Judge Rejects Trucking Company's Second Attempt to Compel Arbitration
The federal District Court for Massachusetts has again rebuffed an attempt by New Prime, Inc. to compel its truck drivers to private arbitration.
With a shortage of truck drivers in this country, you would think that wages and working conditions for truck drivers would improve, so the industry could attract new drivers, right?
Unfortunately, that’s not been the case. In fact, many companies have taken a “low-road” approach to recruiting and retaining new drivers.
Since we started Fair Work in 2013, we’ve brought numerous cases against long-haul trucking, last-mile delivery, and driver training companies for practices ranging from consumer fraud to independent contractor misclassification to unpaid wages and uncompensated work time.
Over the past several years, we’ve successfully litigated and resolved trucking cases against trucking companies that:
If so, please contact us. We have brought class action lawsuits based on all of these practices and have won important legal victories and negotiated substantial settlements for drivers. We would love to talk with you if you have a similar story to share.
According to a study from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), workers in the 10 most populous states lose $8 billion per year because of wage theft. That is roughly half of the total losses related to property theft each year in the United States.
Normally, when you work for someone else, you will be either an “independent contractor” or an “employee.” But just because the company you work for calls you an independent contractor doesn't mean you are one, legally speaking.
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