Monday, June 4, 2012

OWNERSHIP WILL BE NERVOUS ABOUT OUR ASSOICATION IN THE BEGINNING...

Owner will be nervous about our association initially.  How do we counteract that?  We do the things we know we are required to do with a smile on our face.  Police yourselves, today a driver Kevin Harmon was suspended for smoking in his cab.  Trouble is that the fleet manager at this company gave Kevin no time frame for his suspension.  According to Kevin he asked how long his suspension was for and was told something along the lines of whenever we can get that cigarette smell out of the cab.  Kevin, not knowing how long he would be suspended, put in for his deposit return while he was at the yard, hoping to survive somehow until he finds another way to earn a living.  Now is smoking in cabs illegal?  Yes guys, it absolutely is! Although some kind of harsh warning would have been nice I guess before an actual suspension.  Ownership knows that as cab drivers we are living day to day, most of us working anywhere from 80 to 90 hours a week, some even more and they see this as a way to get rid of guys with some solid legal footing if needed.  If this a case of association retribution?  I don't know, very hard to say, but I do say  fellow hacks, please don't expose yourselfs to any opportunity to find out!
"Till next time...

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