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Ontario indy container truckers win first rate increase in 10 years
CANADA's Container Trucking Association of Ontario (CTAO) has finalised what it considers an historic agreement with container trucking CEOS after a nine-day strike.
"Although, the deal does not address all CTAO's concerns it improves the situation by increasing rates, which have not been raised in 10 years," said the statement from owner-operators association.
The deal includes a percentage increase in rates for the first time in over a decade and is unprecedented in the North American Container Trucking industry, said the CTAO statement.
The agreement also addresses wait times at terminals, and it reflects today's inflation rates. This was the result of a desire to get drivers back on the road, reported the American Journal of Transportation.
"Both parties came together in good faith. After 10 years we have set the bar for container truckers and the standard that the industry respects," the statement said.
Said CTAO president Patrick Rhodin: "This is about catching up for 10 years of rates not being raised with the rate of inflation, costs of keeping trucks on the road."
The CTAO represents 800 and growing independent owner operators and drivers who transport intermodal containers.
"Although, the deal does not address all CTAO's concerns it improves the situation by increasing rates, which have not been raised in 10 years," said the statement from owner-operators association.
The deal includes a percentage increase in rates for the first time in over a decade and is unprecedented in the North American Container Trucking industry, said the CTAO statement.
The agreement also addresses wait times at terminals, and it reflects today's inflation rates. This was the result of a desire to get drivers back on the road, reported the American Journal of Transportation.
"Both parties came together in good faith. After 10 years we have set the bar for container truckers and the standard that the industry respects," the statement said.
Said CTAO president Patrick Rhodin: "This is about catching up for 10 years of rates not being raised with the rate of inflation, costs of keeping trucks on the road."
The CTAO represents 800 and growing independent owner operators and drivers who transport intermodal containers.
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