CARVER – Lawmakers are now deciding what needs to change after hundreds of Massachusetts bus and truck drivers had their commercial driver’s licenses revoked due to violations from decades ago, leaving some of them out of work.
Truck drivers losing jobs
Michael McDonald gets emotional talking about the RMV taking away his commercial driver’s license and his license to drive a car, all because of drunk driving cases he had in the 1980s. “It’s devastating, I cry every night. The registry has no idea what they are doing to me and they don’t care,” said McDonald.
Since he got the notice from the RMV at the end of August, McDonald said he is no longer able to work at Ground Effects Landscaping in Carver where he has been employed for the last 17 years.
His boss Sean Bishop, who owns Ground Effects, said McDonald is a valued employee and named one of his new dump trucks for McDonald, having the decal “Captain Mike” put on the driver’s door. Unable to drive, Bishop had to lay McDonald off last week.