Arrow Trucking Shutdown Strands Drivers

If anyone out there who worked for Arrow needs help finding work please email me and I can try to help. tblades@tql.com. I am also looking to find out who some of their customers were who got screwed because we have a lot of flatbeds out there...

That's OK tkinnaird, I'm not going to break any legs- what I will do is try to break the negative stereotype many on this thread have displayed against union members and organized labor in general. Thus the name union thug, it's called irony. If I had made the same positive comments about unions and had a different name would you have taken me more seriously? I kinda doubt it.
Honestly I don't follow the trucking industry that closely, but as I recall the very subject of the article we are discussing is a nonunion company. Unionized YRC may be in the tank by this weekend that is true, but their financial problems like most ltl trucking firms (union or nonunion) are due to poor economic conditions. Check out this fresh article:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9CTOATG1.htm
Hope this helps clear things up for you.

With the decline of organized labor, many corporations have become irresponsible and uncaring. Free market capitalism demands balance. Workers' (union or nonunion) best defense against abuse is a strong labor movement.

Thanks for that..costs and revenue are executives' responsibility. Do you believe unionization is at the heart of the industry's troubles?

It's very unlikely that an unionized company would have taken this approach. Unionized companies enter into contractual agreements with their employees. These contracts are legally binding and would have presented real and costly problems to Arrow in addition to their banking issues. Unfortunately, these drivers just learned what an at will employee is in this day and age. Workers without the protection of a union contract are at the employers mercy ( or in this case lack of mercy). Slakewarerobert- could you tell us where we can find more info. on the auto workers pensions. I follow these issues and have never heard of such a problem. I also know a few autoworkers that would like to know about this as well. Do tell.

There are 7 unionized carriers out there that should have a solid future over the long-term. If you want union employees handling your freight for much of if not all its run, here’s who you should use.

BNSF
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
CSX
Kansas City Southern
Norfolk Southern
Union Pacific

My apologies to ABF, I just don't see the union staying on long-term.

Don't get me started on YRC. We're all waiting to sing a chorus of "turn out the lights, the party's over" as far as they're concerned.

The post below is obviously from someone who doesn't have a brain. Look at YRC my friend! What do you think their issue is? Are you seriously stupid enough to think that being a union member would have saved the plight of Arrow? They would have most likely shut the doors months or years ago if they were a union company and the thugs were forcing them to operate in an irrational manner. Unions are a thing of the past! There are labor laws now, which essentially eliminate the need for which labor unions were designed decades ago. Wake up and educate yourself!

i worked for arrow for the past 2 yr,s in heavy haul i quit aug 26/1009 they left me with a $3000.doller over weight fine do to a routing they gave me to follow and becouse they would not re pay me for geting there truck out of the shop aorrw has never or will ever take care of there divers i am sorry to all the drivers that was not lucky enough to get away form aorrow befor it was to late i will have all of u in my prayers
rickey l davis
ray,ohio