Werner compared to C.R. England

If Werner stays in business, I would suggest an organized union of truck drivers. In the next few months, begin regional meetings with your co-drivers, discuss problems and solutions and vote on regional union representatives.....and then....all USA Werner drivers everywhere (at the same time) should "strike" until the union representatives achieve the goals that were decided concerns in the regional meetings. The drivers would need to trust their union representatives. It wouldn't be difficult and it would not take a lot of time. Maybe it would take 6-8 months to vote on union reps and then a few weeks to begin union negotiations with Werner. In about one year, driver's should gross nothing less than 50,000 per year with fair and good union representation. A truck driver is the most important part of the the logistics and transportation industry. Without truckers, company investments are immobilized. The truckers are the most important part of this industry. Please be careful and only be represented by someone you trust and know.

 

It's a "rude awakening" to a be a new driver and new to the industry and be totally ****** by Werner. It was shocking. I've read about our USA historic labor unions. Unfortunately, throughout history, many U.S. labor unions have failed. You need to have good Union Reps that won't accept "pay-offs." Don't consider CWA, they're not good enough. I thought about our old labor unions while driving on I-40 - NM-TX - our old RT66 - (while my dispatcher was totally ******* me) and realized the extent of the problem. I don't think I've heard about a successful labor union since the 1981 Air Traffic Controllers Union strike. A Truck Drivers Union can be successful. It needs to be organized, though. Trucker drivers can do it. It wouldn't be difficult. Turn off the T.V. No truck driver should be paid under $50,000....."Just Say No."

 

Trucking companies can't replace "striking" drivers that easily. The process of hiring new drivers to replace those who might be on "strike" is time consuming and costly to investors. Newly considered applicants for trucking, need to pass drug tests, background checks, other testing...etc...and many new applicants are rejected. I think the investors of trucking companies would compromise with Union Reps to keep freight moving by keeping current drivers on the road. Drivers who are already hired in a company have already passed the several weeks of testing and new hire processing for trucking. Trucking employers try to avoid "attrition." Attrition is expensive and costly to employers. Attrition occurs when a lot of new drivers must be hired. Investors do not like the word "attrition." When employers need to hire new drivers, it directly costs a lot of money. While trucking companies would be trying to hire new driver applicants, they would also be losing a lot more money because we would be striking and they wouldn't be getting paid from our load deliveries. (Unfortunately, the PATCO 1981 Air Traffic Controllers Strike was not really that successful, either. Reagan shut it down. However, after the 1981 PATCO strike, Air Traffic Controller's concerns were more recognized in their industry.) Unions and striking are risky. Investors get mad and anybody can be "paid-off" to do almost anything in economic desperation. However, currently, trucking companies (such as Werner) receive money from our federal gov't because diesel costs are high and the volume of work in our industry has increased so drastically. Truck Drivers are needed...and Drivers need to feed their kids and pay the mortgage. The bottom line, truckers need to be paid a lot more for the hours that they are working.

 

There's no John Wayne...there's no movie stars....there isn't a superhero....there is no hero, none at all......

 

We can't do it individually; but, I think we can do it together. I really liked the drivers I met in the Dallas Werner Terminal. We're all different ages, ethics, religions and cultures, but we all share the road....and we all need to make some changes.