Complaint Review: North Caribbean Transport INC - North Brunswick New Jersey

Despite what the employee states, NCT drivers have been issued violation tickets on several occasions at their North Brunswick location.
For almost a year, the residents of the area where this company has landed have been at "war" with them over their overnight runs though the neighborhood, allowing refrigeration units to run noisily 24/7 and truckers who don't know how to operate their trucks blowing their airhorns at residents to move their cars out of the way. (we LIVE here, why not try driving like a professional?)
According to  township officials, they will be vacating their current NJ location in May, 2011.
While "agreements" had been reached regarding the reefer units, because NCT apparently has a continuous change of drivers, newer drivers(especially those who come at night because the warehouse workers are gone) are not made aware that these units are to be parked in the back of the property.  Also, stop signs were erected because of residents'
complaints of almost being run down by these drivers, but not one driver has heeded the signs. Not one.
Should anyone who is a resident of an area near an industrial zone see this, please brush up on your rights in your town.  Many times, there aren't many, but when a company like this-one who has a blatant disregard for its neighbors, its employees and even its landlord-you need to be aware of what you can and should be able to do.

 You have the right to "refuse to drive a comm. vehicle with unsafe conditions"STAA,1982,sect. 405, employee protection. Though you must file within 180 days, unless there are extenuating circumstances. File on them and get them in the system, dont take no crap from any crooked outfit,otherwise they'll just keep doing it.

If the man who wrote this report gets this comment ,act asap,might be to late to Nail'em!,but file with the OSHA,office where you're at,they know about "STAA,sect.405,its' there job to protect drivers,I got 2 crooked SOB's in Phx.,in the labor comm. there,but exspect them to roll over like trained rats, there worthless, people collecting a check and picking there noses',file with the FED's,dont let'em get away with anything,I wouldnt have known about your plite!,But guess who sent me a e-mail?,I'm gona have some fun with them,waltz'em around a bit,maybe cost them some money??,Paybacks are a b***h.

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First off, while they were issues with payroll being processed in a timely manner in the past, all of that has been corrected. As long as drivers turn in their trip logs by the due date they will receive their payment on a weekly basis.

North Caribbean is an equal opportunity employer and frowns upon your lack of concern for other ethnicities. Each employee of North Caribbean can speak enough English to communicate with dispatch, or any other necessary authority. Just because some of the accents are heavy does not mean these employees do not speak and understand English.

As for the Annual Federal Vehicle Inspections, our yard has had a mechanic for several years. At the moment we are employing three mechanics. They do inspections each time a truck reaches the yard and all repairs requested by the driver/ fix mechanical errors found with-in their inspection.

If your tire had such minimal tread depth, why did you not notify dispatch about it at one of the home terminals i.e. NJ or NV where they would have been swapped at moment's notice? It is company policy that drivers inspect their truck and trailer before leaving a terminal for things such as tire tread and fluids in order to get it repaired at the yard. These kind of repairs on the road need approval because they are more often than not avoidable with your pre-trip inspection.

As for being kicked out 2000 miles from home, when a driver is terminated, law requires these drivers be terminated in one of our terminals i.e. Las Vegas or NJ. I believe I know what circumstance this was exactly and you were not terminated because complaining about your tires. You did not mention anything about injuring your back. You had been threatening to quit to the office for weeks. Then you started ignoring your phone during trips. Out of concern for our customers' orders, we terminated you upon arrival to your delivery in Las Vegas (which we had to find out from the receiver).

We did not threaten you with the police or the FBI; we actually had to call local authorities because you hijacked the truck and trailer. The property was not recover for several days after your termination.

That is also the reason for not receiving your last two weeks of pay. Those were used to cover expenses in retrieving the truck, loss of revenue caused by these actions, and repairs needed to fix mechanical issues with the truck.

when will d.o.t. shut them down i have been working for them a month or so and have nothing good to say about them they screw you out of your money all the time have you working as a 1099 employeee and no workers comp so if or should i say when you get hurt they dont care they rip you offf daily and send you home if you dont like it