Boycott CH ROBINSON VAUGHAN, ON Update

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Canadian Trucking Watchdog is continuing our boycott of this CH ROBINSON outlet in Vaughan. These scumbags in Vaughan are just running our industry and treating us like garbage. We're into our 1st week of the boycott and word has spread very quickly about it.

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Thomas
 
Useless procedure

It seems that this is a waste of time, as it is the equivalent of throwing a pebble in a 5 gallon pail in hopes of filling the pail. If you look at C.H. Robinson as a whole the company dictum is to exploit carriers in order to turn a larger profit. So unless C H Robinson is completely boycotted there will be no change in their practices, as the Vaughaun office is merely a pawn in the CH Robinson portfolio.

thefriendlybroker said:
Thought this might interest some people :




BusinessWeek's Top 50 Companies
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C.H. Robinson Worldwide
No. 6

Industry: Transportation
Sales: $8..6 billion
Net Income: $359.2 million

Transportation is tanking because of the recession, but C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) isn't suffering as much as its industry peers thanks to its role as a third-party broker between truckers and shippers. Founded in 1905 as a produce hauler, the Eden Prairie ( Minn. ) company doesn't own trucks but instead relies on a global network of more than 50,000 carriers. CEO John Wiehoff says Robinson is coping with declining freight activity by persuading clients, which include PepsiCo (PEP) and Wal-Mart (WMT), to give C.H. Robinson more of their shipping budget. And he's negotiating cheaper rates from struggling truckers to boost profit margins. One growth area: fee-based transportation-management services.
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godfather said:
It seems that this is a waste of time, as it is equivalent of throwing a pebble in a 5 gallon pail in hopes of filling the pail. If you look at C.H. Robinson as a whole the company dictum is to exploit carriers in order to turn a larger profit. So unless C H Robinson is completely boycotted there will be no change in their practices, as the Vaughaun office is merely a pawn in the CH Robinson portfolio.
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It may seem like a waste of time and effort and many people have told me the same thing and I am not totally in disagreement with that statement. I'm one of many that has just about had it with the trash operating at this Vaughan location. I'd rather park my truck than run for a loss and that's exactly what I have done for 2 of the last 3 weeks. In my spare time I have decided to fight these scumbags at CH Robinson in Vaughan by exposing exactly what they are getting away with while we truckers barelly survive. At the same time I have exposed some of the other companies doing the same. After all, there's only so much we can take !
 
Very interesting read, seems to be the same companies that sadly have been doing this for years.
We don't move freight for any Ch Robinson Company due to there unfair ways.
 
I understand what you are trying to do, it's just a very ineffective way to protest their practices. Unfortunately boycotting one office is not going to affect them as you are still dealing with them on this load. Unless C.H. Robinson North America is boycotted, nothing will change. This has been attempted with other offices in the past, and the outcome is always the same. People give up and go back to business as usual because there is no progress. As I've said before, don't let them pull the wool over your eyes. Boycotting vaughan is about as useful as plucking a hair, it is quickly laughed off and forgotten.
 
Derek's Diva said:
Very interesting read, seems to be the same companies that sadly have been doing this for years.
We don't move freight for any Ch Robinson Company due to there unfair ways.
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CH ROBINSON is such a large company that they almost set the standard for rates in a market. There are some very good agents that work for CH Robinson. I am sure some people are familiar with Shirley Nelson that works in the Minneapolis office, she's such a nice person and goes out of her way to keep the rates afloat.

The real problem I am trying to make everyone understand is that CH Robinson is such a large company that they have developped a serious problem within their company. The Vaughan office has no customers of their own. They have agents "telemarketers" that grab the freight from CHRW.com and attempt to re-broker to loadlink customers for a SIGNIFICANT commision. In the past, we truckers were able to go directly to the US agent and get our freight that way. The Vaughan location and all staff there just grab the best paying freight and re-broker it to anyone that comes along desperate for a load. I have seen it happen for months now. Just got on Loadlink and post yourself from California to Newfoundland. They must have 60 loads. There is not 1 load there paying what it should pay. By boycotting these hoars in Vaughan we give the industry a chance to survive. That's exactly why I have launched a boycott.
 
Derek's Diva said:
Very interesting read, seems to be the same companies that sadly have been doing this for years.
We don't move freight for any Ch Robinson Company due to there unfair ways.
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Now if everyone followed these footsteps C H Robinson would have to take a new route in dealing with carriers. Yes I know I am a broker, but up until March I was on the carrier side dealing with these people, or rather not dealing with them and cleaning up the messes because other people would take their loads and I would be left to deal with the fall out. I think if even 50% of the carriers out their were to snub their noses at CH Robinson and say "No More!" It would greatly affect their bottom line, forcing them to rethink how they are doing business. The other 50% would end up out of business or close to it at the hands of C.H. Robinson...
 
unfortunately,there are far too many carriers and independant truckers out there who either don't understand or don't care what the results are of dealing with c.h...all they know is that they got a 500.00 load out to chicago and will then proceed to pack there trailers with ltl backhaul to make up the round trip numbers. the rates for inbound ltl ex chicago are all over the board as with a number of other common lanes like montreal,new york and pa....people like c.h. thrive on the knowledge that there are a ton of shall we say [new canadians] who haven't been in the industry long enough to develope there own customer base thus taking whatever they can to at least get there trucks out there...
 
I agree Keep On Trucking like it or not this will be the new normal for the trucking industry. Not only is the industry over supplied with trucks there is also too many brokers out here chasing and cutting rates as well. If small to mid size general freight carriers are to survive they will have to reinvent themselves.
 
If the price isn't right dont take the freight, atleast they pay their bills. People who take cheap freight will eventually close down.
my two cents.
 
Simplest way to combat the Vaughan office (if that is your wish, as I don't have a problem with them) is to log into chrwtrucks.com and get the freight before Vaughan does.
 
We started in 2005 and we have refused from day 1 to do business with CHR (and also Landstar), because of their policies.

Both companies call virtually on a daily basis to inquire as to why we won't do business with them... They get the same answer everytime.

#1- Change your contract so that I keep control of my trucks (ever read the fine print?). They say the same thing everytime. Its just words that their lawyers had to put in there. Doesn't mean anything. Don't worry about it. Well, if it doesn't mean anything, then change it....

#2- Give decent rates so I don't have to argue and fight just to break even.
I understand that everyone has a cheap customer and that sometimes rates in some areas really suck but if I have to constantly spend 20 minutes each and every call justifying to CHR or Landstar when they're rates are unacceptable, well, I'm sorry, I just don't have that kind of time or patience.

I don't know about the rest of you but our business needs around $2.25 per running mile (not per loaded mile) to break even, factoring a profit factor. And yes, we do factor a profit in our expenses. Contrary to some beliefs, profit is not a 4 letter word

Just my 2 cents worth... Now its back to work for me...
 
Manitoba Moose said:
We started in 2005 and we have refused from day 1 to do business with CHR (and also Landstar), because of their policies.

Both companies call virtually on a daily basis to inquire as to why we won't do business with them... They get the same answer everytime.

#1- Change your contract so that I keep control of my trucks (ever read the fine print?). They say the same thing everytime. Its just words that their lawyers had to put in there. Doesn't mean anything. Don't worry about it. Well, if it doesn't mean anything, then change it....

#2- Give decent rates so I don't have to argue and fight just to break even.
I understand that everyone has a cheap customer and that sometimes rates in some areas really suck but if I have to constantly spend 20 minutes each and every call justifying to CHR or Landstar when they're rates are unacceptable, well, I'm sorry, I just don't have that kind of time or patience.

I don't know about the rest of you but our business needs around $2.25 per running mile (not per loaded mile) to break even, factoring a profit factor. And yes, we do factor a profit in our expenses. Contrary to some beliefs, profit is not a 4 letter word

Just my 2 cents worth... Now its back to work for me...
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That's more like $2.50 for $.02....Well put...
 
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