Mate ..the $1200 includes gst/tax / super and compo....and if the unit price is $140....a 23t truck is $3220-$1200 = $2020.
Also ...I did point out this was for general freight!! so lots of pick-ups and unloads on the trip up and down......I call that a full day!!!
"And yes the industry does and will dictate to an owner driver how much they will pay them. Due to free market conditions if subbie A wont do the trip for X dollars, subbie B just might."
And yes now we are getting to the real issue of the debacle.....it is industry that doesn't want to pay the proper rate !!! and maybe the union should pay more attention to that !!!
I think the debacle that we just witnessed was more beneficial to large trucking operations and the also to industries again getting away with discount rates!!!
