Complaint Review: Superior Trucking - Port Gibson New York

To whom it may concern                                                                                    09/16/09

 

This is a letter that will be sent to the Department of labor, the Governor of NY, The better Business Bureau, The Secretary of state,   DOT, The Unemployment Office, Department of motor Vehicles, Superior Truck Lines, JB Hunt corporate office, Various web sites strictly holding information and other reports regarding DAC information, my attorney, press and media who express interest, as well as any further offices and organizations I find to be of interest in this matter .

 

  My name is Doug. I have lived my whole life in NY and up to recently, held employment with companies and remained self sufficient. After a ten year history with an organization, my service was ended and I found myself in need of a career that would fulfill my needs for the duration of my employment years. At my age and todays economy, my choices were limited. I chose to pursue a career as a truck driver and put myself into a school and graduated with very high scores and a promise of a long rewarding career.

  After I graduated, I started with a company out of Des Moines , IA. That was OK except I was NEVER home and being new, I was not getting prime loads. That caused me to come home with $250 paychecks and almost cost me my relationship and made it impossible to pay my debts. So from there I joined a company that was local to my home and became a local driver. The name of the company is Superior Truck Lines in Port Gibson , NY .

  Here is where I get more to the point of this letter.

When I first joined this company, I was offered either a local driving position or a long haul position. I chose a local position.

  I stayed local going anywhere from Buffalo , NY to Syracuse , NY as well as distances beyond. Being a local driver, I know there are legal limits to the radius and hours I should drive. They would dispatch me well over the mile radiuses as well as over my legal hours. They even made local drivers maintain log books on top of punching a clock which will verify. I never really enjoyed working 14, 16, or 20 hour days, but completed my runs any way. I let this happen and just assumed they would scratch my back when I needed it.

While I was with this company, I began looking for another driving job because I was not meeting my financial obligations. Finally I was contacted by JB Hunt in Chicago , IL .

JB Hunt contacted me on 09/03/09 and told me they needed me to be in Chicago , IL   by 09/14/09 to start orientation at 6am . I accepted and gave notice to Superior Truck Lines that I was leaving on 09/11/09 in writing. They accepted 2 copies. One to Safety and one to dispatch. But then I got notice that my girl friend had MAJOR surgery on her leg and told dispatch on the phone that I had to leave after that days run because she herself lives in IL. The dispatcher had nothing to say but instead just asked what my status was at my delivery in which I replied.

  When I returned to dispatch later that evening, I wrote a quick letter saying good bye to everyone and left it for all to see, punched the time clock and removed the last of my personal effects from my truck number 300.

On my way to Chicago on 09/11/09 , I received a call from the recruiter from JB Hunt that I had been talking to all along (Michelle Cummings) and she told me that she still hasnt received the DAC report from Superior Truck Lines. I reminded her that I already signed and faxed the authorization to her to view that report and that I still have the receipt of a successful fax with me. I also reminded her that I paid and received a copy of my MVR and faxed that as well and that it was totally clean. I had NO ACCIDENTS, NO DWI, NO MOVING VIOLATIONSNOTHING.

Here is a key point

I also told her that Superior Truck Lines has a reputation for messing with DAC records more than once. This was information I found out on line on the internet as well as with drivers just fired or drivers still working with Superior Truck Lines.

  Miss Cummings assured me once again that there was no problems and everything will be fine and wished me luck with JB Hunt and even offered me her cell number.

Now I have left my state, my home, my family and kids and moved to IL on the PROMISE of a job with JB Hunt.

I arrived at my orientation every day starting on 09/14/09 at 6am . I was meeting or exceeding expectations in my physicals as well as in my driving skills and was told I was doing well by my instructors.

On my LAST day, Wednesday 09/16/09 , I received a message from the JB Hunt investigator that they still couldnt get Superior Truck Lines to send my DAC record to them. I once again informed the investigator in a semi joking manor that its probably because Superior has to hurry up and fabricate something before they can send it

Well how true that became. I was almost through with one of the last requirement on my last day of orientation..the DOT physical. When the examiner re entered my waiting room, he told me that I had to go see the Safety Department and that it generally isnt a good thing. I did, and was told to call the investigator named Janet, and was informed that I was being let go from JB Hunt. When I asked why? She simply stated that I failed to tell her about the multiple accidents on my DAC report. When I asked her what she was talking about, she told me..superior put on my report that I side swiped a car and also hit a stationary object on two separate occasions.

I told her this was not true, but she stated that "it was filed by Superior and that if I had any questions, to contact them but that she was sorry, JB Hunt had to release me from service." I then went to the instructor and informed him and was given a phone number to call and rebuttal the accusations and to have my rebuttal also placed into my DAC report.

I then left the JB Hunt terminal in Chicago, IL and then had to go back to where I am sleeping on a friends couch and inform them that I am now unemployed and had no way to vacate their home due to choices made by Superior Truck Lines to slander me and trash my DAC record as well as JB Hunts decision to believe them.

I now ask these serious questions and hope I get the appropriate people to start thinking of the power given to employers over those who hold a CDL license and who ruin homes and take away income and livelihood.

 

1: Is this DAC data base held over CDL drivers heads a monitored database by anyone with authority or any government agency?

 

2: If monitored, do the entries in there have to hold LEGAL merit? (Ticketable or legally citationed and verifiable )

 

3: What person, department, organization(s) do so? How often?

 

4: Why is it any company can access this record and put anything in there, but the actual CDL driver can not?

 

5: What are the LEGAL criteria to be able to place anything in a drivers DAC record?

 

6: What are the types of information allowable in the DAC record?   Verifiable facts? Or even opinions by employers?

 

7: If accused of any accidents by an employer, wouldnt a ticket, citation, or a police report have to be filed along with the location, date, and time, and vehicles involved of the alleged accident as well as the street intersections or address be filed as well?

 

8: If a driver not only has 1, but accused of multiple accidents, wouldnt a drug test be required? If so, wouldnt there be record of the tests?

 

9: What recourse does a company face for willingly placing a false entry into a drivers record?

 

I could go on and on, but my intent is to seek satisfaction from Superior Truck Lines   either financially, or reputation, or other means for having my career and income taken away from me by a company upset by my leaving. If I was such a bad driver, why would a company keep me in service risking equipment damage, property damage, or even risking lives? Why not re evaluate me, re train me, or counsel me on my driving abilities? To me, this was a CLEAR issue of a company upset that a key local driver was leaving for another company and out of spite, removed any ability to successfully find employment with any other company that requires a CDL license by filing false information on my DAC report without filing any true and verifiable data to reinforce their accusations .

The power that a company has for those with a CDL is unreal, unjust, and intolerable!

 

Last but not least, I will be leaving you link(s) to another drivers career being ended as well as links to other information you may find interesting.

 

 

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