"Trucking companies continue to scream about a phony driver shortage.
There is NO shortage of drivers.
merely a shortage of drivers willing to live in a truck cab for weeks at a time while earning minimum wage for working 80 hours a week and getting treated like dog poo by everyone from cops to other motorists.
no other industry is allowed to require their employees to work 80 hours or more each week, while NOT paying overtime wages for hours 40 and up
the trucking companies have bribed congress to get an exemption so they dont have to pay the drivers OT
the fedgov rules allow 70 hours of driving time or 11 per day, and the trucking companies demand that you drive 11 hours per day/70 per week, and that doesnt count all the time you are working but NOT getting paid
truckers DO NOT get paid for any of their time unless the wheels are rolling,
spend an hour refueling? not paid
spend three hours sitting in traffic going nowhere? not paid
flat tire? not paid
sitting for 5 hours waiting on the shipper to load your truck? NOT paid
sitting for hours waiting for your truck to get unloaded? not paid
pulling into a weigh station and sitting for 10-45 minutes nine times a day? not paid
when an industry refuses to pay a decent wage for a demanding, crappy job, you will ALWAYS have a shortage of drivers.
and the goal of the trucking companies is to keep this phoney shortage in the news constantly so they can get the govt to allow them to hire foreigners who will work for less money.
if 95% of your employees quit every year, its clear to everyone except you, that youre not paying them enough and/or youre treating them like garbage there is no other explanation. the trucking companies blame everyone except themselves."
- Justin Notherhic ( comments section )
America’s trucker shortage could undermine economy
First paragraph tells you how bad it is. 87 year-old as a new employee - from the ABF board
There is NO shortage of drivers.
merely a shortage of drivers willing to live in a truck cab for weeks at a time while earning minimum wage for working 80 hours a week and getting treated like dog poo by everyone from cops to other motorists.
no other industry is allowed to require their employees to work 80 hours or more each week, while NOT paying overtime wages for hours 40 and up
the trucking companies have bribed congress to get an exemption so they dont have to pay the drivers OT
the fedgov rules allow 70 hours of driving time or 11 per day, and the trucking companies demand that you drive 11 hours per day/70 per week, and that doesnt count all the time you are working but NOT getting paid
truckers DO NOT get paid for any of their time unless the wheels are rolling,
spend an hour refueling? not paid
spend three hours sitting in traffic going nowhere? not paid
flat tire? not paid
sitting for 5 hours waiting on the shipper to load your truck? NOT paid
sitting for hours waiting for your truck to get unloaded? not paid
pulling into a weigh station and sitting for 10-45 minutes nine times a day? not paid
when an industry refuses to pay a decent wage for a demanding, crappy job, you will ALWAYS have a shortage of drivers.
and the goal of the trucking companies is to keep this phoney shortage in the news constantly so they can get the govt to allow them to hire foreigners who will work for less money.
if 95% of your employees quit every year, its clear to everyone except you, that youre not paying them enough and/or youre treating them like garbage there is no other explanation. the trucking companies blame everyone except themselves."
- Justin Notherhic ( comments section )
America’s trucker shortage could undermine economy
First paragraph tells you how bad it is. 87 year-old as a new employee - from the ABF board
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