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New Swift Policy

Discussion in 'Swift' started by musicgal, Jan 24, 2013.

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  1. Jan 24, 2013 #1
    musicgal

    musicgal Road Train Member

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    I had to call Safety again because apparently I am in "trouble" again.

    Was told that 15 minutes was not enough time to properly do and log a 107 point pre-trip inspection and that I needed to log for as long as it takes me.

    Also, when you get to the customer and send in your arrival call, go on-duty for as long as it takes until you are docked....EVEN if you are told that it is going to take a long time to get docked. I specifically stated "What if it takes you 45 minutes before you get docked" and was told that time has to be logged as on-duty......this comes from upper management and there is supposed to be a letter about this in the Portal but I have been unable to find it.

    Does anybody know about this?
     
    musicgal, Jan 24, 2013
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  3. Jan 24, 2013 #2
    TruckerPete1990

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    I don't drive for swift but pre trip is 15 mins while at shipper it can be sleeper long as ur not unloading
     
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  4. Jan 24, 2013 #3
    Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    kids these days

    cant your team partner keep you straight?
     
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  5. Jan 24, 2013 #4
    windsmith

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    That's the point. These are Swift policies. I'm sure they have a reason for implementing them. Now let's hope for the drivers' sake that they begin paying the drivers an hourly wage for the non-driving work that they are going to be logging. Or let's hope that the drivers are smart enough to band together and park their trucks simultaneously for a day or two until Swift gets the message.

    HOS minutes are a valuable resource to the drivers. It's my opinion that if Swift or any other company is going to dictate how and when a driver logs their minutes, then the company needs to buy those minutes first.
     
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    snafu and Switches Thank this.
  7. Jan 24, 2013 #5
    pokerhound67

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    agreed, but im afraid youd turn 77 shades of blue holding your breath on getting them to pay for it. all it means is now swift is on the list of companies to avoid at all costs. a company that is essentially stealing your time (ok, they all kinda do that, but requiring you to log on duty time at shippers/receivers is above and beyond thievery) by not compensating you for work they are requiring you to do is a company of CROOKS...plain and simple. their reason for implementing these rules, assuming they are not compensating drivers for on duty time, is simply that the upper management of swift are crooks and they know they can get away with the theft.
     
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  8. Jan 24, 2013 #6
    musicgal

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    Very funny...lol........He tries but there is no keeping this gal straight
     
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  9. Jan 24, 2013 #7
    ralph

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    LOL...

    Thanks for the comedic relief windsmith. I'm not sure which point was funnier>the one about the Swift drivers being paid hourly or the one about the Swift drivers banding together.

    LOL...
     
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  10. Jan 24, 2013 #8
    Meltom

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    WTF you're a Swiftie now?
     
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  11. Jan 24, 2013 #9
    scottied67

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    The purpose of the policy is to starve the solo drivers out of their 70 hour clock all the time, then the company will 'suggest' they get a teammate so there will always be hours available. Swift is greedy, make no mistake, a solo driver sitting for 10 hours break is just too much downtime.
     
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  12. Jan 24, 2013 #10
    Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    well if he cant help you relegate him to a basement dweller
     
    Cranky Yankee, Jan 24, 2013
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