Aggregate haulers, dump truck drivers protest in Ontario

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Aggregate haulers and dump truck drivers are parking their rigs in Ontario seeking increased compensation for the loads they haul, among other demands. Hundreds of aggregate haulers have been protesting outside quarries for the past eight days, demanding an increase in rates. Meanwhile, dump truck drivers began job actions on Monday advocating respect for their […]

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[Igor Galanter]

"Presently we earn between $1,000 to $1,200 a day. We are seeking to be paid between $1,500 to $1,600 a day,” Singh said outside a quarry in Milton, On"
"He added that owner-operators are spending an additional $44 a day to run their businesses."

Am I the only to see that numbers don't add up, eh..

 

[Phantom T]

Here we go again with this nonsense. They flood a market with trucks and drove the rates down; then instead of switching to other profitable work, they choose to strong-arm the customer to hike the rates back up so they can repeat the cycle again.
The same crap was pulled by the same riff raff out at the port of Vancouver.

 

[dad2andrew]

Longer they're parked, the safer the roads will be. Going to be like gang-busters when they return though.

 

[NotForHire]

Pump & Dump Scheme

 

[Rob]

Just a small minority with unacceptable views. Where is JT lol.

 

[Jim L]

I imagine the increased enforcement in the GTA who is picking off some dump trucks with some severe out of service issues is was is causing the operators to rethink their pricing model.

 

[dad2andrew]

Just a small minority with unacceptable views. Where is JT lol.

Packing his bags to go out of the country again, after him and his buddy Jag made a stellar deal for themselves, throwing the rest of us to fend for ourselves.