Has anyone been following this series of articles in USA Today?
Thoughts?
Rigged. Forced into debt. Worked past exhaustion. Left with nothing.
Thoughts?
Rigged. Forced into debt. Worked past exhaustion. Left with nothing.
Rigged - Port of LA
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Those guys are suffering from the same issues expediters suffer from.
You can abuse IC's more than employees.Thus my disdain for 1099s.
And since deregulation a guy can wake up, say Hey, I won accouple grand on Thursday night football. Should I go to Vegas, get some coke and a hooker, or should I open a trucking company ?
The foreigners are easy to abuse. Some lack education. Some see few options.
Very sad situation.
You can abuse IC's more than employees.Thus my disdain for 1099s.
And since deregulation a guy can wake up, say Hey, I won accouple grand on Thursday night football. Should I go to Vegas, get some coke and a hooker, or should I open a trucking company ?
The foreigners are easy to abuse. Some lack education. Some see few options.
Very sad situation.
I know a guy that remodeled a store and purposely hired illegals to do the work.
He stiffed them on final payment.
On purpose, figuring "What are they going to do about it ? "
I'd be afraid of blunt force trauma....
He stiffed them on final payment.
On purpose, figuring "What are they going to do about it ? "
I'd be afraid of blunt force trauma....
Hope he got what's coming to him. People just trying to make a days pay and support their families. The ones that take advantage of this are just plain evil.
Federal agencies used port trucking companies with labor violations
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