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TRUCKERS' STORIES * USA - Garbage man finds success in long haul
Oshkosh,WI,USA -The Oshkosh Northwestern/Zuege Press-Gazette, by Sherry Stuart -April 20, 2008: -- When Mike Mastalir was growing up, he never had a dream job... He just knew that he wanted to stay busy and be happy. He followed in his father's footsteps in more ways than one. His dad is a diesel mechanic, business owner and at one time was a garbage man... After graduation, Mastalir became a diesel mechanic and worked at Packerland Packing and Wisconsin Kenworth. Five years ago, he decided that he wanted to do something different, so he enlisted the help of his dad... Dad and son set out to start a garbage-hauling business. They bought a garbage truck, Dumpsters and solicited business. Blue Water Services Hauling or BWS today has four trucks and enough work to keep them busy six days a week... The worst part of the job, he said, is physically moving dumpsters in and out of snow and mud... To become a garbage man, you must have a good work ethic, a good driving record and a commercial driver's license... Best advice received: Hard work will pay off, so work hard... (Photo Special to the Press-Gazette - Mike Mastalir enjoys meeting with potential clients to help garner new business. He hopes to greatly expand his business in the next decade)* Working Life (High and Low)
New York.NY,USA -The New York Times, by STEVEN GREENHOUSE -April 20, 2008: -- When Jean Capobianco was diagnosed for the second time with breast cancer, her doctors ordered a mastectomy. She first contracted the disease three years earlier and suffered through seven months of chemotherapy. After her cancer came back, her husband walked out on her... For more than a decade, Jean and her husband had been a truck-driving team, driving hazardous waste. Now, with husband and truck gone, her career as a long-haul driver was gone as well... After she recovered, Jean started looking for work. She spotted a help-wanted ad from Roadway Package Systems, which said it was looking for independent contractors to deliver packages... “I needed a job,” said Jean. “They tell you, ‘You’ll make all this money working for yourself"... She soon discovered that her new employer had embraced a controversial strategy to squeeze down costs by millions of dollars each year: it insisted that Jean and the other drivers were independent contractors, not employees. The I.R.S., New York and many other states are investigating this strategy, convinced that many companies use it to cheat their workers and cheat on taxes... (Photo by Jodi Hilton for The New York Times - Stricken with cancer, Jean Capobianco asked for a leave of absence. FedEx terminated her)Labels: truckers' stories
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