I'm against the union because of their less than stellar track record. In the history of the universe, no other organization has been responsible for more trucking companies going out of business than the union. The union is a sinking ship. A runaway train , who's destination is the middle of nowhere. Even UPS was smart enough to bail out of their pension fund. Here is a list of some of the UNION trucking companies that have gone out of business in the last 20 years.
1.P.I.E. Nationwide 17,593 - Drivers who lost their jobs
2 Consolidated Freightways 15,500
3 McLean Trucking Co. 14,530
4 American Freight System 10,981
5 Spector Redball 7,610
6 Maislin Transport 6,375
7 Hall's Motor Transit 5,809
8 Interstate Motor Freight 5,536
9 Preston Trucking 5,500
10 Transcon Lines 4,817
11 Lee Way Motor Frt. 4,139
12 Wilson Freight Co. 3,754
13 Mason & Dixon Lines 3,627
14 IML Freight 3,624
15 Jones Motor Company 3,547
16 NationsWay Transport Service 3,500
17 T.I.M.E. - D.C. 3,303
18 Branch Motor Express 3,032
19 Pilot Freight Carriers 2,685
20 Johnson Motor Lines 2,515
21 Pacific Motor Trucking 2,470
22 Commercial Lovelace Mtr. Frt. 2,467
23 ICX (ILL.-Calif. Express) 2,373
24 Gordons Transports 2,163
25 ANR Advanced Transportation 2,000
26 C W Transport 1,990
27 System 99 1,962
28 Briggs Transportation 1,805
29 Motor Freight Express 1,802
30 A-P-A Transport 1,800
31 Campbell Sixty-Six 1,704
32 Murphy Motor Freight 1,578
33 Cooper Jarrett 1,532
34 Milne Truck Lines 1,497
35 Sante Fe Trails Trnptn Co. 1,483
36 Holmes Transportation 1,352
37 Jones Truck Lines 1,312
38 North Penn Transfer 1,272
39 Eazor Express 1,268
40 Hemingway Transport 1,268
41 Oneida Motor Freight 1,251
42 Chief Freight Lines 1,038
43 Boss Linco Lines 1,012
44 Midwest Emery Frt Sys 993
45 Mid-American Line 971
46 Clairmont Transfer Co 969
47 Mushroom Transportation 941
48 BN Transport, Inc. 919
49 R-W Service System 837
50 Tucker Freight 837
51 G M W (Glendenning) 828
52 B & L Motor Freight 826
53 Silver Wheel Frt Lines 818
54 Lyons Transportation Lines 813
55 United Trucking Service 796
56 AAA Trucking Corp 765
57 Salt Creek Freightways 698
58 Davidson Transfer & Stor. 697
59 Orscheln Bros. Truck Lines 660
60 Wycoff Co. (Express Co.) 650
61 Rio Grande Motor Way 648
62 Suburban Motor Freight 621
63 Brada Miller Freight 616
64 Tennessee Carolina Transport 595
65 Con-Way Eastern Express 549
66 Cleve Columbus & Cin Hwy 541
67 Central Truck Lines 502
68 Mercury Freight Lines 484
69 Tose-Fowler, Inc. 479
70 Courier-Newsom Express 475
71 Advance-United Expways 460
72 Bender & Loudon Motor Frt 450
73 Admiral Merchants Mtr Frt 445
74 Renner's Express 438
75 Steve D. Thompson Trkg. 400
76 Perkins Trucking Co. 399
77 Brown Express 386
78 Chippwa Motor Freight 382
79 Sterling Transit Co. 382
80 Wenham Transportation 380
81 Cook Motor Lines 357
82 Fowler and Williams 348
83 Express Freight Lines 344
84 GA FLA ALA Transportation Co. 338
85 Denver Midwest Mtr. Frt 320
86 Gross Common Carrier 299
87 Mercury Motor Express, Inc. 293
88 Manley Truck Line 285
89 Liberty Trucking Co 281
90 Fox and Gin, Inc. 278
91 Auclair Transportation Co. 270
92 Browning Freight Lines 265
93 Suwak Transportation 261
94 Virginia-Carolina Freight Lines 260
95 Allegheny Freight Lines 249
96 Tobler Transfer 248
97 Smith Transportation Co. 235
98 Highway Express, Inc. 228
99 Wooleyhan Transport 207
100 Dignan Trucking, Inc. 197
101 North Shore and Cent ILL Frt. Co. 195
102 Beacon Fast Freight Co. 192
103 Bowling Green Express 187
104 Peters Truck Lines 171
105 Dean Truck Line 158
106 Pulaski Highway Express 154
107 P. Callahan, Inc. 153
108 Sioux Transportation 151
109 Berman's Motor Express 148
110 Best Way Motor Freight 134
111 Nebraska-Iowa Xpress 133
112 Kains Motor Service 131
113 Graf Brothers 129
114 Maiers Motor Frt. Co. 129
115 Intercity Transportation Co. 127
116 Reinhardt Transfer Co. 119
117 Badger Freightways 105
118 William Hayes Line 105
119 Horn's Motor Express 104
120 Standard Motor Freight 102
121 American Freightways Co. 90
122 Williamson Transportation 90
123 Turner Trucking Co. 89
124 Griffith Motor Express 89
125 F & W Express 88
126 Jersey Coast Frt Lines 86
127 Sims Motor Transport 82
128 Evans Delivery Co. 59
129 Kenmore Transportation 56
130 Seaway Motor Express 55
131 C & E Trucking Corp. 50
132 R.D. Motor Express 50
133 Murfreesboro Freight Line 44
134 Red Ball, Inc. 44
135 Root's Express 44
136 Carpenters Mtr. Frt. 39
137 Waverly Transfer 34
138. Churchill
139. Merchants
(SOURCES INCLUDE: Information prepared by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Economics Department Report written by Norman Weintraub, then Chief Economist of the IBT, articles from Transport Topics, and various newspaper reports.)
If I have a garden, and I want to rid my garden of weeds, I can't do it myself so I call a landscaping company. All my neighbors used the same landscaping company, and that company killed everything, all the gardens died. Why would I call that landscaping company to help me? Do you really think they won't make your garden die? I'll keep the weeds . Thanks anyway. Past behavior is a real good indicator of future behavior. The union is obsolete. Their practices would run Con-Way into the ground in less than 5 years. Why some of you can't see that is beyond me.
Mary P Kile LTU