..............I haven't posted here in quite a while. Not that anyone's reading htis stuff, anyway, but, just the same. I have had many interesting adventures since my last posting, that is a fact. Anytime a driver is "required" to drive off road and put a truck into a place where a truck doesn't belong.......then yes, it gets interesting. Case in point was the RV park that I have had to go into 3 times now. They are tearing up the asphlt and instlaling new pipe, ...
In a decision issued on March 15, 2010, Department of Labor Judge Daniel Leland ruled that New Prime, Inc. (also known as "Prime") illegally fired Cynthia Ferguson because she refused to continue operating a commercial vehicle in hazardous weather. In Ferguson v. New Prime, Inc., Ferguson, a leased driver for Prime, was fired shortly after she refused to driver through Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada Mountains with a loaded tractor-trailer set during hazardous weather. Paul Taylor of ...
Your Rights Under the STAA: Refusing to Drive Under Bad Weather by Paul Taylor - Truckers Justice Center (truckersjusticecenter.com) Winter is now in full swing and truck drivers will face snow-covered, icy roads throughout the Plains, the Northeast and the West. At times, they will face the decision of whether or not it is safe to drive. Of course, the driver’s decision may differ from his dispatcher’s decision. When this conflict arises it is generally ...
The Surface Transportation Assistance Act (”STAA”) protects drivers’ rights to enforce truck safety by making it illegal for a company to discipline, discharge or discriminate against an employee for making a vehicle safety complaint or refusing to operate an unsafe vehicle. With any law, we need to know the extents and limits of our rights and the Do’s and Don’ts of enforcement and this article will focus on the issue of refusing to operate unsafe equipment. ...
In the last 2 years, my company has responded to the economic conditions much the same as many or even most companies have. Thousands upon thousands of workers - including high level management all the way down to drivers - have been laid off. Stores have been closed. Equipment has been sold. 401k benefits have been cut in half. The most recent act was to cut hourly workers hours. 5 hours per week for us, many stores around the country have actually cut out an entire day's worth of hours. ...
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