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Post by j.r.b on Oct 26, 2013 21:53:48 GMT -5
what's up with this driver meet with the city of savannah crap? i see this as a waste of time. let's get real. we need something now. we need a good law suit filed against a few companies that continue to steal r money. we know who they r. i have one in mind. it's time to find a good attorney to talk with. there were several people on this forum who knew how to file such a suit. r they still around? if so please respond.
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Post by chris on Nov 8, 2013 7:47:28 GMT -5
i agree. we have heard this same song & dance now for over a year. what happened to drivers with some guts in this city. we dont need outsiders messing around in our business. lets do something for our self. i was told there was a good trucker assoc at one time in savannah so why not do that again? there must be someone who knows more about how to do this. i dont want some union person speaking for me that doesnt even drive a truck or have a clue about what we do. there must be more of you who think like this so why not start something for everyone here at this port?
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Post by tickedoff on Nov 8, 2013 17:39:36 GMT -5
hey watch the drivers in oakland,california. anyone been paying attention? they are angry and have shut that port down a few times in the last two months.remeber years ago drivers in savannah used to kick ass like that. wonder where this will end? i guess the local companys broke the spirit of the city drivers. do you think these port jackasses give a crap about you? no. why do we take ths crap? because no one wants to get fired. now that is a joke. drivers afraid of losing this s&^t port work. if we port stuck together the shipping companys would be the ones afraid. tyey would pay what ever it took to move this stinking [cargo.
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Post by chickenlights on Nov 11, 2013 7:03:42 GMT -5
I told you drivers this last year. After attending a couple of those stupid meetings I knew something didn't smell right. They don't want anyone asking questions. Best leave them alone. We need to work on something our self. Anything we do our self is better then nothing but leave out the Teamsters.
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Post by porky on Nov 11, 2013 19:31:05 GMT -5
they r full of bull$#*t. also lairs.cannot answer any simple questions about a plan for truckers here in savannah but want us to follow blindly in a fog. now thats crazy.
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Post by marvin on Nov 14, 2013 13:21:48 GMT -5
may be reson why teamster cannot get truck drivers here. i bet 10,000 driver working at port of savannah.they do not have 10 drivers interested in join. what does that tell ya?lol
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Post by ccj6 on Nov 28, 2013 21:26:44 GMT -5
first meeting they held i could not get one question answered. whay hold a drive meeting if u can not answer a driver questions? a bunch of bull s%^t.that wrapped it for me. so what about ths talk of a new driver meeting? i hope this is not same.i do not want a thing to do with teamster.
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Post by frozenchicken on Nov 29, 2013 15:35:01 GMT -5
i agree with you drivers. we must deal with our own issues first hand. asking for help from outside our circle may be inviting trouble at a later date. right now we control our own destiny good or bad. i'm not ready to turn the key over to anyone else just yet. Are you?
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Post by doc5 on Dec 1, 2013 20:37:50 GMT -5
we can only blame r self for the cheap moves.if everyone were to stick together this would end withing a few days. we would be getting $5.00 per loaded mile for containers. they would be glad to see a truck hook up to their box.we also would get $75 per hour detention time starting after the first hour at both ends this meaning the port too.
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Post by joey on Dec 1, 2013 21:37:38 GMT -5
i believe in belonging to a union but not the teamsters. they have told us several lies over the past fw months. we need to do this with aother union or form one like that driver who posted on here talked about.i do not know how hard that woiuld be but sounds like something to check into.if we can get rates up that would be great. hwo is the question.
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Post by cb brown on Jan 10, 2014 3:12:15 GMT -5
i am seeing a few teamster decals on trucks in savannah but it seems those few who support them are working too d**n cheap anyway. i guess they think teamsters are here to save them.i agree. if you want to a join union they are not the one for truckers working the port.i see a recent video they did in california with some savannah drivers marching around in a circle outside a trucking company they were out to unionize. it's a load of crap. those drivers are little teamster puppets from savannah that they paid to go out there. they dress them up with signs hanging around their neck saying we are Savannah port drivers. it really looks stupid and is staged for media effect. that girl they have as a savannah driver spokesperson doesn't represent any trucker here but they parade her around like she has some credibility. what that group wants is not the issues we need to be working on.i am not interested in buying or leasing clean trucks. i am interested in getting more money for the truck that i have bought and paid for. they are pushing everyone to purchase new trucks. this looks to me like they want us out of the business so they can take over the piers. if they were here to help they would be holding meetings talking about more money for the owner operator trucker but that is not cheapening. i attended a couple meetings and they can not explain anything they want to do. that's because they have no intention in helping the truckers in savannah. it's all about creating new union members no matter what happens to us. that includes putting us out of business which seems to be their plan all along!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Joe M on Jan 14, 2014 15:17:38 GMT -5
There are so many desperate drivers pulling boxes out of the GPA. Now what do they believe the union can do for them? I could see joining the longshoremen but they are not interested in truckers so where does that leave the rest? The teamsters have a created a mess in California and New Jersey with what you guys say are the new green regulations so that's a slap in the face to the independent trucker. I think we should start some group our self in Savannah. This should have been done a few years back. Having people who don't understand our needs speak for us while we remain silent is never a good Choice. We may end up in the same environmental truck fiasco as the California or New Jersey truckers.
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Post by buck on Jan 17, 2014 23:05:22 GMT -5
that union guy from atlanta is a real dingdong. i met him at one of the savannah driver meetings. after the first few driver gatherings i was completely confused why they are even here. whatever they intend to do in savannah is not for me. they do not know much about what truckers need in savannah georgia. maybe they should first find that out before claiming they represent us to the media. everything they say is a bunch of sugar coated bulls^#t. they have a following of around six half pint drivers who believe anything told to them. they have some nitwit that says he used to be their school bus organizing leader. he is another loser on their local union payroll.
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Post by nikki brown on Jan 18, 2014 20:36:04 GMT -5
they all are. full of bs like the companies we work for. where can a driver turn? no one out here to trust. they each have an agenda. it's how much to screw the independent trucker.
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Post by ron d on Jan 23, 2014 7:36:33 GMT -5
they are doing everything to bury us. no help from the teamsters union. been there done that. they only talk a lot without answers. trust us they say. we are better off form our own association. a few of the older guys who have been working here forever say there was a good drivers association in savannah many years ago. if you guys start another i will join.
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Post by caseyjones on Feb 5, 2014 20:48:06 GMT -5
standup savannah is a pathetic waste of time. these union organizers are serial lairs. they couldn't tell the truth if there life depended on it. we need to find a way to raise rates ourselves. does anyone know a trucker who calls himself little john or cowboy. we need him to help us with looking into this.he used to be with ooida years. he lives near savannah. tell him to look on this web forum.
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Post by mike on Feb 10, 2014 16:20:30 GMT -5
that union guy from atlanta is a real dingdong. i met him at one of the savannah driver meetings. after the first few driver gatherings i was completely confused why they are even here. whatever they intend to do in savannah is not for me. they do not know much about what truckers need in savannah georgia. maybe they should first find that out before claiming they represent us to the media. everything they say is a bunch of sugar coated bulls^#t. they have a following of around six half pint drivers who believe anything told to them. they have some nitwit that says he used to be their school bus organizing leader. he is another loser on their local union payroll. i agree. we need something at ths port for sure. we can disagree on what that should be but this teamsters social club is not the answer. if they want us in there union find some people who act like they know the score. i see no future with these people running the show. not if i am going to step out. all i hear is double talk or we will get back to you. what kind of crap is that? i am not blindly following this group anywhere. they do not represent my interest. how about anyone else? |
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Post by Nikki on Feb 13, 2014 20:48:05 GMT -5
Yes we need a truck driver association here in Savannah that everybody can join. The lease trucker is left out of this union program. At any rate they don't represent us. I do like what I read here but who are the main contact people? Let's get something going at this port now.
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Post by protruck4 on May 25, 2014 16:17:10 GMT -5
i know this much everybody. the teamsters will never be able to convince drivers here they are trustworthy. i was thinking this was great last year when they held that first big meeting in town but they are full of s%^t. i tried several times to get answers to important questions we had but this team organize moron from atlanta or where ever he is from and the stupid dum,dum mouth pieces they have in savannah are hopeless. they really dont listen to drivers in savannah. they are not concerned what the real problems are. the sooner they leave the better for all us. to the guy on this board who wanted to start a new driver assc i say go for it. i will bring a few drivers to the meetings if you still want to do such. we dont blame you if you are not willing anymore. i didnt believe wht you tried to tell us last year but now its perfect clear. whatever we do in savannah has to come from local truckers not outsiders or spineless losers.
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Post by FUSION on May 29, 2014 9:24:33 GMT -5
Great read, Nikki. It always helps with communications for the rest of the trucking community. Thx.
As for protruck4, said Yes to no outside unions. Stay independent, get organize locally.
P.S. the world of O/O is watching. Maybe OOIDA at some point might step in to this so-call 'misclassification' issue.
Follow The O/O Initiative: have your fellow truck community drivers come on to the forum.
Sign-up drivers. Join the discussion. Be counted. Strength in numbers, voiced as one. Unity!
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Post by katman on Jul 11, 2014 21:54:01 GMT -5
yes independent, no union, i told u guys this would happen two years ago. look now. send them packing. we need to ban together. truckers for truckers. w have the power to shut this port city down. why not use that?
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Post by FUSION on Sept 10, 2014 16:24:32 GMT -5
Why not try to have a friendly game of basketball or baseball with them, like FTBT did in Hampton Roads?
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