With permission to post from another Driver: Now that the breakfast is over and all that attended filled their bellies with the free food, let me fill your minds with some food for thought. I commend those of you that stood up and voiced your concerns.That tells me that some of you care. A few points were brought up by management I would like to address. First and foremost the question was asked what the profit margins were last year. The company's response was clear, if you read between the lines. They stated that the company was privately owned, therefore they did not have to divulge that information. That tells me they made a substantial net profit. By not stating the statistics the obvious conclusion was quite clear. Secondly, they compared the weekly salary of their employees to union wages and claimed they were consistent. The figure I believe was $1,200 per week. If you do the math that would be roughly 55 hours worked at straight time. Now if you take that same hourly rate and apply overtime, in theory you would only need to work less than 50 hours for the same gross salary. We all know there is no such thing as a 50 hour work week at New Century. So if we take this theory and apply the reality of hours actually worked, your gross pay based on 40 hours plus 25 hours overtime would be roughly $1,717.40! Compare that to 65 hours of straight time only you just lost $277. If you still had to pay for healthcare at roughly $150 per week you would still be ahead of the curve. These are just two items that came up at the breakfast. It's a no brainer and a win win.