Truckers Unite: The Fight for Fair Wages in West Texas Oil Fields"

[@josephstroud-oj6tj]

All them international licenses haha straight to the bottom

[@DustinLaBombard]

I've lived in Midland Texas all my life and or west Texas. I've never seen that this bad in the oilfield who are the oilfield drivers are not only being deprived of basic human rights but not getting paid when they're supposed to be getting paid. The Midland City politicians is I've learned have a lot to do with stuff like this. If my suspicions are true I think they have a lot to do with this. Because I think that they're in cahoots with the major oil companies in Midland Texas as I've seen along with Odessa Texas always have the highest fuel prices because the biggest industry in these areas of course is oilfield they think that we can pay that just because we can doesn't mean we should. Brother I hear you. Oilfield is as bad as bad as it gets. Due to the working conditions these companies I've had to leave the oil companies because the working conditions and that's just one complaint I have.

[@amigojjjaejae178]

think the cubans they fuck up the holeeeeeeeeeeeeeee trucking game🤬😤😭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@juanrubio4791]

Amen!!!!

[@antoniowilliams0075]

I was there 2007 to 20013 yall missed it. Sandbox came we left. We hauled one load a week Fort Worth to pecos b there for 3 days after detention take home 9k

[@ogles824]

I’m starting an equipment rental business soon and need to buy a gooseneck flatbed trailer and 3/4 ton or 1 ton truck. I’d planned on doing some hotshot work to help supplement my income until the equipment rental business got on its feet. I stopped at a trailer sales business here in Texas and they had flatbed trailers 3 to 4 months old that had been returned from guys who took a shot at hotshotting and couldn’t make money. I’ve got family that is OTR that started in trucking about 10 years ago and was making really good money about $4.50 a mile at one point the best I can remember. Today he is making about $1.70 a mile because of the illegal’s coming into the trucking industry. These guys need to go on strike. I’ve been around for over 6 decades and this isn’t the first time I’ve seen this and it takes the truckers standing up to fix this. They may have to go create a traffic jam in DC to get it done. It’s been done before. We also need regime change in Washington, one that will return all these illegal truck drivers back to their home country and get rid of this source of almost free cheap labor. I also agree that the CDL rules need to be changed to weed out incompetent drivers. I know Texas has also changed the requirements to get a DL. I recently went to get a renewal and had to produce a birth certificate proving I was a US citizen. I’ve never had to do that before.

[@feminazislayer]

I'm from the NY capital region. 46 years. I moved to west TX last year. Everything you said is true about where does the money go ? The panhandle- grain money, cattle money, in NY the GE money, the Colleges aren't there for sports, their there for things like tech and medicine. Second to silicon Valley CA is Albany SUNY College campus. It's literally a state school. We have beautiful state parks, town parks, NY preserves their natural areas, not here... I never seen a meth head in the hood until Kwame here. And they're all out in the country....lol

[@micclay]

Good video. It's not just oilfield. OTR pay is crap and that forces those drivers into local, which brings that down as well. Local jobs are few and far between in my area and the few there are pay crap. There's was a local asphalt company a while back advertising $17/hour. They must have filled the position, because I don't see the ad anymore. 20 million newcomers plus all the Mexican trucks and drivers allowed to run US highways ensure there is no going back. A mass deportation would drive rates and wages up, but I'm not holding my breath for that.

[@timothypatrick3732]

Nothing will change until the trucks stop moving , your gonna have to unite and just shut down and put the company and the middle man in a bind !!!and disrupt there production !! It's the only thing that's gonna stop this . I'm a truck driver of 30 years and the whole industry of trucking in America just needs to stop moving for just one week that's owner operators and company drivers and put America in a bind. That's the only thing that's going to work

[@kendrickconde3332]

Thought about getting my CDL awhile back. This video made me have second thoughts.

[@NinoAmerica]

It’s not worth it anymore tbh

[@micclay]

I recommend something else. If you have the ambition and aptitude, it will be much better. There are 20 million newcomers that work cheap and don't complain complain. They get free CDL training courtesy of the US taxpayer.

[@jk6854]

It’s not worth it, the risk alone

[@francomtz7115]

The problem is competition, any one can get into trucking.

[@ryanehlis426]

I drove truck in the oilfield hauling crude, I had food and drink in my truck enough for weeks.

[@briankoehler5641]

Most of these guys are owner ops. They do this in ohio, wv, and pa as well. Utica shale field. They make a killing on these loads, im saying a flippin killing. Waiting sucks, but any trucker worth his salt knows to be prepared for the unexpected. Food, clothing layers, maintain equipment so you have heat an ac etc. A owner op agreed to haul the load and agreed to the conditions of the contract. Im surprised the teamsters havent called them to unionized. The issue isnt, oh look they make billions pay me more. The issue is, your just a truck driver, your skill and equipment itself is not a million dollar business . Its hard to hear, as a trucker myself ive come to expect the good with the bad, but thats just the facts. Fighting against corporate greed is just another term for wanting communism.

[@NinoAmerica]

Great points !

[@robertramos1190]

With that mentality you’re the reason why rates are 1/mile. You think they signed up to wait 36hrs unpaid to do a load and if have to take a shit you lose your spot ?? Come on now

[@briankoehler5641]

@@robertramos1190 I'm a company driver. I haul cars, have health insurance, stay in hotels or home, hangout with my dog all the time. I don't buy fuel or tires or book loads. But if I had to wait 36 hours or 12 hours to unload I would not got back unless that load paid good. I have no say in what rates are guy, those drivers choose every bit of that. They keep going back for a reason. Also, I worked for Halliburton briefly. 6 months of 100+ hour weeks man. When machines break down, especially critical equipment like the chem mixer or pumps, it can be hours to repair. It happens. Let me ask, if your hauling sand and your truck breaks down and it's hours before you make it to the well site and you cause the frac to shut down because they ran out of sand should you pay that down time bill? and if you don't know Halliburton charges about $500,000 for 2, 15 man crews, plus equipment every 24 hours to the oil companies to frac a well. You couldn't afford that I already know. Drivers are important man don't get me wrong, but we aren't that special.

[@USMC-Goforth]

As a Texan I agree, it is easy to spot a Texan compared to a foreigner from another state by their cadence. ( I'm in Pasadena rn by the plants.)

[@NinoAmerica]

Yup!

[@ssjohnny6311]

Oh yeah, I'm in Fort Worth, and I can spot the people who moved from Chicago, California, New York. They just stand out

[@wrenchforahammer8317]

I hauled sand 2 yrs in south TX. Worst I had was 12hrs waiting. I've heard of worse. Win some, loose some

[@ajoecollazo]

I'm from Austin and I drive a truck. Bro no disrespect but anywhere in the desert even hill country suxs. Yes i have had to wait but i much rather get sent out east

[@francomtz7115]

I did the north Dakota oil boom 5 years it was brutal and cold.

[@upby20truckingllc57]

You have to know what you’re getting into….i hauled sand (pneumatic) and you need to have an inverter in your truck as well as a fridge, microwave, and food. Now as for being paid for their hours, yea they definitely deserve it.

[@matthewhollfelder3815]

Stop hauling sand. Every last one of you. Watch your wages go up again

[@juanrubio4791]

But always be the cutthroats. That don’t want to stop even for one day!!!

[@charliepainter4433]

They are about to start using self-driving trucks. Atlas has a video of it at their Kermit plant. It's only a matter of time before they aren't going to need us anymore. That's why they aren't increasing pay.

[@NinoAmerica]

🎯 thanks. I’m gonna react to that video now. Also you are right. Technology has increased so quick. I thought we were 15-20 from those trucks coming here. Sad fact is they are here already.

[@nofxn40s]

Homeboy should have been more prepared. Bring something to eat and drink. He knew this was going to happen. Plus these guys are lazy they don't want a real job . They just want an easy way out

[@robertramos1190]

One thing I can say humbly from personal experience is these guys will run circles around as far as the work ethic and I don’t know you but I’m pretty sure I out hustle you any day of the week. 😂

[@ryanehlis426]

Yes THERE IS NO WAY THOSE TRUCKS SHOULD BE WAITING UNPAID! That truck should be getting 100 hr at minimum to sit and wait.

[@markalexander832]

Supply and demand -- the very basics of economics. It is obvious that drivers are coming to the Permian Basin from outside of Texas. That tells me that wages are higher in West Texas for truck drivers than they could command at home. And with so many truck drivers coming from elsewhere, why would wages increase if the supply of labor is increasing at current wages? Quite frankly, oil field truck drivers in West Texas are compensated very well, especially considering that the great majority have relatively little education and few other marketable skills.

[@abc123lov7]

Sand haulers made water haulers look like good drivers... No lie.

[@rickoshea8295]

Wait until drivers from Mexico show up. Pay will go down more.

[@OlehMelnychuk-rg1wl]

They already showed up lol that’s why pay dropped. You have 7 drivers per 1 load.

[@turdferguson3189]

Well. Y'all made it that way. You chose to haul for what they pay. You don't like it stop hauling cheap freight. Sorry it's always supply and demand.

[@anthonybfernandez]

He isn’t from west texas. Hes a box truck driver from the east coast. He switched to box truck bc he could make more money.

[@abc123lov7]

I seen that video too

[@glamcityrockerofficial]

Imagine companies trying to stiff workers in America especially in a business like the oil business where every single disaster has been the result of corporate greed corporate bosses are nobody's friend workers need to stick together and look out for each other

[@dagboynumberone]

Driver just need to realize without us they have nothing just stick together and stand up

[@eddaniels3404]

Chinga damadre😢😮😅

[@workharder590]

Sand hauling is "bid" work. The lowest bidder wins the work. Don't unionize. Good grief.

[@ryanehlis426]

When I worked in west TX oilfield I lived in Lubbock because yes oil towns are ruff! Lubbock was a civilized place to live when I was not working.

[@truckertoddllc]

Did you make good money? I live in Lubbock and I’m considering it

[@kanie14]

Bro I just saw that Billy Randal dude at the flying j on 302 handing out flyers.

[@NinoAmerica]

Man I need to holller at him! Thanks for the info

[@thelonelytrucker9317]

I work for a frac sand company that currently is testing self driving trucks. They want to replace all of us with robots

[@NinoAmerica]

Yup. They already hauled a load of Sand with one of those trucks. Crazy

[@thelonelytrucker9317]

@NinoAmerica you know exactly who I'm talking about then. Us new hires aren't making squat.

[@s_cutt]

port truckers need to do the samething

[@AdamCregger]

McDonald's raised minimum wage now we pay $20.00 for a happy meal. They gotta keep production cheap to keep fuel prices under $20.00 a gallon which drives all products transported up. If it's that crappy of a job go drive for another company. When does the employ tell the employer what they're going to pay them and what they going to do and what they're not going to do. You knew what the pay was when you started and what the job requires but you took it anyway.

[@rogergutierrez2630]

Wow there getting shafted bad

[@dagboynumberone]

Def not what it use to I can remember some great days out west cut my teeth in Hobbs 23 years ago man made some great money went over to crude it was great even shit companies you earned but now man its like pulling teeth especially crude me and my driver was pulling in numbers but no more of that

[@ericcoke6969]

I'm not going to say it's 100% the problem but the majority of the problem is the influx of Cubans they came in cutting prices by half and more than willing to do the work just to get the loads doing the work cheaper and cheaper now the oil companies know this and can exploit this and they do the dairy Farmers long long time ago all came to a meeting and set set pricing to keep all of them going that's what needs to happen with the loads there needs to be set pricing and no more people especially influx of Cubans offering to do the work for half!!!!

[@omaenavas9524]

Cubanos arruinaron Miami ahora están arruinando los Travajos s traileros

[@jamesfranklin5541]

Props to you bro

[@DarrkMane]

Sad part is that even if they actually do successfully organize. The government will come in and start kicking doors down. Look what happened to Canadian truckers during covid or the railroad workers. We are all enslaved to paper money.

[@DustinLaBombard]

That's a labor board violation from hell!!! You were waiting on location for any reason. You should be on the clock getting paid. That's what's supposed to be standby hours. That's how it's supposed to work. You never sit on location and never get paid. They can't do that. Plus that's human rights violations why not being able to use the bathroom or get a drink water that's false imprisonment and or enslavement if they don't allow you to use the bathroom or get a drink of water. It's only a matter of time before this gets brought to a head and the powers that be in forced to do something about it. No wonder they're always looking for so many sand haulers. I've actually heard of sand companies as well doing the right thing and allowing the standby hours. And if they stopped allowing that for whatever reason. Then it needs to be exposed. Human beings can be treated that way especially on the job we're supposed to be getting paid. But of all my years of no one knows the oil filter and be being in the oil field I've never heard of this kind of thing going on. The oilfield only gets away with what is never brought to the big Powers attention that oversees the day they operations of the oilfield. OSHA and HR and all the human rights organizations need to be notified against this.

[@Steve-tn5ru]

I live and drive in midland and odessa. Sand haulers are always in the way. The trucks are falling apart and most drivers can not speak English with some not even having a CDL. As far as the money it diffently is not going into the roads. Especially not the roads in midland county. Wages have not really gone up for most jobs. Inflation is killing the America worker, but yall keep voting democratic and watch this keep declining. Companies don't care they will just find another driver from Mexico. If you do not like hauling in west texas go find another job.

[@jk6854]

No habla Englis no dinero

[@bt9653]

Local and state governments negotiated idiotic leases and permitting fees. Resource Rich and absolutely poor look around the country, coal country, oil country ,timber country.

[@belle6071]

😂😂😂 I'm a trucker. GUESS WHAT? THEY DON'T GIVE A F... GOOD LUCK. WELCOME TO AMERICA. Established by slavery, nothing changed.

[@abc123lov7]

That guy with the white beard as on another you tube video about trucking in NYC.

[@paulmarcdugre]

Organizing and unionize!

[@markalexander832]

That doesn't go well in Texas. Texans are too independent for that. Even among blue collar Texans, labor unions are rather unpopular. If you don't like the pay or conditions, find another job.

[@skylermcbride9428]

Then we wouldn't be able to fire lazy incompetent workers which drags down everyone's wages. Plus the union takes part of your paycheck to give to left wing lunatics.

[@shawnbaugh7191]

Ignorant comment!

[@jakelopes2789]

Start a union join the teamsters union

[@mikegroves4450]

Sand haulers are making $33 hourly base in Odessa, TX..... Some tradesmen dont even make that who have a skill set! These dudes are acting like some pre madonas smdh acting like theyre getting the shaft due to there poor life choices! Line crews out in West Texas shit in the damn field lol at least you get a seat.... dudes making $90-$190k a year and theyre crying. Grow up & quit acting entitled lmao

[@micclay]

Nobody is paying that much.

[@karthikainpudi4261]

$33 / hour lol. The highest I ever saw was $25, lowest was $14.

[@ryanehlis426]

Endeavor crude is a good outfit if you are an owner operator crude hauler. They are 90% o/o

[@bailbondsga]

reaction videos just suck. create your own content

[@NinoAmerica]

I actually do. I have a few channels. Interviews , missing people searches etc.

[@derekposh]

If you dont like it, leave like i did lmao people love to complain and bring gov to help them

[@karthikainpudi4261]

That's what gov is for lmao.

[@antoniowilliams0075]

We had food in the truck a bag and a bucket. Be on well for a week. Yall crying to me now

[@AurelioHaro-xc5nz]

Qué dijo.... qué dice...qué dijo

[@lennyarvizu4221]

Kodiak is going to get all the jobs with self driving

[@MrCheaterpipe]

Self driving in the real world has yet to be proven to be profitable