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The work rule was there to protect the union, nothing more. If there was a genuine road danger, the non-union trucking company would have told us so. So would have the vendor at the shipping point of origin. Or the authorities would have closed the road.

I may have been a bit harsh and stretched my point a bit. Certainly union work rules can get out of hand. I should have recognized that.

However, the problem with trucking goes the other way. The poor sap that ending up taking the load is faced with having to drive in really bad driving conditions under pressure to either (1) make a meager living or (2) losing his job.

Professional over the road drivers do not have much descretion to stop when road weather conditions are so dangerous that they should not be out there.

The poor sap that ending up taking the load is faced with having to drive in really bad driving conditions . . .

The really bad driving conditions were a union lie as verified by (1)the vendor at the pick-up location, (2)the poor sap who ended up droving the load in and (3)an internet check of weather and road conditions.

FWIW, The last critical time I was lied to like this was too late in the day to find an alternative. I ended up renting a U-Haul truck, driving to the truck terminal near the state line and bringing the load in at night in order to keep production running so our weekend crew of men and women who had bills to pay and families to support didn't have to take unscheduled leave. It wasn't fun and the road conditions weren't ideal but it is just one example of what those of us who work in companies lower down on the food chain than the unionized b*st*rds do in order to survive.