Yellow | Another Union Company Out Of Business
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I know it sucks starting over but you can throw a rock in the air and it’ll land on a good paying union job in Chicago
Just have to hope it doesn't land on the head of the shop steward of the job you want to go to.
Or it will land on 1, of possibly 75, regional or local container hauling outfits owned by white, Russian, Hispanic,Polish, or Moldavian immigrants,who will say, home during the week,1, or 2 times, weekends, pay practical miles, 1099, benefits available,
Bonus’, 5 language dispatchers, detention after 2-3 hours. Have fun on your run!!!
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Or YRC
https://cdllife.com/2019/hvh-transportation-abruptly-shuts-down-leaves-drivers-stranded/
A lot of companies going out of business
A lot of companies going out of business
http://www.drayage.com/directory/results.cfm?city=CHI
Save that list if you every get fired someone will hire
397 companies in Chicago 2nd most in the country after Los Angeles with 475.
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My opinion, unless some sort of regulation comes back to trucking, it's only going to get worse. When you let the shipper dictate how much you can afford to haul their freight for, you're giving your business away to the mega fleets eventually and sooner than later.
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Shipper does not dictate, 3pl creates the market. It’s a free market economy. Adapt or die.
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All of which is the reason why most truckload jobs are crap, and will continue to be crap. And the adapt or die theory does nothing for wages or benefits in a deregulated industry.
Funny how the ATA and industry insiders were reporting wages going up in the truckload sector for the first time just in the last few years. Then what happens, freight rates go in the dumper, trucking companies out of business, and wages will go down, or stay stagnant for decades and what's left are mega fleet and coolie carriers. Imo
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WalMart dictates how much trucking companies will haul their Chinese crap for.
YRCF cowtows to Walmart in order to receive their accolades and be exempt from refusals.
Just stating the obvious. It is no longer a middle class occupation, associated with supporting a family and paying for college.
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For many drivers Elwood that's true, all because of deregulation.
I’ll always disagree. I’m a Constitutionalist. Power belongs to the individuals and the States. The Federal Government is Supposed to be virtually powerless. Regulated Trucking made rates artificially high, and too big to fail. Companies grew by buying out smaller companies, and it was close to impossible to gets Rights to Haul, and start a new Business. Deregulation not only helped people start new businesses, it brought down prices to the average consumer, so he can buy more, and therefore, need more hauled, and the economy grows. The USA is supposed to be the Land of Opportunity. That also means, it’s the Land of trying and failing. Everyone loves to brag about success, but blames it on others when they fail.
We in CSPF always blame our fund failing on Deregulation. If so, why is the Western Fund fully funded? They lived under Deregulation too...
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Deregulation did help many people start and expand in trucking. Schneider, Swift, Werner, JB Hunt, etc.
And it's amazing how elected Washington morons will fight tooth and nail for the pharmaceutical and health insurance companies to continue to gouge American citizens, yet regulation that would allow good trucking companies to compete with rolling sweatshops is absurd.
I would deregulate big pharma, too. Fixed rates lock in high prices. End them. End OCare, and let insurers compete across State Lines.
I know should have gone to UPS now their starting everyone at 30hr