Y'all are missing what the grievance is about. Our annual pittance of a wage increase per mile was 0.0025 cents a mile.
At 68mph, that means a wage increase of 17 cents per hour.
By reducing our speed 3 miles per hour, if we were able to run flat out, you just took away my measly 17 cents per hour and an additional $2.02 per hour. If you have a nice big run, you're looking at $20 plus per day.
And that doesn't count the fact that now you're stuck with all the other 62-65mph traffic that slows you down further. Unless you are that a-hole that sits side by side with another truck for 25 miles on a 2 lane road. Now we're going even slower.
Who cares how long it takes you to hook up, pre-trip, find your paperwork, etc.... That's on the clock, not on your mileage clock.
TForce has violated our wage agreement by slowing us down. That's the arguement. If they compensate our agreed upon wages, I don't care if we do 55mph. Fact is, we are getting paid less.