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ποΈ 13 October 2019
β±οΈ 51 minutes
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0:00.0 | Falcon Transport was initiated in 1903. |
0:03.2 | It started with two horses in a buggy and now we're about a thousand trucks. |
0:06.9 | Trucking company at Workport Preview is treating me like a piece of equipment |
0:11.2 | coming over to Falcon Transport. They care about their employees. |
0:14.4 | You're not just a number. They do take very good care of you. |
0:18.0 | My future at Falcon looks like me being a hundred years old and still driving down the road |
0:22.9 | in a Falcon Transport truck. |
0:25.8 | Nicole Rupert was enjoying a nice relaxing night at home on Saturday, April 27th, 2019, |
0:34.1 | when she received an unexpected email from her employer, Falcon Transport. |
0:38.8 | The email read, quote, |
0:40.4 | We regret to inform you that Falcon Transport Company is not able to continue operations |
0:45.3 | and will be shutting down effective today. |
0:48.0 | Please stop any work you're doing for the company immediately. |
0:51.2 | You're not expected to return to work. |
0:53.6 | Please be on the lookout for further information. We will be sending regarding this situation. |
0:59.7 | Just like that, without warning, the 116-year-old youngstown Ohio-based trucking company |
1:06.6 | that employed more than 550 people was out of business. |
1:11.2 | And Nicole, who had been working as a dispatcher for Falcon for over four years, |
1:16.0 | found herself without a way to provide for her family, literally overnight. |
1:20.3 | My fiance worked there as well, so we're both out of work. My best friend worked there. |
1:24.3 | My future mother-in-law worked there, so we're all kind of just in the same boat. |
1:29.2 | The same boat floating up shit creek without a paddle. |
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