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The bill co-sponsered by Ms. Clinton, only applies to passenger flights. Which - would of course still have a nice little ring for all of us.

TO THE PERSON WHO SAID I SHOULD STOP THIS POST BEFORE HE FORMS A UNION AND TO DEMAND EO BAN THIS KIND OF POST - I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY! NO! I am waiting for them to ban me - since I disagree with them, have insulted or challenged them a few times, I expect them to ban these post - afterall...

Cherry picking is what most of us do everyday - but then again if we had the ability or capacity to FORCE the carrier to pay us deadhead miles we would all be better off.

WELCOME TO INDIANA! Indy is generally OK, you might want to consider moving a LITTLE North up on 69 - that way you would be closer to Fort Wayne than the others as we tend to have traffic in and out of here at a some what decent pace. Good luck!

For those of you who seem to think I should let the discussion and the possibility of organizing a union or association to represent American expeditors die off let me give you some facts. My EO stats there are 3,517 members to this forum. By my count (roughly) 21 people gave their thoughts on...

These ground rules that are set by the feds are all part of changes that we as drivers should have an active role in participating in the development of. However, speaking with your congressman or senator just does not do the job that it should - as they really do not want to hear from us as...

Rich - please - you saying you are not going to get into a pissing match with me, so this was going to be your last post on this subject? Man, this is a sign of a defeated, overworked, person that is tired of standing up for what he things is right. I may not agree with you but for goodness sake...

First, Rich do not even start to tell me that I am not a professional. I ran my own business for 15-years - had sales of over $500,000 - so I must be some what of a professional. If a few swear words makes me unprofessional so be it - but if that is where you base your thought on professionalism...

Rich - dude for a moderator you are some sort of lack of class act. Unions exist for WORKERS - sure there would be some legal adjustments the attorney's would have to work with the NLB but it has been done before to adjust to independent contractors. AND YES I KNOW BECAUSE AT THAT TIME I WAS A...

Greg - I never mentioned the UAW when I started this post anyways! If I was to consider any union it would be the Teamsters or one of the others you did add on there. Now, I have joined the OOIDA and have made on contact with them, so I am willing to give them a little time to take my...

Well, I joined last week, but am still awaiting my membership package in the mail. I will check into this lifetime membership thing as well - time for all of us to STEP THE H UP!! IF NO UNION - HAVE THE BALLS TO SUPPORT US AT OOIDA!!!!

Living here in this state we call Indiana, soon to be referred to as IN-DE-ANIS, this is part of this idiot's big plan to move us into the lead of economic development in the nation. OK. Well, first, when we take more away from every truck that passes through our state, (taxes, tolls, etc)...

Please, union is not the fault of all these companies going into bankruptcy or others falling flat on their face. Well, you can not blame the union by themselves. How about the big turds on top of the companies making several millions and the hundreds of vice-presidents of these companies...

That is why we should all join OOIDA and go through them to set a standard minimum rate that WE WOULD all abide by - at least that way there is some agreement within 'our family of drivers' we would not be uncutting each other. If the others are going to screw us and drive down the prices maybe...

No matter what the reason, if you do not get paid by the standards you expect or need, then it is time to move on. Sure you can not custom form another companies pay methods to fit your needs but if what they offer does not work for you then you have to find someone that is a better fit to your...

I will not agree or disagree on the reason behind the decline in membership within the union framework nor will I agree or disagree with the decline in the power the unions now have in our work enviroment today. In fact, I believe in the union structure, for what is stands for and for what it...

Leo - Brother, you are right - we have not done enough to get others to join the OOIDA. Some of these post from drivers say the OOIDA has done little or nothing, yet the driver does not belong to the OOIDA or does little or nothing to get others to join - thus defeating the purpose of the...

Let me first address Lawrence. Lawrence - the whole point I am making is we need to get away from the WHAT IS IN IT JUST FOR ME. I really want to improve the OVERALL economic situation for ALL OF US! Lawrence - THIS REQUIRES US TO STAND TOGETHER FOR EACH OTHER - EACH OTHER - JUST NOT FOR ME...

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE After sleeping on this, hearing Leo's post, searching my heart, and also wanting to stay committed to the OOIDA I WILL NO LONGER HAVE ANY CONVERSATION WITH THE TEAMSTERS OR ANY OTHER UNION! THE POST ABOVE THIS IS CLEAR - PROFESSIONAL AND TO THE POINT! We are...

Many of you know that I started a post regarding us as expediters joining a union. There were negative and positive feedback on this matter. During this process I have joined the OOIDA to assist in anyway I can to improve our overall economic standing in our industry. However, I have had many...