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As a former "LTL" trucker, I can tell you first hand, as far as management is concerned, the most expensive part on a tractor is the driver. Consolidated Freightways has been planning this for decades. They started their Con-Way "sub-company" for just that reason. Why pay a Teamster an honest wage, when they can get non-union drivers to do the same thing for peanuts? Don't think for one minute that the actual company called "CF" is out of business. They are still kicking, just under a different name, and with a bigger profit margin. Wake up and smell the economy. The days of blue collar workers being able to afford to own a home, and raise a family are quickly coming to an end. You want to change that? Two words. BUY UNION. Support organized labor. If not, we will soon be a "two-class" country. What do you think railroad workers would be getting paid today if it weren't for the unions? Would you sign your life away for $10.00 an hour? I doubt it. But if the stockholders had their say, you would. Trucking is not that different, as far as time away from home goes. Most union drivers are on daily "turns", but what of the poor soul out there sent from one coast to the other for an entire month? Union work rules would put an end to that, but what of the stockholders? Forget the man out there who is actually making the money for us, We want more! and the heck with his family life! J.B. Hunt, Schneider, etc. That's how they make the money. And they just don't care who suffers. Any non-union drivers out there that read this, you better organize soon. Or your kid flipping burgers at McD's will be making more than you as far as an hours-to-wages ratio is concerned. Just food for thought. Not to mention food on the table! "Wall Street Types", don't bother to reply. Honest, hard working Americans, feel free to add, or comment on my little sermon here. Todd C.
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