And doesn't have the heart to help get the drivers home.
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The sudden shutdown of Arrow Trucking Company left many drivers stranded, some far away from home, and all of them are looking for work just three days before Christmas.
Arrow Trucking is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but has terminals across the country including here in Houston. It is a 60-year-old family run company.
The maintenance manager was the last one out Tuesday night. He didn't want to talk to us after what was a very depressing day.
Former Houston Arrow Trucking employee James Cooey did talk to us -- through the tears.
"I usually don't cry," said Cooey. "I ain't cried in years."
Cooey is still trying to grasp what happened. On Monday the fleet manager had a job, now he doesn't, but he still has a wife and two children to support.
"You go tell that beautiful little girl you can't give her everything she wants no more," he said.
Employees told us they were told Arrow Trucking was suspending operations. There would be no benefit packages, and trucks and trailers would be repossessed. Hundreds of drivers all across North America were told to leave their trucks where they were. The timing is the worst part.
"Three days before Christmas and you get the door slammed in your face. Nothing I can do than try to find another job," said truck driver Leroy Sam.
Employees say the company have offered no explanation.
James Cooey says he has lost his holiday spirit.
"What holiday?" he said. "We lost our jobs three days before Christmas."
Employees say about 100 workers lost their jobs in Houston.
The sudden shutdown of Arrow Trucking has left hundreds of others without jobs. Workers in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are cleaning out their vehicles. They say in the past, their payroll checks have bounced. Other drivers are stuck in Arizona because their fuel cards from the company don't work. That means they can't pay for the gas to drive their semis. Family members of drivers say those drivers are trying to sell anything they can just to return home.
Arrow Trucking's website says it has been in business since 1948 and that it runs a fleet of 1,400 tractors and over 3,000 trailers operating throughout the United States and in Canada and Mexico. The company is also described as one of the country's largest and most financially sound flatbed motor carriers. That information has since been removed from its website.
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7184543
Talk about a raw deal. Some companies have stepped up to help atleast.
Schneider National:
Who:
If you are a stranded Arrow Trucking driver and need a ride home for the holidays, seek out a Schneider National driver. If a Schneider driver is headed in your direction, we’ll help get you home—or as close to home as possible. Schneider National, premier provider of transportation, logistics and intermodal services, is helping answer the call for help from drivers across the country, stranded after Tulsa, Okla.-based Arrow Trucking unexpectedly closed its doors on Tuesday, Dec. 22.
What: Schneider’s first mission is to help get the reported 1,400 stranded drivers home safely for the holidays. Once drivers are safe at home, Schneider’s focus will be on helping employ the displaced drivers.
Where: Headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., Schneider has 12,955 drivers and 24 operating centers across the United States.
When: Stranded Arrow drivers simply need to find one of Schneider’s drivers and ask if they’re headed in the same direction.
Why: If anyone knows how important it is for a truck driver to be home for the holidays, Schneider does.
Media Contacts:
Hiebing
Kim Stobb
(608) 256-6357 (o)
(920) 319-6728 (m)
[email protected]
or
Schneider National, Inc.
Janet Bonkowski, APR
(920) 592-2865 (o)
(920) 655-0381 (m)
[email protected]
http://www.benzinga.com/press-releases/b...tranded-drivers
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The sudden shutdown of Arrow Trucking Company left many drivers stranded, some far away from home, and all of them are looking for work just three days before Christmas.
Arrow Trucking is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but has terminals across the country including here in Houston. It is a 60-year-old family run company.
The maintenance manager was the last one out Tuesday night. He didn't want to talk to us after what was a very depressing day.
Former Houston Arrow Trucking employee James Cooey did talk to us -- through the tears.
"I usually don't cry," said Cooey. "I ain't cried in years."
Cooey is still trying to grasp what happened. On Monday the fleet manager had a job, now he doesn't, but he still has a wife and two children to support.
"You go tell that beautiful little girl you can't give her everything she wants no more," he said.
Employees told us they were told Arrow Trucking was suspending operations. There would be no benefit packages, and trucks and trailers would be repossessed. Hundreds of drivers all across North America were told to leave their trucks where they were. The timing is the worst part.
"Three days before Christmas and you get the door slammed in your face. Nothing I can do than try to find another job," said truck driver Leroy Sam.
Employees say the company have offered no explanation.
James Cooey says he has lost his holiday spirit.
"What holiday?" he said. "We lost our jobs three days before Christmas."
Employees say about 100 workers lost their jobs in Houston.
The sudden shutdown of Arrow Trucking has left hundreds of others without jobs. Workers in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are cleaning out their vehicles. They say in the past, their payroll checks have bounced. Other drivers are stuck in Arizona because their fuel cards from the company don't work. That means they can't pay for the gas to drive their semis. Family members of drivers say those drivers are trying to sell anything they can just to return home.
Arrow Trucking's website says it has been in business since 1948 and that it runs a fleet of 1,400 tractors and over 3,000 trailers operating throughout the United States and in Canada and Mexico. The company is also described as one of the country's largest and most financially sound flatbed motor carriers. That information has since been removed from its website.
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7184543
Talk about a raw deal. Some companies have stepped up to help atleast.
Schneider National:
Who:
If you are a stranded Arrow Trucking driver and need a ride home for the holidays, seek out a Schneider National driver. If a Schneider driver is headed in your direction, we’ll help get you home—or as close to home as possible. Schneider National, premier provider of transportation, logistics and intermodal services, is helping answer the call for help from drivers across the country, stranded after Tulsa, Okla.-based Arrow Trucking unexpectedly closed its doors on Tuesday, Dec. 22.
What: Schneider’s first mission is to help get the reported 1,400 stranded drivers home safely for the holidays. Once drivers are safe at home, Schneider’s focus will be on helping employ the displaced drivers.
Where: Headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., Schneider has 12,955 drivers and 24 operating centers across the United States.
When: Stranded Arrow drivers simply need to find one of Schneider’s drivers and ask if they’re headed in the same direction.
Why: If anyone knows how important it is for a truck driver to be home for the holidays, Schneider does.
Media Contacts:
Hiebing
Kim Stobb
(608) 256-6357 (o)
(920) 319-6728 (m)
[email protected]
or
Schneider National, Inc.
Janet Bonkowski, APR
(920) 592-2865 (o)
(920) 655-0381 (m)
[email protected]
http://www.benzinga.com/press-releases/b...tranded-drivers
