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Igel

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13. Long article.

Fri Jun 16, 2017, 06:34 PM

Jun 2017

Lots of lawsuits before a state regulatory agency.

Article takes pains to blame the industry. Problem goes back to 2008. Independent contractors had old trucks that polluted. State said to stop using them. Now, this was 2008. Trucking companies had used contractors, couldn't afford billions for new trucks. Contractors couldn't get loans for new trucks. The result of a hard-hitting regulation and an economic downturn led to this. The solution sucked; but a lot of workers wound up with their own trucks.

A bit more state involvement would have set up a way to make the loans portable, or set up a state loan system. Or just not ordering people to decommission vehicles without looking at the consequences of the regulations on people and how to mitigate them.

It was a problem that these were workers with few resources and no other recourse.

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Rigged: Forced into debt. Worked past exhaustion. Left with nothing. [View all] n2doc Jun 2017 OP

67 cents a week? Bayard Jun 2017 #1

Their pay - gas, insurance, lease of the truck, Flaleftist Jun 2017 #6

Neo-slavery malaise Jun 2017 #2

People... dchill Jun 2017 #21

Yep malaise Jun 2017 #23

I bought that album in 1976... dchill Jun 2017 #25

That is one great album malaise Jun 2017 #27

Ordering Survival. Love Bob. panader0 Jun 2017 #28

I know every single word of every single song malaise Jun 2017 #32

Love that song...quite the appropriate anthem! Docreed2003 Jun 2017 #34

Indeed malaise Jun 2017 #38

Just another one of the ungrateful 47% - Mitt n/m bagelsforbreakfast Jun 2017 #3

Flat out slavery. DK504 Jun 2017 #4

That is blatent slavery! Useless in FL Jun 2017 #7

To some lesser but significant degree, most of us are there. dchill Jun 2017 #22

Long article. Igel Jun 2017 #13

Horrendous. Lindsay Jun 2017 #5

Similar to construction/home renovation industry delisen Jun 2017 #8

Very difficult for an honest contractor to compete MichMan Jun 2017 #35

It is just about Impossible to compete. delisen Jun 2017 #37

Damn. Depressing. Well worth the read. Freethinker65 Jun 2017 #9

This is more common than people think. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #10

Ummmmmm....a cot at the local truck stop? Seriously? A HERETIC I AM Jun 2017 #39

Most likely it was a Booth in the Cafe. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #40

You're exactly right. eom CanSocDem Jun 2017 #42

Honestly,lost track of the Guy's Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #43

Indeed. CanSocDem Jun 2017 #45

This exact same thing happened to my nephew. They seized the truck, paid him nothing after mfcorey1 Jun 2017 #11

We need another Jimmy Hoffa mountain grammy Jun 2017 #12

That is good reporting. Everyone should read this. mn9driver Jun 2017 #14

One of those Brokers used to be in St Paul Park. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #30

Sounds like a recording industry contract 7962 Jun 2017 #15

The truckers that are making a go of it shanti Jun 2017 #31

Horrible. Horrible. I wouldn't drive a truck even for good wages. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #16

Oh, but remember in America everyone who works hard realizes their dreams misanthrope Jun 2017 #17

Appalling story of worker exploitation. PatrickforO Jun 2017 #18

Special shelf in hades for companies like this benld74 Jun 2017 #19

And a lot of truckers are gonna get hosed when the new Ca. gas tax hits. miyazaki Jun 2017 #20

Wow, that is just terrible. n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Jun 2017 #24

This is so depressing. smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #26

Any business that can't pay a comfortable living wage doesn't deserve to exist. hunter Jun 2017 #29

Like logging camps in the 1800's NickB79 Jun 2017 #33

This kind of stuff is the same thing dipshit donnie has pulled on his employees. nt duncang Jun 2017 #36

They need union representation TEB Jun 2017 #41

How is this not slave labor? Initech Jun 2017 #44