farmer52 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 This was in the local newpaper recently. Note the driver's pay. Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38995-times-have-changed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Any idea if the company survived?Yes E.F.Smith is still in business today. It is a small trucking company (less than 25 power units). Not to be confused with Smith Transport.http://www.truckdriver.com/trucking-company-directory/ShowDOTCo.cfm?CENSUS_NUM=84839 Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38995-times-have-changed/#findComment-279727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 My thoughts exactly. If you don't want to work for what I'm willing to pay, you can find somewhere else to work and I'll find somebody else who wants to earn a paycheck. Show up to work, or you're done here. 2 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38995-times-have-changed/#findComment-279731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fxfymn Posted February 19, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2015 Its a good thing those who suffered so much by standing up to the companies who treated labor like a commodity didn't have the same beliefs or we would all still be working 80 hour weeks for whatever wage the company deemed was ok. Like it or not the 40 hour work week, pensions, and health care all come from those who stood up for their beliefs and had the courage to do something about it."Either we hang together or we will surely hang together." 6 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38995-times-have-changed/#findComment-279732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Its a good thing those who suffered so much by standing up to the companies who treated labor like a commodity didn't have the same beliefs or we would all still be working 80 hour weeks for whatever wage the company deemed was ok. Like it or not the 40 hour work week, pensions, and health care all come from those who stood up for their beliefs and had the courage to do something about it."Either we hang together or we will surely hang together."either we all hang together or we will surely all hang separately just a little correction Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38995-times-have-changed/#findComment-279739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RowdyRebel Posted February 19, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2015 If you think you're worth more than you're being paid, ask for a raise. If you are turned down, you can either look for somebody who thinks you might be worth what you think you're worth and go work for them, or keep making what your boss thinks you are worth where you're at. Nobody is forcing you to stick around. All too often, people THINK they are worth a hell of a lot more than the revenue they generate through the work they do or free up by doing non-revenue generating tasks so others can spend their time generating revenue. Your boss is in business to make a profit. No profit, no company. No company, no job. If your boss isn't making a profit, either directly or indirectly, from the work you are doing, then you won't have a job very long. If the work force bands together and demands more than the boss can afford to pay, the company becomes unprofitable...not worth the boss's time running it. Then what do you have? Company goes out of business and floods the job market with unemployed individuals, so that other companies can fill their positions at lower wages...meaning the job you find probably won't pay as much as you HAD been making. It is basic supply & demand. When available jobs outnumber people to fill them, wages go up because employers are competing over the limited number of applicants. When unemployed outnumber the jobs available, wages go down because workers are competing for the limited number of positions. 4 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38995-times-have-changed/#findComment-279741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Not disagreeing but lighten up. I only posted this to show the wages in 1960. Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38995-times-have-changed/#findComment-279772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Rowdy: you nailed it!..when i pick my cherries i have to pay picking labor, hauling,storage,and packing....and still dont know what i will get paid! i pick in early July and dont get final payment until October......or told payment is due to the werhouse! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38995-times-have-changed/#findComment-279774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I got a dollar more when I first went to work in a garage,1974. I made $2.75 an hour, my first raise was to $2.90 an hour. Then in '77 I left to make the big bucks, $4.00 an hour welding.But, in the '60's if you brought home $100 a week, you were rich- that was big money then. My parents would usually spend 20 some dollars at the grocery store a week- and that was for a family of six! Of course we always had a big garden and raised hogs. Ma kept 2 freezers full of meat, fish we caught, and vegetables, plus she canned a lot of vegetables.I used to haul chips from Dillwyn,Va. to Covington,Va. for $30 a load, and you were lucky to get 9 or 10 loads a week- and that was if you stayed out all week and didn't go home. A load to Chicago paid about $170 in the 80's I think, now it's 200+ to go to Pittsburgh, but the difference is that now you can carry $20 worth of groceries out of the store in one hand,you don't even need a bag! Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38995-times-have-changed/#findComment-279785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 wow doesnt quite add up,,,was makin 675 an hour in 1973anyone interested im in san diego for a few days,,,,nice weather woohoo...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38995-times-have-changed/#findComment-279815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Gee, in 1971 I was getting $55 a month "Hazard Pay" and $149.10 a month straight pay. . .To get shot at in Asia. 2 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38995-times-have-changed/#findComment-279816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 ya we see how they have always treated our defence,,,,shoulda went into politics endless supply of dough,,,and no effort..like wow man...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38995-times-have-changed/#findComment-279819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Gee, in 1971 I was getting $55 a month "Hazard Pay" and $149.10 a month straight pay. . .To get shot at in Asia. oh by the way,,,,my friend thanks again for your services,,,,and best of luck with the family matter....bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38995-times-have-changed/#findComment-279821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maint1 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I got the same senior cruise as 41 Chev. When Suzie and I were married in 1972 I made $73.00 every half month. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38995-times-have-changed/#findComment-279838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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