Ex-Arrow Trucking drivers filing claims with state; more hiring

Mary Bebout, a senior labor compliance officer with the Labor Department's Tulsa office, said Tuesday that Arrow Trucking Co. employees had filed 30 claim forms. About 480 Arrow Trucking employees have contacted the department to inquire about recovering unpaid wages.

The Trucker Staff

12/30/2009

TULSA, Okla. — Former employees of a trucking company that suddenly shut down last week are filing claims with the Oklahoma Department of Labor.

Bebout says some of the claims are for final paychecks, while others are for bounced checks and final wages or for unpaid vacation pay and insurance premiums that were deducted but not paid in for coverage.

Tulsa-based Arrow Trucking suspended operations on Dec. 23 and laid off employees, stranding many of them who were scattered across the country.

Also hiring former Arrow drivers are: L.J. Kennedy Trucking, a 100 percent flatbed company based in New Jersey covering the area from Maine to Virginia to Ohio and in between, at (877) 538-7712, ex. 16 (ask for recruiting); K&B Transportation in South Sioux City, Neb., which can be reached at (800) 851-8651 or www.kbtransportation.com; and HWC Transportation, a flatbed company based out of Fairless Hills, Pa., looking to hire experienced flatbed drivers wanting to drive regionally in the Virginia to New York to Ohio to Massachusetts areas (215) 295-5460.

The Trucker has learned that High Country Transportation and Valley Transportation Services are hiring former Arrow drivers. Contact Shawn Crowley, director of flatbed operations, at High Country at (888) 883-3968 or fax (505) 883-9053. At Valley Transportation contact Sandy Elliott, safety director/recruiter, at (800) 657-4910 or fax (507) 754-5667. For a list of others hiring click here and scroll to the bottom of the story.

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