replies
usf-indy said:
When some of the posters talk about hourly pay being kind of high they mean compared to the nmfa. When and if a contract is setteled you can bet it will be close to what the rest of the industry covered by the union is getting. Hourly pay is what it is, not what you get for a 500 mile run averaging 65 mph. Hourly pay mainly effects dock and city workers not road men except when figuring wait or delay time or work performed besides driving.Be realistic in that the offer being made will be enough to entice you to sign but also low enough to remain competitive in the freight business. Remember the only reason for a union is not just the money but work rules that you can live with that don't change daily and a contract that describes what is expected of both sides. Some on here have made the comment that if it isn't broke than it don't need fixing and the complain on how they are being treated. These are the conditions that can be corrected in a contract with specific work rules such as who hauls which loads , accepting or waiting on work calls,hours of service and payment of waiting time. Not to be an a-hole but when the company ask me for a favor I remind them this is not my hobby but how I make my living and if they want something done ,all they have to do is tell me so, and if it's legal and safe I'd be glad to and get paid for doing it. my 2 cents
Skeeter wrote
424 miles 53.13 X 424= 225..27
Drop & Hooks on the run: 1 hour@ 21.00
Legally 8 hour run can do it easy.
Total: 246.27 divided by 8= 30.78 an hour.
I'd say that pretty good pay.:smillie_flag:
-ufs indy& Skeeter A bid driver can run 11 hrs a day not just 8 or even 10 for that matter any road driver can run 11 but that 11th hr is only if you are 1 hr from the terminal you started from so you can work 15 hrs in 1 day that would be for hook ups drops and anything else, paperwork, fueling,plus driving. where did you came up with 8 hrs a days
This whole time I have been posting was in reguards to road drivers..not city drivers that do pickups and LTL
And 500 miles divided 10 = 50 mph,
500 miles divided 11= 45.45 mph And .53 cents is only for top paid drivers the hourly pay comes in when your doing others things so either way it can be all done legally And legally you can work 15 hrs aday.
And the hourly rate... for drop and hookup is 18 mins. that comes out to around $7.00 they don't pay you for a full hr. they don't even pay you for the time it really takes you to drop or hookup, its a straight 18 mins.. same with fueling that has a set rate and they pay no more. so if you have to wait in line to fuel oooh well.
And Skeeter.. I don't know where you were the day of the take over .. but there was a line on the ground in Fresno ask Mike or Susan.. Dave was still working in Fresno when UPS took over. Now please correct me if I'm wrong and I will shutup about the matter. But "if its not broke don't fix it"