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Quote: The company mounted new sensors on package cars that will detect: • If the package car is moving when the seatbelt is unbuckled • How hard the brakes have been applied • How long the driver backed up on an individual stop (time and distance and location) • How much idle time a package car has • If the bulkhead door is open while the vehicle is moving • If the truck is in...

Quote: Originally Posted by roadrnnr2007 Newburgh has more than 50 drivers don't they? I do not know.

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Quote: Originally Posted by renegade313 ..just went through the ssd seniority question this week....and it was corrected .. ssd time does not count on the ltl side(other than for retirement)...now a question...wb brings up a contentious issue...Overnite had the policy if you worked at least 20 hrs a week and went full time your seniority date was exactly that,...this is exactly what happened to me...I started as a check lane attendant in the...

...it was in the green company policy binder books...thing is I have documents that have that time as my senority...even UPSF gave me a recognition at a Jan 08(my company time senority date has always been 01/26/87,honestly that is the only date I have seen,) meeting got the plaque and the key chain soo we will see I guess.. I know they don`t want to go down this road but Past Practices cant be simply ignored...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dockworker I've heard their pricing mission is to destroy YRC and it's market share. ...Just about every major LTL company is taking shots. Every Non -union company Mostly.

Quote: For the past 12 years we have bid Routes, which contains the name of city and the start time. Now we have a new TM from YRC thats been here for 2 weeks and he wants to make us bid only start times, the way he did at YRC. He's an idiot.....and you can tell him I said so! The driver's relationship with a customer is AT LEAST as important as any other factor. YRC is failing under their work methods so why does he want to change...

Quote: Originally Posted by Accelerator You are becoming a driver, so therefore the hazprint costs will be sucked up by the company, anything in referance to the liscence and endorsments will be your cost, NOT THE COMPANY. Give the reciept for the hazprints to your TM, if the company chooses not to pay for the background check,( HAZ PRINTS) pay for it so you may obtain your CDL,( YOU WILL HAVE TO DO THIS REGARDLESS) take the reciept, AND FILE...

Quote: Originally Posted by eatups Wanted to sddress a couple of issues in the previous posts. 1.I worked in phoenix 20 years and keep in contact with the guys. When they joined their stewards went through the contract changed everything they disagreed with. They went by company seniority across the board regardless of transfer date.That means if you transfered in your layof is based on your fulltime date with the company.I transfered in 2005...

Quote: Originally Posted by upsf-driver It happened to me once as well. Just be careful what you say. In some cases you might not think you did something wrong, but if the moderator gets offended or someone else does and they rat you out then you're probably going to can get banned. I think what they're trying to accomplish is to have these boards be a legitimate source for information rather than a place where we all come here to...