my comments on Arrow Trucking's recent actions

i like the way you think this is the first thing i will do in the mornin thank you much my truck is still in my driveway hooked to a trailer got the msg while i was at home on break after 7 long weeks of bein out and bein owed for about 5 weeks of it not to mention fuel from my last fueling when my card didnt work and had to get my load delivered out at port of catoosa the day prior


man this has been a mess but i was able to be home with family for the holidays i love livin in broken arrow

 

WOW! 5 weeks without a check and was still working for them and bought fuel on top of that. When the first check bounced I would have been headed toward the house and when the second check didn't clear I would have turned my truck in.

They did an interview on the news this week of an Arrow driver and his wife and they said they had no money, no home and no car. They had been living in their truck. Okay you can blame Arrow for a lot of things but where did the money go and what bills do you have when you live in your truck and have nothing else like rent, mortgage, auto's, etc.... they had to have made some money this year. I have known several over the years who truck and live in the truck and have no home or household bills but also have a healthy bank account. I just didn't get it.

I hope this is a wake up call to a lot of drivers always have an emergency fund so you can eat, motel, bus ticket, plane ticket or rent a car (a U-Haul is cheaper) to get home because companies will kick you to the curb for any reason and anywhere. The way the economy is we will see more of this.

 

Small earthquake reported on December 22nd near Tulsa, OK. Jim Pielsticker was rollin his grave.

 

The difference is they are authorized, you are going to jail for grand theft. You might be able to file a mechanics lien against the tractor and trailer, then you would be able to hang on to them, check with a attorney first.

As far as the assist they will just sneek in and take them once they know where they are.

 

Arrow can call "apples" "oranges" all they want - there is no job - and they aren't "offering" any employment to replace it ... that is "unemployment"

I've seen even more underhanded tactics than this by a little (now defunct) outfit out of Calhoun,TN.

They knew a year in advance of a coming bankruptcy - and to avoid paying unemployment forced all their drivers to sign a contract with a third party "driver leasing company" (driver - not truck).

In other words, they withheld all paychecks until the drivers signed over their services to this glorified "temp agency" ... thereby reliving themselves of any responsibility to them.

So now these drivers were "employed" by a third party when the company folded - negating any compensation due.

And to top it off - this temp agency was more than willing to "place" these drivers with the likes of USX, or Covenant - while shaving their "placement" fee off the top - what a crock!


Only in the USA ...

 

Well he has been served:

http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=11743868


and his small home is for sale

http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=11747875

 

http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=11742173

Good news. The employees in OK will be able to get unemployment.

 

Another Enron for the trucking industry.
The Bible is pretty clear about the consequences of dishonesty:

Malachi 3:5
5 At that time I will put you on trial. I will be a ready witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.

 

My friend that drove for arrow said he took the truck and trailer to the chrysler dealership in sc and they said they are not paying for no bus ticket or giving $200 did any other arrow driver in america run across this problem?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

 

Chrysler dealer?


Freightliner or Kenworth.