[quote="MartenDrvrCA"]Im a tad bit confused on your stand point here Bigtimba.Werent you the one who was advocating swift in another thread? Now you're so anti cpm and swift? Not attacking you,maybe im mistaken.Just wanting to know where you were coming from?[quote]
Swift isn't the devil, here. Swift is a great company like I'm sure you think Marten is.
The devil is the law and the law is the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 . .
http://www.osha.gov/pls/epub/wageind...orStandAct.pdf
"(b) The provisions of section 7
(below) shall not apply with
respect to —
(1) any employee with respect to whom the Secretary
of Transportation *72 has power to establish
qualifications and maximum hours of service pursuant
to the provisions of section 31502 of Title 4973; or . . "
Maximum Hours
SEC. 7.35* (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this
section, no employer shall employ any of his employees who
in any workweek is engaged in commerce or in the production
of goods for commerce, or is employed in an enterprise
engaged in commerce or in the production of goods
for commerce, for a workweek longer than forty hours unless
such employee receives compensation for his employment
in excess of the hours above specified at a rate not
less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which
he is employed.
Swift doesn't pay overtime because the law says they don't have to. It doesn't say they can't.
If Swift were to decide tomorrow that, starting Monday, their Drivers will be paid overtime after 40, Swift would be gone by Tuesday.
Swift can't do it, Marten can't do it; no non-union company can do it. The choices are to unionize and bargain for overtime or the law needs to be changed. It will only be possible and fair when it applies to everyone.
As for CPM . . CPM as used by any carrier where Drivers are not owners is a flat out fraud. There have been many threads on that topic but I'll be happy to answer any questions.