Moving Labor Company Offers Discounts for TN Flood Victims and Foreclosed Residents

Johnson City, TN, May 12, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Universal Moving Systems (Tri-Cities, TN), a moving labor company based in Northeast Tennessee, is offering considerable discounts for victims of the May 3rd flood that hit western and central Tennessee in early May of this year. The company's standard rate of $45.00 per hour for a two man moving crew is reduced 33% for flood victims moving into the Tri-Cities area. UMS is also offering significant discounts for services to the disabled, veterans, seniors, and evicted and foreclosed residents.

The moving labor service does require that the customer rent a moving van themselves, but with the deep discounts offered by UMS, customers who are down on their luck can get moved at a very reasonable price. The company's standard rate for labor services has already been at a well-below-market level of $45.00 for several months - where its competitors have been commanding rates of $65.00 per hour or more over the same period.

"Our company, just like most of the local residents, has been struggling this year." Says Joe Casey, Universal's owner. "There have been several occasions where we thought we would have to pack it in and take our losses. But, we have hung in there and have decided that many, many folks are in the same boat, and that we cannot continue to grow if we continue to command up market rates in a very down economy. The times have dictated that we help our neighbors or fall by the wayside - we have decided to put profitability to the back of the load and to assist our customers on a more humane and neighborly basis - this business is after all - a people business."

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