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Complaint Review: Swift Transportation - Phoenix Arizona
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www.swiftrans.com Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
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Swift, And ALL CARRIERS CDL DRIVERS EVERYWHERE DECEPTION ABUSE HARRASSMENT Nationwide
It's no wonder the "lack" of drivers with the high turn over rate from what CDL drivers report that are undoubtedly 1. DECEPTION, 2. ABUSE, 3. HARRASSMENT, ETC.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Talk to company drivers about their experiences before you hire onto a company. Do NOT be fooled by Hiring Bonuses as that usually means that the company just lost a lot of drivers for some reason!
Join OOIDA as a member and use them to field your questions and get sound advice on "what to do" in any circumstance. Membership is available to company drivers and owner operators.
Phone: 800-444-5791 or www.ooida.com
Get cheap digital camera and take pictures of all Qualcomm messages that put you in an uncomfortable position. Do NOT communicate by phone and get answers from your employer on the Qualcomm so you can take pictures of it. Note the load number in a daily diary for the pictures you have taken.
Report any violations to the Federal Motor Carriers web site at:
www.1-888-dot-saft.com/
This site is for CDL drivers to report anything that will jeopardize your CDL, Safety and your job. You may also call them for confidential advice.
OOIDA currently has a Class Action Law Suit agains DAC/USIS to stop them from their past reporting practices. You can find out more on the OOIDA web site, along with all the other law suits against carriers involving leases, etc.
Access to the "secret files" about you at your employer vary from state to state and it's important to find out what access you are entitled to on records that are kept on file. Your home state usually dictates your accessablity.
Contact your state Department of Labor for what your rights are.
You do not usually need to hire an attorney for most of your needs and you have nothing to loose by using the agencies that your tax dollars paid for.
God Bless America
Martin
NYC, New York
U.S.A.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Talk to company drivers about their experiences before you hire onto a company. Do NOT be fooled by Hiring Bonuses as that usually means that the company just lost a lot of drivers for some reason!
Join OOIDA as a member and use them to field your questions and get sound advice on "what to do" in any circumstance. Membership is available to company drivers and owner operators.
Phone: 800-444-5791 or www.ooida.com
Get cheap digital camera and take pictures of all Qualcomm messages that put you in an uncomfortable position. Do NOT communicate by phone and get answers from your employer on the Qualcomm so you can take pictures of it. Note the load number in a daily diary for the pictures you have taken.
Report any violations to the Federal Motor Carriers web site at:
www.1-888-dot-saft.com/
This site is for CDL drivers to report anything that will jeopardize your CDL, Safety and your job. You may also call them for confidential advice.
OOIDA currently has a Class Action Law Suit agains DAC/USIS to stop them from their past reporting practices. You can find out more on the OOIDA web site, along with all the other law suits against carriers involving leases, etc.
Access to the "secret files" about you at your employer vary from state to state and it's important to find out what access you are entitled to on records that are kept on file. Your home state usually dictates your accessablity.
Contact your state Department of Labor for what your rights are.
You do not usually need to hire an attorney for most of your needs and you have nothing to loose by using the agencies that your tax dollars paid for.
God Bless America
Martin
NYC, New York
U.S.A.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Steve
Bradenton,Florida,
U.S.A.
Some info for Martin..
#2Consumer Suggestion
Mon, July 17, 2006
Martin, First, thanks for the attempt to help those in the trucking industry. However, I need to correct a few things. First of all, the reports that DAC/USIS provide are governed under FEDERAL law, specifically the FCRA. They are not secret in any way. You have the legal right to access and dispute these reports just as you do your credit report. Second, OOIDA really supports OWNER OPERATORS as a primary mission. The support they provide to company drivers is very limited at best. They are all about revenue. They are a business. They like class action lawsuits because thats where the big buck are. The primary business of OOIDA is to sell services like insurance, etc..and make big bucks on advertising revenues. OOIDA offers some good information, but they do little for an individual, on an individual basis. It is not needed to take pictures of the qualcomm. These companies keep transcripts of these records for usually 2-3 years and you can get those with a subpoena via the FMCSA. The FMCSA is the point of contact for all complaints against a motor carrier. The Dept. of Labor only deals with employee-employer issues like discrimination issues, and pay issues, etc. They have very little working knowledge of the trucking industry and will refer you to the FMCSA. Forget about talking to other drivers. If you talk to 100 drivers you will get 100 different stories. Document all incidents on your daily drivers log. The companies hate this and will tell you not to do it, but that log is a driver's log, not a company log. It is up to YOU how you maintain it. Not the company. The bottom line is, that the driver is soley responsible for safe and legal operation of that commercial vehicle. If it is unsafe, do not drive it. Take it to a scalehouse or DOT station and request an inspection and inform them your carrier refuses to correct the problem. This gets a safety issue corrected immediately, but usually gets you fired. However, you then have recourse. The same goes for HOS violations. Just say NO. Do not operate illegally. Period. It is a real simple concept. YOU are in charge of that commercial vehicle, NOT your driver manager or dispatcher. YOU. YOU ALONE. Your life, your CDL, and YOUR TICKET! Be safe.
