Central Transport | This is why you do not stay and help close the freight out.....sad.

[Kennesaw Kid]

Central Freight Lines truckers: Final paychecks came too late for Christmas

After finding out that Central Freight Lines was shuttering operations, hourly employees, including 1,325 truck drivers, learned that their final paychecks weren’t mailed out as promised before Christmas.

www.freightwaves.com

 

[1984Sideways]

That could have been seen coming like a month ago. A freight train so common in this industry.

Fuel cards turned off is usually time to quit and get the hell out before the paychecks stop for good.

One company years ago in Gettysburg got bought by their favorite reciever called exel. A breakbulk warehouse operation. I was out of there weeks prior. All it took was someone in the warehouse office loudly saying, dont worry we are working on acquiring that drivers company and solve your freight problem as I walked by.

That little tidbit took a hour of thinking over smokes. And then decision making. What do I do with it? Well that depended on one thing. I was not going to continue living my life hauling tomato ketchup packets out of Heinz in Toledo overnight to Carlise Exel constantly then sit half the day counting and restacking that little ::.

To this day I cannot bring myself to use those little heinz packets in fast food. I'll get it at home thank you very much.

When the company was bought, it was over very fast. Yard closed, trucks stopped wherever they were to be collected later and the workforce essentially replaced. Eventually the authority was deleted in due time within the Federal Register of Motor Carriers.

 

[joes bar and grill]

Central Freight Lines truckers: Final paychecks came too late for Christmas

After finding out that Central Freight Lines was shuttering operations, hourly employees, including 1,325 truck drivers, learned that their final paychecks weren’t mailed out as promised before Christmas.

www.freightwaves.com

While it is sad they did not get paid on time, at least they got paid

 

[Skyking68]

While it is sad they did not get paid on time, at least they got paid

All those in charge should be ashamed, sorry azz human beings, bad enough folks lost their jobs, I'm sure the CEO didn't have to worry about Christmas, they should rot in hell,no matter who you work for, no one deserves that,straight scumbags

 

[jimmy g]

While it is sad they did not get paid on time, at least they got paid

When Preston closed on me, I got every cent they owed me. Close to $5,000 for pay, WARN Act, and vacations. Took 18 MONTHS to get the check tho……

 

[joes bar and grill]

When Preston closed on me, I got every cent they owed me. Close to $5,000 for pay, WARN Act, and vacations. Took 18 MONTHS to get the check tho……

Guys from CF are still not paid

 

[jimmy g]

Guys from CF are still not paid

I believe that was/is typical for trucking companies.

The Yellow-Preston situation was the exception, and a totally weird closing. My customers all told me on the Monday we closed, that Yellow Corp had sent them emails the previous Saturday telling that we were closed. That Yellow-Preston relationship could never be proved, or we would have been dove-tailed. (And we weren’t).

Our situation wasn’t about money, as much as it was about Yellow taking over Non-Union Saia (Which Preston owned Until Yellow bought us.) Much like your CF-Non-Union Conway situation.

 

[seabreeze]

When Preston closed on me, I got every cent they owed me. Close to $5,000 for pay, WARN Act, and vacations. Took 18 MONTHS to get the check tho……

I got almost $500 3 or 4 yrs later when PIE closed
Don't know why, but the check didn't bounce.

 

[Razorblade]

When Preston closed on me, I got every cent they owed me. Close to $5,000 for pay, WARN Act, and vacations. Took 18 MONTHS to get the check tho……

Me too. Preston even paid health and welfare and pension through the WARN act period.

 

[Steward of the Rock]

I got almost $500 3 or 4 yrs later when PIE closed
Don't know why, but the check didn't bounce.

That was “your piece of the PIE” for covering that treacherous mountain run through Florida for all those years.

 

[Triplex]

That was “your piece of the PIE” for covering that treacherous mountain run through Florida for all those years.

And having to chain up on the really bad days.

 

[Hookman]

And having to chain up on the really bad days.

And jiffing up on those winter nights without complaining.

 

[seabreeze]

And jiffing up on those winter nights without complaining.

Peeing and moaning was my middle name.

And jiffing up on those winter nights without complaining.

 

[Hookman]

Peeing and moaning was my middle name.

But I heard you wore a nice cool hat, not as big as BD but more stylish.

 

[1984Sideways]

Ah Florida. Land of the sunshine and the place where you are finally old enough to ride.

 

[Steward of the Rock]

Peeing and moaning was my middle name.

Sea-Peeing-Moaning-Breeze was your full name? No wonder you shortened it to Seabreeze. Sounds like a serious medical condition. Or an STD!!!

 

[truckdriver]

Sea-Peeing-Moaning-Breeze was your full name? No wonder you shortened it to Seabreeze. Sounds like a serious medical condition. Or an STD!!!

That sounds like that film they showed us when we arrived in the Philippines ....

 

[gone for good]

Sea-Peeing-Moaning-Breeze was your full name? No wonder you shortened it to Seabreeze. Sounds like a serious medical condition. Or an STD!!!

For those of you who don’t live by the water seabreeze is the name that no boater wants to hear it’s a bad smell it’s a joke for people who are constantly out in boats

 

[seabreeze]

For those of you who don’t live by the water seabreeze is the name that no boater wants to hear it’s a bad smell it’s a joke for people who are constantly out in boats

That's the name of my boat, on the VHF, they always wanted to know where Seabreeze was on the fish.

 

[vongrimmenstein]

Excuse me please. But can we curtail the Tallywacker & peeing comments? Fo God's sake this is TB not Tallwwacker Central. Please. von.