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Maybe that is how this issue will eventually be resolved in the future; the contractor/employee question will be answered by eliminating individual routes and requiring contractors to purchase and operate multiple routes. When someone is an employing or contracting with drivers to run multiple...

The lawsuits and IRS actions in the ongoing debate over the status of FedEx Ground drivers (are they contractors or employees?) is of some interest to expediters, as it has to do with independent contractor status, which most expediters are (or may not be, depending on one's point of view). The...

DHL's future in the U.S. is very much in question. See article

It is very interesting and encouraging to hear that your FedEx Ground business is showing growth. To what do you attribute the increase?

10-4 As I said, the above was not offered specifically with you in mind, but with others too. Best of luck to you, and all of us in dealing with whatever lies ahead.

You can relax. It was a joke.

Thank you for the kind words about Expedite NOW. I woke up this morning thinking about what you wrote and offer the following, not to be harsh, but to present more to think about. It is offered it not with you specifically in mind but also others who, like you, may be experiencing a...

There is a truck frame and axle place next to Fyda Freightliner in Columbus, Ohio that does a fair amount of lift-axle work on trucks of all kinds, including expediters. I don't recall the company name. Fyda people can tell you. They may have or know where to find used lift axles.

If you are a good employee, you keep your mouth shut so you don't lose your job. If you are an independent contractor, it is because you weren't a good employee.

You can tell your drivers what they probably already know. The financial crisis and economic slowdown (recession) is reducing the amount of freight that is available to haul. You can't haul what they don't offer. If the freight isn't there, it isn't there. You would not be giving good news to...

Your are correct about going to the top of the board, but your question was about rewards and my answer is that non-financial rewards are irrelevant. If the freight don't pay, we don't play. You can't pay for groceries with less-than-75 rewards. They want cash at the grocery store checkout...

A whole bunch of Republicans with a closer and clearer view than you also evaluated George W. Bush. I'm talking about those that ran for state and federal public office in 2008. These are politically sophistocated people with the ability to judge one politician's performance and worth to...

I don't know well the compensation arrangements or rewards programs at Panther. At our carrier, Diane and I don't haul freight for rewards. We haul it for money. The good news is short runs that can be completed in a short time frame are often lucrative runs too, so they are easy to say yes to...

Do you buy fuel in Mount Vernon, Illinois? We have in the past but are not inclined to any more. The city has taxed us away. See article: More truckers plan to bypass Mount Vernon fuel stops

Are you serious? Have you never declined a load? Of course we should say no to a customer. If the customer is not willing to make it worth a driver's time and miles to haul the customer's freight, why on earth should a driver do it? Long run or short, the principle is the same, is it not...

I expect 2009 to be slower than 2008, but that has nothing to do with the new administration. The financial crisis (mortgage, credit, banking, Wall Street, freight recession, economic recession, global recession ... pick your flavor) developed and became deeply rooted long before the election...

As with all elections, the exit polls that explain who voted for who and why paint a patchwork-quilt picture. In Florida, a majority of voters elected Obama AND banned gay marriage. The same happened in California. Yet in South Dakota, a majority of voters supported John McCain AND blocked an...

Having lived through some racially-charged times and events, I can't help but notice the profound change that is happening not in the White House or Washington but on the streets. Today, millions of black Americans, many hundreds of thousands who embraced the system and voted for the first...

Minnesota is covered. Diane will be landing there shortly. I'll ask her to pick up a card at the airport and send it.

Because it is important to maintain your independent contractor status, most fleet owners are disinclined to impose load acceptance requirements. Some provide load acceptance incentives and most are happy to provide guidance if asked. You might consider increasing your research time frame...