I been sitting for going on 3 days now....currently there isn't enough freight to come together and organize.

Wasn't the Obama gonna issue some sort of card where working people could organize and essentially elect a union or something like that ?

Some of these companies are so highly leveraged a strike would collapse them in a very short span of time

I used to work at Lockheed....they were union.

There was a contract... a pay scale...benefits....etc.

.... it did not allow us to shove the company around.

It more or less tried to make sure we were able to maintain a basic and functional standard of existence against the backdrop of the economy of those days.

Unions and capitalism don't mix well any longer....I doubt it will ever occur in the world of trucking during any of our lifetimes.

I also especially doubt one could tell a private owner what he or she must do with their company.

Really, how does UPS survive then ???

They are buying up non-union operations in an attempt to bust the union, I don't think it will work.

Remember Overnight Trucking which for a long while was one of the few non-union companies in the past age ?

Now you're catching on !!!

Read and learn from experts:

New Threats and Opportunities | Teamsters for a Democratic Union

That is the general idea, force these trucking companies to merge and pay drivers what they are worth !!!

The Teamsters would most likely bring more stability to the OTR trucking industry. Some of the turnover rate amongst drivers can be attributed to unrealistic expectations amongst newbie drivers. The majority comes from job hopping veteran drivers. It is not the drivers that are at fault, it is the anti driver sentiment that the companies have as a whole. These companies, from the largest to the smallest, use and abuse drivers. They expect perfection from the driver and then will toss the driver away like trash over the smallest thing. Any trucker who thinks it will eventually get better without the benefit of the union is mind screwing themselves. Right now there are two kinds of OTR drivers. Those that have been bent-over and those that will be in the future. The TL carriers do not want stability amongst the drivers. If they did they would have fixed the problem years ago. Its cheaper to open the company cdl mills and keep pumping new inexperienced drivers into the system than to respectfully treat its career veteran drivers. I do not believe any career driver expects this industry to kiss their behind, they just dont want to be treated like a dish rag.

Jimmy? Jimmy Hoffa...

IS THAT YOU?

Rick

AVC, ever sat back and thought about what your saying? You are darn near demanding that all truck drivers US wide shutdown and go on strike. Lemme give you a clue, not everyone can do that buddy. We have bills to pay and mouths to feed, going on strike means no money which means no food and no bills getting paid which means I lose my house and cars. This is not the time to go on strike.