I strongly disagree with you on this topic. Deregulation of the trucking industry was the kiss of death for the Unionized trucking industry (NMFA). It made an unfair playing field for the companies that were already in business before deregulation.
And yet I am sure that you gladly accept your "SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK" and depend on it as part of your retirement. So I would suggest that you should not point fingers at others about socialism as you yourself have accepted it if you draw a Social Security check.
What part of different transit times is so hard for you to figure out?
It’s really slow on the xpo board Joe....
Who said anything about transit times, if you want to talk about that I'm assuming most companies have about the same transit times. The 3 companies I worked for had from next day to 5 day for coast to coast, doesn't ABF do the same?
And a nationwide carrier has a 7 day operation to improve transit times and better service the customer.
You lose 2 days on your long haul freight, instead of Monday it gets there Wednesday....
So are you saying that ABF does coast to coast in 3 days, if so that's impressive, anyway this thread isn't about transit times if guys there are happy with a 7 day a week operation then don't try to get it changed in the next contract.
You are right this thread isn't about that.....I gave a good explanation...... I thought....but you chose to disregard it....let's get back on topic....
That’s exactly what I did when I worked the UE. Left my terminal, arrived at the breakbulk, spent a few hours working the dock, then hooked my set and headed home. Occasionally, I had to deliver a few city stops before I clocked out.
I actually had that talk with my BA..... but I said all hours over 50.....
Each day Varys of how much we work terminal to terminal. So the double time over the 10th hour will hit there pocket book more.
will never happen.
Where does this money come from?
How about the 100,000 million in profit they made for start. Also the upper management has come out and said they want to try and hire more works because the cost of giving freight to contractors keeps going up. This would attract some of the drivers they need.
Your employee numbers are extremely inflated there Razorblade. He said "to attract more drivers". I am not sure how many drivers (road and city) that ABF has, but my guess would be somewhere around the 5000 to 6,000 range. Also, with more drivers hired, there would be less chance of drivers reaching the tenth hour to trigger the double-time pay. And, rug runner is correct in saying that the price to out source to outside contractors is more expensive than using our drivers. So, in the end, his idea of double-time after 10 hours would probably save the company money and attract more drivers.
The 98 million is correct. Over the last three years the profit was a little over 300 million, so that would average out to a little over 100 million a year for the last three years. And, the 13,000 number is probably correct as well (ABF as well as the other companies under the ArcBest flag), but rug runner was specific when he said "attract more drivers".
