Why a strike? The CSA 2010 will cripple trucking.

Then whats the point of Celebrating the 4th of July when we have no freedom?, or Labor Day? Well, techniclly, we should get 2 days off for labor day since were forced to work twice as much, but THIS labor day can be used as a catalyst to promote this agenda for putting trucking under the FAIR LABOR ACT. We have the public's support, no one I talk to disagrees, NOW is a great time since UNIONS are crying for overexaturated salaries and benefits, truckers can easily ask for fairness now!

 

... and as time goes by, we'll see more and more foreigners brought to America with the "help" of ATA and other organizations to join us on the roads. These foreigners, many can't even speak English are/will be cheap labor force.
H2B workforce coalition brings workers from other countries legally to take American jobs.... and it does it LEGALLY!

How do we compete with that?????

 

Your comment was hands down the best I've read in here

 

Thanks IronHand, # Rocks, we NEED to be focused. It is imperative that we pick ONE issue as a major focal point, we all stick together on it, keep the argument SHARP like the point of a spear & we attack with it until we get heard & we have an audience that will come to the table & listen. Of corse management wil do other things and the more we dispute umongst ourselves, the duller the tip of the spear becomes & we loose. I think most truckers are working 60-80 hrs a week & most have paystubs that state 40 hrs a week. I'm looking into why this is, but the only way a manager takes notice of anything is if it costs them so by forcing an overtime rule where we'd get time & a half or mile & a half thats a start. I believe all that needs to happen for this is to remove trucking from the Fair Labor Act exemption. sounds simple, but I see a mountain of resistance in government, not the public, but companies & the govt is who we need to focus on. Our future is a stake, with the CSA 2010 we all will have a rating which, kept clean, can be used as a tool if we use it corectly, to sell our labor to companies. A better rated driver deserves better pay....period. We accept nothing less!

 

I NEED to know what this means in laymen terms: "Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, every trucking industry employer shall pay to all drivers, helpers, loaders and mechanics for whom the Secretary of Transportation may prescribe maximum hours of work for the safe operation of vehicles, pursuant to section 31502(b) of the federal Motor Carrier Act, 49 U.S.C. s.31502(b), an overtime rate not less than 1 1/2 times the minimum wage required pursuant to this section and N.J.A.C. 12:56-3.1. Employees engaged in the trucking industry shall be paid no less than the minimum wage rate as provided in this section and N.J.A.C. 12:56-3.1. As used in this section, "trucking industry employer" means any business or establishment primarily operating for the purpose of conveying property from one place to another by road or highway, including the storage and warehousing of goods and property. Such an employer shall also be subject to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to the federal Motor Carrier Act, 49 U.S.C. s.31501 et seq., whose employees are exempt under section 213(b)(1) of the federal "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 29 U.S.C. s.213(b)(1), which provides an exemption to employees regulated by section 207 of the federal "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 29 U.S.C. s. 207, and the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. s. 501 et al."
http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/wa...age_and_hour_laws_and_regulations.html#1156a4

 

Today I coined the week of 8/29 - 9/4 the "FIRST ANNUAL NATIONAL TRUCKER STRIKE" I call it this because no one will give us what we want on 9/5. This will be a long dawn out several year fight & this needs to be an annual event. This year, the best way is to hook onto Glenn Becks Restoring Honor meeting in DC on 8/28 because truckers need to restore honor to the industry, next year we can hold it in luisvile KY or NYC, I dont really care, but the week before Labor day is important for us to take back control of our Labor! Stop bickering & lets start planning!

 

Hey:
Once a law is in place it takes just about forever to get rid of it.
Once in a while this can be changed.. The Brady law is an example.
It lasted 10 years and they found that it was a useless law and had NO effect on crime.

But ,,,, There was a large organization pursuing that issue from day one.
In trucking there is No organization large enough to effectivly pursue anything other than the ATA which is not on our side.

That brings a whole new light to the problem. If not for us they are against us. That is what their history has proved.. They are against us. Yet they seem to be the major voice in our profession. WHY ????

Your companies support them.

I have no issue with coming to the US to find a better way of life and work that was not in the country they came from.
But as it was said here already , The trucking industry has been importing these workers to work for less then we can.
Note ! Not less then we will but less than we Can....
Many company drivers have lost their homes , cars etc. Even their familes. mainly because they could not support them without being gone for months at a time.
The reason for this we are told is that shippers will not pay .....
That is not the truth in this matter .. Trucking companies are cashing in on the situation. And why not ,they are making big money doing it.

The laws already in place are not being enforced... One must be able to speak English to operate a truck on our roads. This is not enforced.

WHY ????

There are many other issues that go right along with this and yet are not enforced to produce a cheaper work force.

A strike is fine , but do any of you really think that the guy that can not afford to shut down and or can not speak english or even understand what you are talking about here will help ???

No.. They will still be driving and hauling your freight... Sad ? yes. But true. No one is going to get this message through to them.

If and when you do decide to strike , You will all become the outaw truckers that you so much hated about us older guys.

Just saying it like it is. Glen Beck ???? Go for it.. You will be years before you are even heard.

 

Yes, it probably will be Years, thus my Idea that Truckers do this Annually, peacefully, legally, during a vacation week so no one has to loose time or money taking off work. Just schedule one of your vacation weeks the week before Labor Day every year & we'll plan to be in a different city every year. I decided to start this year in DC on 8/28 because I think truckers can learn from Glenn Becks restoring Honor gathering at the lincoln memorial. I'm not saying we roll up our rigs on DC & shut it down, all Im saying is park your trucks & drive into DC & come together to listen, learn, create awareness, and plan for a bigger next year.

 

Yup, it is a contrived way to further squeeze drivers out of money and livleyhood as new younger drivers with no sense of self preservation or knowledge of the constitution are inducted and used to keep the machine rolling. In 1950 a working mans wage was 30 times less than an executive it is 300 time more now. The working man is a "pawn" Think your making a living? You are a slaveI just had a conversation with a colored driver yesterday who agreed.

 

I have the same conversation with African American Drivers myself, in no way do I want to be like the Gay Rights people & equate my feelings with their civil rights fight & slavery, but there are parrallells and this IS about rights, our right to a FAIR DAY and FAIR PAY. For years these trucking companies are screwing drivers & now with the latest one in PA, arrow, screwing their collection company, then they are hust allowed to go out of business & "cash out" ! no wonder more people arent doing it, its time to STOP and take back control of our LABOR! 8/28 Lincoln Memorial, no trucks stopping traffic, just show up peacefully and we'll move foward from there!
http://www.glennbeck.com/828/