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Forum: Trucking

Nov 21st 2011, 10:28 pm

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Cost of life in Canada

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Posted By Lou Skannon

Re: Cost of life in Canada

Trouble is............ those at the top of the ladder are not regarded as some one to be looked-up to and admired. They are seen as targets to be brought down. And there are an awful lot drivers...

Forum: Trucking

Nov 21st 2011, 6:57 pm

Replies: 52

Cost of life in Canada

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Posted By Lou Skannon

Re: Cost of life in Canada

It's true that cream does rise to the top, but you cannot keep creaming off all the choice jobs without, sooner or later, coming in to find a "work-mate" has pulled your pin.
In this job, you have...

Forum: Trucking

Nov 21st 2011, 6:14 pm

Replies: 52

Cost of life in Canada

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Posted By Lou Skannon

Re: Cost of life in Canada

I agree that the Unions will only change pay and conditions if there is 100% driver commitment. But I think there is a place for them regarding driver retention. If there is a laid out path for...

Forum: Trucking

Nov 18th 2011, 3:59 pm

Replies: 52

Cost of life in Canada

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Posted By Lou Skannon

Re: Cost of life in Canada

But just think of the Fantasy Island scenario:
100% of drivers band together and list their demands.
100% of drivers withdraw their labour until their demands are met.
Within days: shops are...

Forum: Trucking

Nov 17th 2011, 11:18 pm

Replies: 52

Cost of life in Canada

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Posted By Lou Skannon

Re: Cost of life in Canada

Back in the day: every truck-driver had to join a union. Mainly due to Closed-Shop regulations at most docks and big factories. I know unions have become unfashionable due to the likes of Arthur...

Forum: Trucking

Nov 16th 2011, 12:31 pm

Replies: 52

Cost of life in Canada

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Posted By Lou Skannon

Re: Cost of life in Canada

I came to Canada to get away from EOBRs, as I see them as an invasion of my privacy. To me it's like being a criminal with an electronic tag.
But I do agree that their implimentation and an hourly...

Forum: Trucking

Nov 11th 2011, 5:40 am

Replies: 52

Cost of life in Canada

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Posted By Lou Skannon

Re: Cost of life in Canada

A lot of companies make no effort at driver retention; with the bland statement; "Any driver who does not want to work for us is not the sort of driver we want working for us."
Also the bigger...

Forum: Trucking

Nov 10th 2011, 3:34 pm

Replies: 52

Cost of life in Canada

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Posted By Lou Skannon

Re: Cost of life in Canada

Winter is here and it's not the best time of the year for a change, unless you are on flat-decks. I wouldn't recommend starting a new life in Canada until the Spring and by then a lot of things could...

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