JABI Trucking, Oakville, IA

Not sure where this clown is now since the Miss. River took the whole town with it 07/08. I spoke with ol' Jon over the phone & decided to work for him. On day one, they started in with there ########--his son cut my pay for wks. 3 -6 over brunch! Then, after week 2 when they were to up my pay from training pay, they still did not so so 'til I caught it & told them I'd quit if they didn't correct it. I'd been out of the business for awhile so I really wanted to get 6 mos. in w. them so more doors would open elsewhere. I made it, but it was 6 mos. of hell. I gave li'l big man my 2 wk. notice 1 day after I had my 6 mos. in. It still took about 4 letters and over 2 yrs. for ol' Jon to pay me my vacation pay. I'd gone to a lawyer in Davenport, IA, who bills himself in the phone book as specializing in labor law who told me I had a 5 yr. statute of limitations on the case. I let ol' Jon suck me past 2 yrs. w. his claiming in a letter some 2 wks. prior to my 2nd anniversay of my voluntary termination he'd work on my case. When he never paid all I'd calculated he owed, I took him to court. When the magistrate asked me the lawyer's name he laughed and said he knew him and that he is not a labor law expert. The judge threw my case out saying I only had a 2 yr. statute of limitations. Pretty #### bad when you pay for legal advice and the #### lawyer has a blonde moment. And another thing, what is about so many folks who've screwed me in my life (li'l big man) have to tell you how much they go to church?

 

I here ya. I went to my girlfriend's college graduation in 1992. The college president who gave the commencement address started out by saying, "Congratulations class of 1992. You are the 1st generation in American history that will live a higher lifestyle than the following generation. The next generation will work harder, work longer & work for less than its prior generation for the 1st time in our country's 200 plus year history..." We've reached the mountain top folks. We are now on the downhill slide. It's pretty darned obvious to some of us we've made some poor choices along the way. Sad, but true. It's gonna get worse.