Hirschbach threatens to file lawsuits to keep drivers from leaving

The Danger of Forcing Truck Drivers to Drive Sleep-Deprived Exposed

 

The way they run those drivers ragged is tantamount to animal cruelty. The company might as well as be named “Kibbles & Bits”!!!lol

 

Just don’t show up. At some point they'll terminate you.

Every company has a written agreement. Every company.

And typically found in the first paragraph is it's a mutual "at will" agreement. Meaning you can walk for any or no reason, or they can fire you for any or no reason, and either party can terminate the agreement at any time.

 

Yes CRST was and lost in federal court because no one is a "property" of a company. Most company's will pay off these loans to get a driver because they have no driver training schools and it really cheaper to just pay.

 

Poaching truck drivers wasn't contract interference - 8th Circuit

 

Honestly that letter looks like it was typed by a driver and posted on the Internet to stir things up.

 

You may be right. I would hope they weren’t putting that stupid trailer graffiti on official company letterhead. And the spelling errors as already discussed.

Edit- It was an email so maybe they would. Who knows?

 

The scary part. The court didn't claim Swift (and TransAm) didn't interfere with the contract, only that CRST didn't keep records of if the driver paid off the loan or not. Without those records the court couldn't find cause.
Hopefully after all this CRST will stop their crap, but most likely they will simply fix their accounting of the payback and try again.

 

Dollars to doughnuts the driver signed a piece of paper that says he is an at will employee. What the company is trying to do is eat their cake and have it too - they can fire the driver but the driver cannot quit.

The other thing the company is trying to do is to prevent the driver from obtaining another job, thus "forcing" the driver to stay.

From this letter there is no way can we determine the driver's intentions - whether to fulfill the terms of the contract through a buyout or skip out. Heck, we don't even know how much time is left on the contract - it could be two weeks for all we know. All we know is the company is sending out threatening letters with no legal basis.

 

Here’s the deal, when you are handed a promissory note, read everything first. If you still agree with the terms, sign it. Then honor it. Your word is all you have, what’s it worth?