C.R. England's 6,500+ truck drivers just landed another pay raise

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  1. sbaumann14

    sbaumann14 Road Train Member

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    Some of the guys over there are saying they raised it 2%..... On .50 per mile, thats .01.....no more peanut butter sandwiches for you guys!!!
     
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  3. BigDog Trucker

    BigDog Trucker Heavy Load Member

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    Lol. They held out dang near 100 years!! Guess they just couldnt pay guys .35cpm anymore. But they'll probably shut down driver lounges to make up for the extra labor cost lol.
     
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  4. sbaumann14

    sbaumann14 Road Train Member

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    How can they be so generous???
     
  5. coueshunter

    coueshunter Heavy Load Member

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    Uh, that’s big
     
  6. Voyager1968

    Voyager1968 Road Train Member

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    Yeah, now they can afford the jelly...
     
  7. VantaiTatted

    VantaiTatted Light Load Member

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    Yeah that’s big, but I believe Swift and JB have a lot more than that.
     
  8. Ridgeline

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    Ah look at some of the fleet sizes, there are a few topping 10k.

    6500 as i saw include leased operators.
     
  9. Slowmover1

    Slowmover1 Road Train Member

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    Schneider and/or Swift past 15,000 drivers, IIRC
     
  10. coueshunter

    coueshunter Heavy Load Member

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    Ya so there are literally 3 -5 companies larger... that’s a huge company
     
  11. coueshunter

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    Yes, no one said it’s the biggest.
     
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