crst contract..uuughh!!!!

What sort of difference would this make with other companies?

 

So far, no one will touch me while I am still under that contract. Say I do get on with someone else, and they find out later, that falsification comes back on me and I lose another job. That aside, CRST is all too happy to sue other companies for picking up drivers still under their contracts...I've read half a dozen court records of just that tonight.

Still, as previously noted, I have no problem paying my contract off, I just want to get back to driving so I can do so.

 

It seems to me that this CRST contract thing could violate certain civil liberties. I wonder if the contrract is actually legal as written if it is preventing a driver from gaining employment after being released from CRST under whatever circumstances. Since the driver cannot find employment in the field while he/she is under contract, how is that driver able to pay off the contract? It's like those "non compete" clauses in some employment agreements found in other industries (which are completely unenforceable in PA).

 

I was wondering much the same, myself, brsims. I am planning to seek legal counsel in the matter of this contract issue as well as that citation since it happened at an intersection where rigs get stuck on those tracks almost daily.

 

I'd give up the citation, drivers very rarely see any joy in fighting those when its a common occurance. Try for a reduced charge, instead. Might see better results.

Definitely go talk to an attorney about the contract issue, though. I'm no lawyer, but that contract barring you from driving for another carrier smells downright fishy to me. Especially coming from a company that has the high level of turnover with entry-level drivers like CRST.

 

Gotcha. Shoot, if it hadn't been for that contract business, I'd have been leaving this weekend for Laredo to do Celedon's Rookie Refresher course...

 

Sounds like it is a No compete clause unless the contract terms are fulfilled via payment, or completion of training. No compete clauses are very common, and very legal. In my previous industry I had to sign a no compete clause when I first started, when the company lost the contract for the job, they they called in a lawyer to sit down with each employee and they gave us a legal document stating that we were no longer bound by the contract since the company lost their contract in the state. If it is worded as a no compete clause, then you sir are screwed, because those are binding. No way out unless the company releases you from the contract or it is fulfilled.

 

While we're on these topics, does anyone know much about the Open Road Driver's Plan, and if they are reliable for legal assistance at least in getting that citation lowered? I reckon I'll have to talk to an employment attorney for advice on the contract.

 

Yep I have it with TMC, its pretty good stuff. get a citation, send it to them, they will try to get it reduced or dropped completely

 

Thanks, Gunner75. Looking to call them and sign up tomorrow after I call their number for pre-existing citations.