Rjm Global/cool Express Of Wisconsin

Yeah, a friend just got off that band wagon after over 2 years with them. They downsized and force their company drivers to buy trucks with them in order to work there. They use the same address as a credit agency in Carson City Nevada. Not really sure if they are actually affiliated with them or not. They are buying trucks at auctions and trying to sell them to their drivers with no history and high miles. Many of the drivers have chosen to do this yet most are new drivers and know nothing about the cost of operating a truck.

My friend last paycheck was ripped off for over 800 dead head miles that he questioned and they told him they changed the policy and no longer pay for dead head miles. He never signed any new contract nor was he ever told that he was not going to be paid for working for them hauling trailers to Iowa. He had to switch trucks so much he went through 10 in a year because they kept telling him they were selling his. The trucks he ended up with were so bad and at one point he had to purchase windshield wipers and sent his receipts in like he always did, only to be told they no longer reimburse for these things without prior approval.

The owner said he had to force drivers to buy their own trucks because they were "sabatoging his". Right! These drivers counted on those beat up trucks for their bread and butter and there is no way they would want to purpose sabatoge the owners trucks.

The first interview he had with them, they asked him if he knew how to cheat on logbooks. He was very concerned but a new driver and really felt trapped.

The only drivers they kept were the ones who cheat on logbooks and drive illegally.

Dispatch forced those drivers and constantly hounded them to drive way past their 11 hours and never once paid any of their fines for doing so.

He was shocked in the end to be face to face with the owner wife telling him she was going to rob 800 miles from him because she changed the policy on paying for dead head miles after he drove non stop for two weeks hauling empty trailers from Indiana to Iowa.


This is a very very bad company with a lot of issues. They have a history of ripping off drivers paychecks and when the heat gets too much, they change their name.

My friend just smiled at them and said no problem and turned it into the state labor laws with his log books.

 

You guys who've worked for this outfit need to call up Jim Johnston at OOIDA and let him know about 'em. Maybe you can get a class action suit going of some kind.

Maybe you can even stop in and meet the OOIDA bunch in person and tell them all about this company. The OOIDA headquarters is on I-70 about 10-15 miles east of Kansas City. They have truck parking, albeit the lot isn't that big.

 

They ended up "renting an address", which is basically what they are using now, hoping to hide from all their law suits against them.