Truck Driver Says He Was Fired for Writing 'Jesus' as His Co-Driver
A truck driver from South Texas' Rio Grande Valley says he was fired by a Falfurrias trucking company because he wrote "Jesus" as his co-driver in legally required logbooks.
According to KRGV, truck driver Ramiro Olivarez got the axe in a letter from his former employer noting that he was warned to stop "submitting incomplete documentation and falsifying legal documents." He was also told to stop writing Jesus as a co-driver because it is a violation of federal and state law.
Olivarez contends, however, that no one with the company ever told him to stop writing Jesus in his logbooks. If they had, he said, he would have inserted a cross instead of the name of Jesus or left the spot empty. He also insists that there's nothing false about the information he wrote on the documents and believes the company took issue mostly because of his reference to Jesus.
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"The graph on there is strictly Ramiro Olivarez. And Jesus is my co-driver, and that's my belief. That he's with me," he said.
The Christian Post reached out to On Point Services, the trucking company that fired Olivarez, and was told that no one was available to comment.
In the meantime, however, Olivarez, who's a veteran trucker, says he has faith that he'll find a new job and feels no shame in proclaiming Jesus as his co-driver and is encouraging others to follow his lead.
"Jesus is my co-driver, and I have no shame in that," he told KRGV.
"I strongly encourage you to put Jesus as your co-driver. Let's make a stand," said in a message to other truck drivers of faith.
