ODFL | Sacrifice our annual raise this year for..

Not the case in the north. It's about a dollar difference, if that, once SAIA gets their pay raise shortly. Currently they pay the same for l/h (a little more since OD northern is .6378 and SAIA is flat .64). For city, it's not a whole lot more of a pay difference if you compare a 50 hour work week (as an example) between the two companies, but SAIA is paying more when considering the OT after 45, certainly not less. And if you work more than a 50 hour week when comparing the two companies, the pay difference increases exponentially. If a driver has more than 10 years left in their career, the health care is worth its weight in gold.

P&D drivers have no seniority to lose when joining SAIA, but more to gain since at SAIA you can flop between city and l/h during bids because they share the same board.
If I was a betting man I would say that free ins. after 10 years will be gone just like like that pension I was supposed to get from yrc.
 
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