Ray From Cleveland
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GOD BLESS ALL CANADIAN TRUCKIES!
AND BLESS RON PAUL TOO!![]()
While I gaze across the posts on USMB and read all these people claiming to be successful, very wealthy, employers that believe employees should make more and tell me they pay theirs superior wages and benefits, I've never been coy about telling people who I really am, and in fact proud to say I was a truck driver. However I've never been more proud to say it with the leadership of my brothers and sisters in Canada.
When government shuts down, hardly anybody notices. In fact it's to our benefit when they do. When unions lead their members to strike, only a handful of people are affected. But when the wheels of our trucks come to a screeching halt, so does the country.
The Canadian government (and ours even more) have to realize that when people have had enough, they've had enough. While our drivers are still on the road, more and more leave the industry all the time, and less and less people to replace us. In fact today the US is short over 11,000 drivers. It's predicted by industry leaders this is just the start as more and more of us baby boomers retire.
The Canadian government now realizes they may have went too far, and I hope our government is paying attention.