New coercion rule passed Jan 2016
along with the surface transportation assistance act (STAA)
www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/coercion
http://www.whistleblowers.gov/acts/staa.html
Driver at my sic refused dispatch during the last big storm we got in the north east , He was given a letter of instruction by TM . the driver contacted DOT they informed him about the coercion rule that just passed and instructed him to print it out and give it to the TM and demand his LOI be removed from his file and destroyed , DOT told driver if his TM refused, To call them back and they would send someone to his sic to investigate under the coercion rule .
along with the surface transportation assistance act (STAA)
www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/coercion
http://www.whistleblowers.gov/acts/staa.html
Driver at my sic refused dispatch during the last big storm we got in the north east , He was given a letter of instruction by TM . the driver contacted DOT they informed him about the coercion rule that just passed and instructed him to print it out and give it to the TM and demand his LOI be removed from his file and destroyed , DOT told driver if his TM refused, To call them back and they would send someone to his sic to investigate under the coercion rule .