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<blockquote data-quote="FrigidFTSup" data-source="post: 1928758" data-attributes="member: 58894"><p>They are a freight broker. Unless we had Teamster brokers before, they're not taking any jobs from anybody.</p><p></p><p>There is nobody to unionize. All the employees are in fancy offices on the computer or phone.</p><p></p><p>Basically nothing. That's what they do.</p><p></p><p>They're not hauling anything. They don't own any trucks.</p><p></p><p>Freight brokers act as a middle man. Often times these big freight shippers sign contracts with companies like Coyote to haul everything. Coyote then becomes the shipping agent. They carry liability insurance to cover themselves in case a carrier they hire to carry the freight lacks liability insurance, or something arises that ends up coming back to them. My dad is a freight broker for Landstar, they carry liability insurance for the independents as a precaution.</p><p></p><p>They really don't ransack anything. They take orders from companies looking for trucks, and find guys with trucks and open space to carry them. It's called commerce. You wouldn't consider UPS responsible for something the post office does after you drop off SurePost would you? Why should companies like Coyote be responsible for stuff the guy actually hauling the freight does?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrigidFTSup, post: 1928758, member: 58894"] They are a freight broker. Unless we had Teamster brokers before, they're not taking any jobs from anybody. There is nobody to unionize. All the employees are in fancy offices on the computer or phone. Basically nothing. That's what they do. They're not hauling anything. They don't own any trucks. Freight brokers act as a middle man. Often times these big freight shippers sign contracts with companies like Coyote to haul everything. Coyote then becomes the shipping agent. They carry liability insurance to cover themselves in case a carrier they hire to carry the freight lacks liability insurance, or something arises that ends up coming back to them. My dad is a freight broker for Landstar, they carry liability insurance for the independents as a precaution. They really don't ransack anything. They take orders from companies looking for trucks, and find guys with trucks and open space to carry them. It's called commerce. You wouldn't consider UPS responsible for something the post office does after you drop off SurePost would you? Why should companies like Coyote be responsible for stuff the guy actually hauling the freight does? [/QUOTE]
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