The Christian Science Monitor offered the following information to help Arrow drivers:Ī number of firms have advertised that they are hiring Arrow Trucking drivers and/or staff. pulled its financial backing for the company, making Arrow the trucking industry’s largest failure since Mid-States Express in early 2009. The agency has a toll-free hotline, 1-888-DOT-SAFT (368-7238), for drivers nationwide to call if they see any possible safety violations caused by abandoned Arrow trucks, or other similar situations.Īccording to the Journal of Commerce, Daimler Corp. Department of Transportation, “directed Arrow Trucking management and officers to take steps to ensure the safe transfer of its vehicles and cargo to secure areas.”
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, an agency of the U.S. The action helped the workers win back pay due them.įor its part, the federal government has ordered Arrow and its officers to move and secure abandoned trucks.
Workers at Republic Windows and Doors in 2008 took over the plant because the employer had violated the WARN Act. Records also show the company is delinquent on taxes on its property in Tulsa, according to local news media.Ībrupt layoffs and shutdowns have afflicted many industries, especially during this current economic recession, leaving working families high and dry. The suit will also address other violations of state and local laws that Arrow employees have alleged, including bounced paychecks, unpaid medical premium payments and nonreimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses, according to news reports.Īrrow has faced a substantial number of lawsuits and payouts on issues ranging from damaged goods to racial discrimination. The nonunion Arrow faces a class action lawsuit by its employees for violating the WARN Act, a federal law (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act) that requires employers with at least 100 employees to give 60 days’ notice before a plant closing or mass layoff.
More information on how to help can be found on Rhianna Weir’s blog. He would have had no money for food or shelter.” “John only worked for them for about a month. “Arrow bounced John’s last two paychecks and cut off all advances in the week prior to the shutdown,” said Marie AuBuchon. According to Tulsa World, Eischens called his mother and asked her for a bus ticket home. Currently this page is working to locate a missing driver, John M. Others in the trucking community set up “Arrow Trucking Volunteer Efforts” on Facebook. It also set up a special Frequently Asked Questions page on its web site. On Facebook, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, OOIDA, set up a page called “Support for Stranded Arrow Trucking Drivers – Coordinate Efforts HERE.” With its 7,550-plus fans, the organization began mobilizing help, providing job information and updates on the Arrow Trucking situation. Some found out when they stopped for fuel and their fuel cards weren’t accepted.Įventually, a couple of larger freight companies, some of them financial backers of Arrow, told drivers that if they could get to their terminals they’d receive either $200 or bus fare home.īut that help may have been due to a tremendous grassroots effort using the Internet and social media to help the abandoned and stranded Arrow drivers get home. Some drivers found out through the Internet or radio. The company, based in Tulsa, Okla., did not notify any of its workers that it was shutting down.
Their employer, Arrow Trucking, suspended its operations, leaving them high and dry just before the holiday. It was days before Christmas when 1,400 truck drivers got the news.