my comments on Arrow Trucking's recent actions

Isn't it criminal to shut down the way they did?

 

I saw that on the local news up here in green bay, pretty decent offer

 

Far as I am concerned it is. Who do these a..holes think they are? Total disregard for any of their employees and the equipment operated by them. CF did the same thing years again but I believe most drivers where at home.

 

Maybe so, but Arrow directed the drivers to bring the trucks to the respective dealerships. (securement equipment and all). What do you think that Kenworth, Freightliner, and International will do with the chains, binders, tarps, and straps?
They surely won't be returning them to Arrow. Ya see my point, Rick? (good name by the way, mine too)

 

Skullitor, It sure is illegal. Please look up the Warn Act when you get the time.

 

Yes it is! The WARN Act says they have to give a fair notice before they close the doors. One news article going along with this mess said it was a 2 month notice. But you give truckers a notice of 2 months and if they are smart they'll be out the door the first chance they get!

 

No matter how you slice the pie the drivers never got to even lick the plate. When your stuck between a rock and a hard spot you got to look out for you and yours. And I'm sorry to say but I would have made some phone call or cb call about alot of stuff 50% off a few days ago! They dumped you on the road! They are not worried about you its all about the #1 man!!! Think about it? I don't know if I would sell the fuel tanks! but ya got to do something!!!! Don't wait for Arrow they didn't wait for you to come back off the road did they? With all the reading I have done about Arrow in the last few days it is starting to sound like the fuel cards got shut off just like comdata cards did! Wow add another bill to the pile!

 

They never said they were going out of business or shutting down they just stated they were suspending operations. Their way of getting around the Warn Act.

 

Ya know what, I bet you're right, Hoosier! They got it beat on a technicality. They'll probably keep saying that until who knows when!

 

Exceptions under the warn act.

link http://www.dws.state.nm.us/WARNEmployee.htm

EXCEPTIONS TO WARN NOTICE REQUIREMENT


There are three exceptions to the full 60-day notice requirement. However, in all cases, notice must be provided as soon as it is practicable. When notice is given in less than the 60-day timeframe, the employer must include a statement of the reason for providing less than 60 day's notice in addition to fulfilling the other information notice requirements. The exceptions to providing the full 60-day notice are as follows:

• A "faltering company" is not required to give notice of a layoff or plant closing when, before the plant closing, it is actively seeking capital or business, which if obtained would avoid or postpone the layoff or closure, and if it reasonably believes that advance notice would hurt its ability to find the capital or business it needs to continue operating;
• A business is not required to give a full 60-days's notice if it could not reasonably foresee business circumstances that led to a layoff or closing at the time that the 60-day notice would have been required. (e.g., a business circumstance that is caused by some sudden, dramatic, and unexpected action or conditions outside the employer's control like the unexpected cancellation of a major order); or
• A business is not required to give notice if a layoff or plant closing is the direct result of a natural disaster (i.e., hurricane, flood, earthquake, tornado, storm, drought, or similar effect of nature).

Do they meet it?

Who knows.