Court certifies driver pay lawsuit against Swift as class action

They took advantage of you. Any work in the same town you negotiate extra pay. If nothing else they qualify for drop/hook pay. I would say an extra $50 I'll do it. Stand up when they try to beat you. This ain't the Red Cross.

 

i wonder what Tyson would say if the driver stopped when they were 90-93% of the way to the consignee and waited for the consignee to come and get their freight

i firmly believe in being paid for all time and work performed

 

when i worked at roadway every time you touched the dolly handle you got 1/4 hour pay ...big box drop and hook 1/2 hour pay ....set of pups d+h 2 drops 2 hooks paid an hour .... any detention time after 10 minutes you get payed

with todays map programs like google or mapquest (pro miles would be best) there is no reason not to be paid door to door miles .....and those should be the billable miles as well

but everybody hates unions......and everybody works for less

 

They'd say you deliver or pay us $150,000. If you were 1 minute late, they would fine the company $400. In turn the company would take it out of your paycheck. I was never late.

One time I got to customer about 6 hours early and set my alarm clock. Actually at a truck stop on the other side of the interstate. I forgot I crossed a time zone as it was just a few miles away. Night dispatch wakes me up about 10 minutes till and asks why I haven't arrived yet. zzzzzzzz, I said don't worry, I still have an hour, lol. After they corrected me I had no choice but haul arse. I made it with 1 minute to spare. Whew! Too close.

Yeah, I believe a driver deserves pay for actual work. There's too much penny pinching on a drivers paycheck. But when you are exempt from many DOL rules, what can you do? The gov't needs to step in and rework all the rules.

I wonder what happened to this case?

 

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'Ronald Reagan

 

Yesterday, the US District Court for the Western District of Tennessee formally approved (i.e., "certified") a class action suit brought by former Swift truck driving students against Swift Transportation related to Swift's improper CDL testing.

 

Wow. That's just BEGGING for somebody to bring up that Swift acronym: "Sure Wish I Finished Training".

 

There was a swift van outside the dmv the other day when i was there. Guess they are using state testing facilities now.

 

Or it could have been filled with hundred dollar bills to them off their backs