all about taking your money, homes, jobs, and dignity.

 

I was planning on buying a house for the first time and moving to a large city and looking for better opportunities there but now I'm not sure if I should. Part of me feels like I should just put every penny I can in the bank.

No, I don't think it will effect my paycheck if I start shopping at County Market or Save-A-Lot and K-Mart instead of Walmart and other retailers Schneider delivers for. Giving less money to customers make the exact same sense that giving less to drivers makes. My dollar is the only real power that I have. If we all banned together they'd give us our raises. But most drivers are too ignorant to realize that.

And I did write to Green Bay telling them of my plan.

And there's no reason for you to think that they are doing this to "protect customers, drivers, and the company." If anything it appears like they're doing this because they can. Because people are scared, and they'll put up with it. Because they're so stupid.