A Vitran/Central city driver, with 25 yrs. with Pjax/Vitran/Central and a spotless driving record and only missed maybe 1 day a year due to illness, was laid off yesterday from the Dunbar, WV terminal. He had the most senority of ALL the drivers there and made $21.55 an hour. They skipped 10 drivers to get to him. The layoff came in an email from Michigan, not the terminal manager. 2 other drivers were laid off too.
They merged the Vitran terminal in the much smaller Central terminal the week before Thanksgiving. In the firing process so far, Vitran employess - 3 line haul drivers quit, 3 office people were laid off when they merged. Since the end of November, they fired 1 Vitran line haul driver, laid off 5 Vitran city drivers in the first round, then 3 Vitran office people in the second round, then 3 more city drivers - 2 Vitran and 1 Central, in the third round. Out of 24 Vitran people, only 6 city drivers and 1 office person and 1 line haul driver are left. As for Central people, they laid off 1 driver.
They lost almost every Vitran account in this area due to customers finding out that Central bought Vitran out, they refused to let Central haul their freight and gave it to other trucking companies. The dispatcher for this terminal is in Michigan and probably has never been to this area, which creates the most havoc. When you need to get a hold of someone the company for hot issues the driver and the manager have to call and leave a message or send an email, which may not be answered for hours which creates utter chaos and puts everything on hold. They give very little authority to the terminal manager or the other 2 office people, regarding ,most issues.
They merged the Vitran terminal in the much smaller Central terminal the week before Thanksgiving. In the firing process so far, Vitran employess - 3 line haul drivers quit, 3 office people were laid off when they merged. Since the end of November, they fired 1 Vitran line haul driver, laid off 5 Vitran city drivers in the first round, then 3 Vitran office people in the second round, then 3 more city drivers - 2 Vitran and 1 Central, in the third round. Out of 24 Vitran people, only 6 city drivers and 1 office person and 1 line haul driver are left. As for Central people, they laid off 1 driver.
They lost almost every Vitran account in this area due to customers finding out that Central bought Vitran out, they refused to let Central haul their freight and gave it to other trucking companies. The dispatcher for this terminal is in Michigan and probably has never been to this area, which creates the most havoc. When you need to get a hold of someone the company for hot issues the driver and the manager have to call and leave a message or send an email, which may not be answered for hours which creates utter chaos and puts everything on hold. They give very little authority to the terminal manager or the other 2 office people, regarding ,most issues.
