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Originally Posted by Redtail
is this about unions or truckers ???? being non union doesnt make one inferior!!
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All I'm saying is the union driver is compensated for his labors in a way that doesn't encourage him to drive unsafely on the road. He doesn't get a paid bonus if he speeds to his next stop and arrives before a certain time. He doesn't get paid a percentage of the cartage fees charged to the shipper of the freight.
If he's a local driver he gets paid by the hour, with overtime pay after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week depending on his classification and contract. There is no advantage to him driving above the speed limit or passing slow moving vehicles unsafely.
If he is a line-haul driver (road driver), he gets paid by the mile and also gets paid by the hour, besides, if he has long wait times for his load at the connecting terminals.
This is also not taking into account his health and welfare package and pension package that he's entitled to. It doesn't have anything to do with road safety, so I'm not itemizing that.
The point is that more non-union driver's are increasingly being paid in regard to their productivity in regard to the amount of deliveries they get off their rigs in a certain amount of time. They are being encouraged to hurry, hurry, hurry on the same roads in which you are driving with your families.