The Bumper Connection with Charles E. Brown
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Monfort fired after excellent worker turned unreliable
After almost two years of exceptional work as a truck driver for Pilot Freight Services in Kent, Christopher Monfort suddenly became so unreliable he was fired Aug. 1, according to the corporate official who personally dismissed Monfort.
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How an old problem became a crisis
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