While today’s trucking industry is highly regulated, the laws haven’t always been as favorable as truckers would like. However, the industry recently saw an overhaul in many of its laws, giving drivers more protection than ever before. While COVID-19 was a major contributor to many changes, it was also high time that drivers were better …
Trucking Industry Laws Get Overhaul In Driver’s Favor Read More »
Less than two months after participating in a strike against trucking companies allegedly committing wage theft at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, a supermajority of drivers at Intermodal Bridge Transport (IBT) are poised to strike in order to pressure IBT into correcting their alleged misclassification as independent contractors. IBT, which moves merchandise …
West Coast Truckers Poised to Strike, Say They’re Owed Nearly $1 Billion in Stolen Wages Read More »
In a major victory for a long-running campaign, port truck drivers at Pacific 9 Transportation in California have won the right to be considered employees under the National Labor Relations Act, and to form a union. That ruling, by Region 21 of the National Labor Relations Board, that the truckers had been misclassified as “independent contractors” …
On Mother’s Day in 1999, Custom Bus Charters’ bus driver Frank Bedell veered off a highway near New Orleans, killing 22 passengers and injuring 20 others. Just 10 hours before this trip, Bedell was treated at a local hospital for “nausea and weakness.” He had been treated at least 20 times in the 21 months …
Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.
