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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 4538950" data-attributes="member: 58386"><p>Yours is a full and complete description of the direction the entire industry is headed in. For the sake of becoming the cheapest carrier in the industry the industry has embarked on a path toward complete self destruction and in doing so invites state and or federal reregulation of that industry.</p><p></p><p>Yesterday I was informed that even the small rural Ground terminal that I hauled out of will go to 7 day a week operations the first Sunday in August. At least a full year earlier than expected. Already burdened with heavy turnover and fearful of the consequences of shifting to a split work week schedule contractors are scrambling to find weekend only drivers. Good luck with that come fall football and hunting season. A situation made even worse by the manner in which contractor employed drivers at the terminal have had their fill of being cuffed around and disciplined by management in the same manner they do their own employees. An increasingly common situation OPCO wide due to contractors in general including IWBF lacking the courage to stand up to management in defense of their employees given the fact that Fat Freddy has them locked into an economic position whereby the risk of personal economic loss should they decide to confront and oppose him renders them powerless to offer even token resistance .</p><p></p><p>I'm happy for the fact that you see that there's nothing to gain long term by staying where you are, you've decided to try to get to a better place before it's too late But. for many others "too late" has already arrived.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 4538950, member: 58386"] Yours is a full and complete description of the direction the entire industry is headed in. For the sake of becoming the cheapest carrier in the industry the industry has embarked on a path toward complete self destruction and in doing so invites state and or federal reregulation of that industry. Yesterday I was informed that even the small rural Ground terminal that I hauled out of will go to 7 day a week operations the first Sunday in August. At least a full year earlier than expected. Already burdened with heavy turnover and fearful of the consequences of shifting to a split work week schedule contractors are scrambling to find weekend only drivers. Good luck with that come fall football and hunting season. A situation made even worse by the manner in which contractor employed drivers at the terminal have had their fill of being cuffed around and disciplined by management in the same manner they do their own employees. An increasingly common situation OPCO wide due to contractors in general including IWBF lacking the courage to stand up to management in defense of their employees given the fact that Fat Freddy has them locked into an economic position whereby the risk of personal economic loss should they decide to confront and oppose him renders them powerless to offer even token resistance . I'm happy for the fact that you see that there's nothing to gain long term by staying where you are, you've decided to try to get to a better place before it's too late But. for many others "too late" has already arrived. [/QUOTE]
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