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Someone Tell Me How The Ground "SCAM" Is Any Different Than Any Other Franchise Model
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<blockquote data-quote="barnyard" data-source="post: 1132333" data-attributes="member: 13921"><p><strong>Re: Someone Tell Me How The Ground "SCAM" Is Any Different Than Any Other Franchise M</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am fairly familiar actually. </p><p></p><p>I spoke to both of my Senators about it while they were campaigning. If a person wants to lobby for something effectively, it is important to know what you are lobbying for and what the implications may be.</p><p></p><p>It is very easy to paint a picture that shows the control that FE has over it's contractors. Just as it is very easy to show that many trucking companies have a lot of control over their fleece operators. We see the control as beating down the employees, Congress sees it as job creation and moving goods around the country cheaply. To change the contractor/fleece operator model would be to raise freight rates over night. That would cause a nightmare for any legislator that voted for it. It would not only raise FE rates, it would also cause the rates of OTR freight to go up. </p><p></p><p>Back when I farmed, I hauled hay by the semi load for extra cash. I was paid $2/mile 25+ years ago. Today, hay haulers are making about $1.50/mile including fuel surcharge. Over 25 years, OTR real wages have gone down, way down. Changing the model so that drivers would be paid a fair rate would cause trucking rates to immediately go up by a significant amount.</p><p></p><p>The point that I am trying to make is that you can complain all you want and it will not change that big money will always get their way. If they do not, they will change the laws so that they can.</p><p></p><p>You all are complaining to the wrong group. </p><p></p><p>You need to contact legislators. Not the teamsters, not UPSers, but your own congress person and senator. When you contact them, you need to explain how the current classification is harming you and how a change would help you and how it would help your community. It would also help to get others to write the same or also sign your letter.</p><p></p><p>Even then, I would expect no change, unless you found a lobbyist that is willing to spend some money on your behalf. Expect to have to counter every argument presented not only by FE, but by fleece operators also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barnyard, post: 1132333, member: 13921"] [b]Re: Someone Tell Me How The Ground "SCAM" Is Any Different Than Any Other Franchise M[/b] I am fairly familiar actually. I spoke to both of my Senators about it while they were campaigning. If a person wants to lobby for something effectively, it is important to know what you are lobbying for and what the implications may be. It is very easy to paint a picture that shows the control that FE has over it's contractors. Just as it is very easy to show that many trucking companies have a lot of control over their fleece operators. We see the control as beating down the employees, Congress sees it as job creation and moving goods around the country cheaply. To change the contractor/fleece operator model would be to raise freight rates over night. That would cause a nightmare for any legislator that voted for it. It would not only raise FE rates, it would also cause the rates of OTR freight to go up. Back when I farmed, I hauled hay by the semi load for extra cash. I was paid $2/mile 25+ years ago. Today, hay haulers are making about $1.50/mile including fuel surcharge. Over 25 years, OTR real wages have gone down, way down. Changing the model so that drivers would be paid a fair rate would cause trucking rates to immediately go up by a significant amount. The point that I am trying to make is that you can complain all you want and it will not change that big money will always get their way. If they do not, they will change the laws so that they can. You all are complaining to the wrong group. You need to contact legislators. Not the teamsters, not UPSers, but your own congress person and senator. When you contact them, you need to explain how the current classification is harming you and how a change would help you and how it would help your community. It would also help to get others to write the same or also sign your letter. Even then, I would expect no change, unless you found a lobbyist that is willing to spend some money on your behalf. Expect to have to counter every argument presented not only by FE, but by fleece operators also. [/QUOTE]
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