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Mar 18, 2015

TRUCKERS' JOB * USA: Employees or Independent contractors ?

* Georgia - Truck drivers plead with legislators for better job benefits. They say it's been unfair for them to be classified independent contractors

-- A truck driver's tearful plea and other personal stories from Savannah truckers and Atlanta stagehands prompted a Senate committee to vote unanimously Wednesday to study whether some companies are taking advantage of workers by illegally classifying them as independent contractors... Truckers told the committee they have no workers compensation or other benefits because they are classified as independent contractors rather than employees with the various freight-hauling companies that serve the port of Savannah... Lewis Grant told how excited he was 17 years ago when he first considered himself an "owner-operator" in the trucking industry and how he relished the independence he thought that included. But the orders from the companies killed that dream, he said... (Photo: LA. Port truck driver strike July 8 2014)  --  Atlanta,GA,USA -Insurance News Net, by Walter C. Jones - March 16, 2015

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