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This is good information, especially for newbies. I especially like the tip about keeping your hazmat chart in full view. Had not thought of that one before. Instead of a three-ring binder, we use a file organizer that zips shut, with the documents kept in document protectors inside. Pages are...

>"You aren't being realistic" huh? What the heck do they >think we're out here for? I don't think they care what we are out here for. The reasons people are out here are as varied as the drivers themselves. >Our amusement? Speaking for ourselves, Diane and I absolutely are out here for...

>You're not getting what I'm saying, Louixo. I'm not blaming >anyone here. But the companies and dispatchers have this >"here's something that's better than nothing" attitude. I don't get that from our dispatchers at FedEx. Perhaps that is because we do not accept low-paying loads, and when...

Almost as if on cue, this story appeared on EO's home page. http://www.expeditersonline.com/artman/publish/article_006164.html

Continuing in the food for thought mode, I read (skimmed) the California Court of Appeal decison filed 8/13/07. Of greatest interest to me was one of the Court's findings: "[FedEx Ground] Drivers work full time and exclusively for FedEx, and must work every day FedEx provides service unless...

article. "Unions have lost 44 out of 46 votes by FedEx drivers over the years, and in the two cases where they won, the locals were unable to negotiate contracts,...." I remain convinced that while these cases have the potential to really shake things up, the liklihood that they will is very...