Re: UP kicking Coach America to the curb
Author: Joe Magruder
Date: 11-23-2009 - 13:25
I assume that the only really variable costs in providing this type of transportation are labor costs. The contractor doesn't control scheduling because the vans have to be available when crews need to travel. The prices of the vans and the fuel they use are fixed by others. So, the only way to be the low bidder is to pay lower wages and accept a lower profit. The lower the wages, the less selective an employer can be about whom he/she hires... Is this a job that I would take, or that you would take, at this wage?