I was an owner/operator for 5 years. Last year we grossed over $250,000 and after fuel, repairs, and insurance took so much that we didn't actually collect a pay check and made LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE!
I used to be a truck driver and I'm happy that finally the truth is out and we are the ones that keep America moving but it's a shame that we get treated badly and the pay is a joke also too much responsibility
You clearly don’t know what you’re talking about. They’re not forced to work long hours. They’re actually forced to log and limit their driving. It’s an older man’s job. Many retired when COVID hit. Not enough young people willing to actually work a job. There is very much it shortage or you’ve haven’t hired for these jobs in the last 5 years. Propaganda is all this is.
As someone who’ve been an over the road truck driver for about 2 and half years, this video only report on the issues happening at the LA port. I e known plenty of guys who Into trucking who quit in training because they couldn’t put up with the bs and quit. One the main issue with trucking right now is the pay. Most of the major companies out there right now just want to pay per mile, even though about half what you do during The day doesn’t have anything to do with driving, and too many of them expect you to stay away from home for 2 months at a time. I could go and on about the issues that cause the shortage. It’s more of a retention problem.
The independent contractor BS should be illegal and owner operators need to reconsider your path, There are union freight haulers who use owners and of course offer more or consider construction, construction will pick up especially after this infrastructure bill, I'm a company driver in the minority at my company and the owners do very well,I was an LTL driver most of my life and I moved over and I'm doing much better in construction, crazy hours sometimes but well worth it.
If you're dumb enough to not understand that union doesn't work in the LTL part of this industry then there is no help for you. Been in the industry 21 years and every unionized LTL or full load brokerage have gone under because they protected lazy employees who sucked the company's dry. YRC is an absolute joke and a disaster because of employees like you. You're not entitled to a job you need to earn it to keep it. If you don't meet expectations because you're lazy go do something else we don't need people like you in the industry.
For the algorithm. But…anywhere we look in the economy, we have allowed companies to exploit workers for the sake of higher profits. Capitalism is great, isn’t it?
@@richardcranium3417 wohoo! Let’s go full capitalist! You know the one in which pharmaceuticals have killed many people (opioid crisis) for profit! Or the one that goes to wars for profit! Or the one that denies medical care for profit! Or the one that has failed and substituted fed free money for profits! Or the one that crashes every 7 years! Or the one that imprisons people for profit and has more people in prison than any communist, socialist or even capitalist dictatorships like in the Saudi! Destroying the planet for profit! All evils are justified as long as they are profitable= capitalism!
After the trucker strike of the seventies government and corporations realized they didn't want normal people having that kind of power again. That was the trigger to everything that ruined trucking from the eighties to today, keeping the power to influence policy out of common workers hands.
Wow I didn't know this. That is slave labor in my opinion. They spend days if not weeks away from their families and for what? A lot of divorces happen because of the long separations.
I am a truck driver, so I know what is true and what is not. By federal law you cannot fire anyone because they joined a union. The company WILL be sued by the union, and the company WILL lose. So, them being fired for unionizing is an outright lie. Now as for a driver shortage there is no shortage. The major trucking companies want to keep pay low so they can keep as much money for themselves as possible. Now what they are talking about in the video about doing contract work and not being an employee. They are in fact contractors and are not employees. The scam that trucking companies run is that they convince you to lease a truck instead of being an employee driving their truck. They buy a new truck and lease it out to the first driver. When that driver quits and pays a large fee to get out of their lease contract, the trucking company lease the truck to the next sucker. And so on and so forth. As each driver leases the truck the person leasing the truck has to pay for all repairs, fuel and maintenance which is very expensive. So, not only does the trucking company has the exclusive use of the truck and does not have to pay one penny for the truck they are actually making a profit from the monthly lease payment that the driver is paying the trucking company. Back in 2000 when I first became a truck driver I saw right through the scam and never agreed to be a lease driver.
*What's going on with Shipping?* disagrees. I'm not saying there aren't issues with working conditions; I don't know that. but the problem is the number of empty containers clogging up the ports
One of the greatest men to ever walk the face of the earth! No one did more for the working man then James Riddle Hoffa! Got unbelievable contracts. Unbelievable negotiater. 🙏 RIP
You think as these multi billion dollar companies and industries grow they would make sure the pay grows that way they don't have to worry about a Union.
Unfortunately the unions are not much better then government. Teachers unions have their own agenda look what happening their. I've drove truck part of what she saying is right driver's are taken advantage. That said C.E.O. makes millions dollars annually with great escape options. How to fix this is another huge question!
I just laugh at some of the comments about these videos. Of course there's a driver shortage, there's a dock worker shortage, there's a clerical shortage, there's a shortage everywhere. Pretty obvious people on here don't understand the economics of the trucking industry.
Guys that was the ports in caly thrs a whole lot more freight in the USA that needs hauling but the driver shortage is to blame!at my company we have loads that i del that are days and even wks late!and ive been with the same company for 14 yrs!and right now were probably 50 to 100 drivers down right now!we got the work thats for sure!percentage is the way to go on especially short hauls!be safe my friends peace out! Go truckers go ride truckers ride!im out!
01:06 she says “work-uh” 01:53 “up-uh” 02:06 “it-uh” 05:05 “jobs-uh” 05:12 “programs-uh” 05:18 “work-uh” 05:26 “system-uh”. I hope I didn’t miss any-uh. Click the blue time marks. Click ‘em all!!!
This didn't explain why cargo is not making it to the warehouses. I know someone who works in an Amazon warehouse and has been telling me about the lack of shipments coming in. The video says it's because of employers not compensating fairly but is that causing drivers to walk out? They don't say, there's no actual answer here.
@@RafiesAwesomeChannel it's like freelance work, they aren't taking shitty offers. the media spin is to attract newcomers that would accept lower wages as they don't know any better.
What part did you not get? You get offered a container that would put you in the red, why would you take it? If the container was profitable, it would get hauled, it isn't, so it ain't. Get it now?
Welcome to capitalism. You don’t like the pay then find another job. Better yet don’t work as a truck driver. Yeah it’ll be harder and more expensive to buy goods but consumers will manage. Let these companies feel the pain of capitalism by not applying for truck driving.
Thank you guys for all your hard work! This channel is so important right now!
I was an owner/operator for 5 years. Last year we grossed over $250,000 and after fuel, repairs, and insurance took so much that we didn't actually collect a pay check and made LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE!
I am behind you truckers. The corporate class wants to claim the profit without paying the workers what they deserve. Workers unite!
Thank you for putting the story out there.. Solidarity Now!
i have a family member who is a truck driver who almost went bust trying to make their truck payments.
I have heard this from truck drivers. They pay out money for using the trucks many of them drive. This is disgusting treatment.
I used to be a truck driver and I'm happy that finally the truth is out and we are the ones that keep America moving but it's a shame that we get treated badly and the pay is a joke also too much responsibility
This is probably also the main reason why inflation is so high.
The hours they are forced to drive and sleep make them sick tired and they get write ups if they are ticketed for following orders
You clearly don’t know what you’re talking about. They’re not forced to work long hours. They’re actually forced to log and limit their driving. It’s an older man’s job. Many retired when COVID hit. Not enough young people willing to actually work a job. There is very much it shortage or you’ve haven’t hired for these jobs in the last 5 years.
Propaganda is all this is.
@@par3me The internet expert has spoken.
So... I guess the debate is over?
@@seamon9732 I’m open to a discussion. 👍🏼
Im 32. I left my job 3 monts ago. Working 100 hours a week was killing me.
@@Yannick3585 You logged 100 driven hours every week?
Thank you to all those dedicated truck drivers.
This is amazing journalism. This work needs to be viral..
As someone who’ve been an over the road truck driver for about 2 and half years, this video only report on the issues happening at the LA port. I e known plenty of guys who Into trucking who quit in training because they couldn’t put up with the bs and quit. One the main issue with trucking right now is the pay. Most of the major companies out there right now just want to pay per mile, even though about half what you do during The day doesn’t have anything to do with driving, and too many of them expect you to stay away from home for 2 months at a time. I could go and on about the issues that cause the shortage. It’s more of a retention problem.
This was a well done, to the point video! Your worl is so important - thank you!
The girl on the video talking sounds like she’s in labor pain😢
Activity for the algorithm.
The independent contractor BS should be illegal and owner operators need to reconsider your path, There are union freight haulers who use owners and of course offer more or consider construction, construction will pick up especially after this infrastructure bill, I'm a company driver in the minority at my company and the owners do very well,I was an LTL driver most of my life and I moved over and I'm doing much better in construction, crazy hours sometimes but well worth it.
Keep up the good work guys!
Yep that's why I don't drive anymore. I was working 70 a week and not even making 12 dollars an hour and never home.
Company greed is the root of all evil
As a 701 Teamster for yellow i can tell you these companies will lie to get what they want and throw you away when there goal is met.
If you're dumb enough to not understand that union doesn't work in the LTL part of this industry then there is no help for you. Been in the industry 21 years and every unionized LTL or full load brokerage have gone under because they protected lazy employees who sucked the company's dry. YRC is an absolute joke and a disaster because of employees like you. You're not entitled to a job you need to earn it to keep it. If you don't meet expectations because you're lazy go do something else we don't need people like you in the industry.
Great video, learned a lot.
They plan on using self driving trucks to end that line of work, like they did automated factories and are starting to do with warehousees
And the first semi that kills a child, or a police officer, is going to make that option a bad idea..
@@mattkennedy4126 Telsa will just say, "we're working out the bugs"
@@mattkennedy4126 It'll be ok, corporations can kill people at their leisure, remember?
It's hype. Not going to happen this decade.There have been more setbacks than advances.
For the algorithm. But…anywhere we look in the economy, we have allowed companies to exploit workers for the sake of higher profits. Capitalism is great, isn’t it?
Unregulated capitalism is organized crime
@@frankd.506 *unregulated capitalism is capitalism. It always manages to unregulate itself or buy enough favorable regulation.
@@davidl5119 I agree.
Wooohooo let’s go full on communist! That will solve it just like the gulags did for the Soviets!
@@richardcranium3417 wohoo! Let’s go full capitalist! You know the one in which pharmaceuticals have killed many people (opioid crisis) for profit! Or the one that goes to wars for profit! Or the one that denies medical care for profit! Or the one that has failed and substituted fed free money for profits! Or the one that crashes every 7 years! Or the one that imprisons people for profit and has more people in prison than any communist, socialist or even capitalist dictatorships like in the Saudi! Destroying the planet for profit! All evils are justified as long as they are profitable= capitalism!
Don’t want to go to prison for life over an accident.
So it's the siystemuh
I still dont see why goods are not being shipped.
After the trucker strike of the seventies government and corporations realized they didn't want normal people having that kind of power again. That was the trigger to everything that ruined trucking from the eighties to today, keeping the power to influence policy out of common workers hands.
Monopolies + unfairbusiness practice + a bottom falling out.
Wow I didn't know this. That is slave labor in my opinion. They spend days if not weeks away from their families and for what? A lot of divorces happen because of the long separations.
stop exploiting workers !
I am a truck driver, so I know what is true and what is not.
By federal law you cannot fire anyone because they joined a union. The company WILL be sued by the union, and the company WILL lose. So, them being fired for unionizing is an outright lie.
Now as for a driver shortage there is no shortage. The major trucking companies want to keep pay low so they can keep as much money for themselves as possible.
Now what they are talking about in the video about doing contract work and not being an employee. They are in fact contractors and are not employees. The scam that trucking companies run is that they convince you to lease a truck instead of being an employee driving their truck. They buy a new truck and lease it out to the first driver. When that driver quits and pays a large fee to get out of their lease contract, the trucking company lease the truck to the next sucker. And so on and so forth. As each driver leases the truck the person leasing the truck has to pay for all repairs, fuel and maintenance which is very expensive. So, not only does the trucking company has the exclusive use of the truck and does not have to pay one penny for the truck they are actually making a profit from the monthly lease payment that the driver is paying the trucking company. Back in 2000 when I first became a truck driver I saw right through the scam and never agreed to be a lease driver.
*What's going on with Shipping?* disagrees. I'm not saying there aren't issues with working conditions; I don't know that. but the problem is the number of empty containers clogging up the ports
This is going on with all our prices going up.
All truckers should park stay home relax let those tyranny who put the mandates work .
Wouldn't need so many Truckers if not for the JONES ACT that has been around since the 1920s to protect the American shipbuilding industry.
Need a charismatic leader like Jimmy Hoffa to strengthened the truckers union.
One of the greatest men to ever walk the face of the earth! No one did more for the working man then James Riddle Hoffa! Got unbelievable contracts. Unbelievable negotiater. 🙏 RIP
DO A STORY ON RAILROAD ENGINEERS AND CONDUCTORS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITHOUT A CONTRACT FOR 3YEARS AND NOW HAVE BEEN ORDERED NOT TO STRIKE!!!!!!
Love this video
Jimmy Hoffa rolling over in his watery grave
Work union live better.
You think as these multi billion dollar companies and industries grow they would make sure the pay grows that way they don't have to worry about a Union.
Apparently union doesn't mean anything. What happened to the great unions helping workers?
Unfortunately the unions are not much better then government. Teachers unions have their own agenda look what happening their.
I've drove truck part of what she saying is right driver's are taken advantage.
That said C.E.O. makes millions dollars annually with great escape options. How to fix this is another huge question!
They are repeatedly saying there is a shortage as an excuse to open up the borders.
So that corporations can get more slaves
I want you guys to succeed, but you lost me somewhere around 4 minutes in. What's up with the vocal fry speech?
Omg her voice was killing me! I couldn’t even focus, and had to watch it twice 🤦🏻♀️
I just laugh at some of the comments about these videos. Of course there's a driver shortage, there's a dock worker shortage, there's a clerical shortage, there's a shortage everywhere. Pretty obvious people on here don't understand the economics of the trucking industry.
Guys that was the ports in caly thrs a whole lot more freight in the USA that needs hauling but the driver shortage is to blame!at my company we have loads that i del that are days and even wks late!and ive been with the same company for 14 yrs!and right now were probably 50 to 100 drivers down right now!we got the work thats for sure!percentage is the way to go on especially short hauls!be safe my friends peace out! Go truckers go ride truckers ride!im out!
ignoring rulings??
It's high time we bring back Judicial Dissolution and stiff prison terms for these execs.
I'll bet these fools wanna regulate under the guise of helping the workers. They cant force a vacksine on you if your an independent contractor
While all that is true, there’s still a shortage of driver, you’ve given all the reason why there’s a shortage, before pandemic and supply lines.
There is no shortage if someone immediately filled the position. Just terrible working conditoms
Jimmy Carter, a democrat , deregulated the trucking industry. It’s certainly a bipartisan problem
01:06 she says “work-uh” 01:53 “up-uh” 02:06 “it-uh” 05:05 “jobs-uh” 05:12 “programs-uh” 05:18 “work-uh” 05:26 “system-uh”. I hope I didn’t miss any-uh. Click the blue time marks. Click ‘em all!!!
This is not true
Capitalism at it's worse, 1 for you, 2 for me, 2 for you 5 for me!
The AmeriCon dream.
Obama policy and Biden continued
Another mistake of the Democrat another diregulation.
This didn't explain why cargo is not making it to the warehouses. I know someone who works in an Amazon warehouse and has been telling me about the lack of shipments coming in. The video says it's because of employers not compensating fairly but is that causing drivers to walk out? They don't say, there's no actual answer here.
the answer is that they won't do it for free
@@Badbufon So they are walking out?
@@RafiesAwesomeChannel it's like freelance work, they aren't taking shitty offers.
the media spin is to attract newcomers that would accept lower wages as they don't know any better.
What part did you not get?
You get offered a container that would put you in the red, why would you take it?
If the container was profitable, it would get hauled, it isn't, so it ain't.
Get it now?
Lousy work conditions, nightmare liabilities, every small town looking to rob you with speed traps, roads and traffic are a nightmare since Obama....
You finally hit it, DEREGULATION.
When Hoffa was running the Teamsters, truckers made a real living, they were among the respected jobs.
Who is stupid enough to work independently as a truck driver? It sounds like it's the workers fault. Work for a company, people!
Welcome to capitalism. You don’t like the pay then find another job. Better yet don’t work as a truck driver. Yeah it’ll be harder and more expensive to buy goods but consumers will manage. Let these companies feel the pain of capitalism by not applying for truck driving.
Propaganda
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