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TRUCKERS´ COMPLAINS * USA: Lawsuit in CAL & Short Drivers in WIS
* California - Southern Cal. port truck drivers loading up on wage-theft cases
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Los Angeles Times, by Ricardo Lopez -4 July 2014: -- After years of complaining about working conditions, truck drivers who move goods at Southern California's sprawling ports appear to be making headway... Drivers have filed lawsuits and have flooded the state with hundreds of claims alleging that they were improperly classified as independent contractors rather than employees by trucking companies. As contractors, the drivers don't get the kind of overtime, workers' compensation coverage and other guarantees that employees receive... The state labor commissioner's office is examining more than 300 claims for wage theft related to misclassification, a dramatic rise from 2011 when drivers filed only two such complaints. In all, more than 500 complaints were filed in 2012 and 2013... In cases involving 17 trucking companies, the state Department of Industrial Relations has ruled in recent months that nearly 40 drivers were improperly designated as contractors, which denied them significant workplace protections. So far, $4.3 million in back pay and penalties has been awarded to drivers...
* Wisconsin - Short truckers voice their displeasure
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Milwaukee,WIS,USA -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/Philly, by Rick Romell -July 5, 2014: -- Lindy Hartsfield-Vasquez likes trucking... She started in January and likes the independence, the money and the opportunity to crisscross the country with her husband and driving partner, Jose, and their cat, Houdini... She even has a new tractor, a 2014 Freightliner with "all the bells and whistles" ... But as a 5-foot-2-inch woman, she faces challenges when she hits the road... Turning the crank that lowers or raises the landing legs - the things that support the front end of a trailer when it's standing on its own - can be tough. Same for disengaging the "fifth wheel" that hooks the tractor to the trailer... Linda Caffee is on the Women in Trucking board, and like Hartsfield-Vasquez, she's short. But the two female truckers offered much different perspectives on their rigs... Asked about Hartsfield-Vasquez's account of having trouble seeing over the dash when she lowered her seat enough to comfortably reach the pedals, Aufdemberg said, "That's something that we'll continue to make sure that we're considering each time we make improvements to our trucks" ...
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