Drivers owed $16,000+ in paychecks as firm fails to satisfy fee guarantees
Dozens of California truck drivers gathered exterior of their employer on Monday morning demanding fee for work that has gone uncompensated.
The drivers gathered exterior of Freon Trucking in Bakersfield, California on November 14th on claims that they haven’t been paid “pretty.”
“There’s instances that one week we’ll receives a commission. There’s different weeks that we’ll not receives a commission,” mentioned Freon truck driver Joel Juarez to 17 Information.
“I’ve a pair colleagues that haven’t been paid over a very good few weeks even months, two months I heard essentially the most. It’s been for a few my colleagues it’s been over $12,000, $16,000 which have been owed. As for myself I’m owed $2,000 which is a bit of bit however nonetheless I would like that cash to pay my payments. Deal with the stuff at residence. You already know I’ve a household to handle.”
Driver have additionally reported bounced checks resulting in their very own financial institution accounts being frozen, utilizing their very own cash to pay for truck repairs to get residence, and getting stranded OTR when their fuel playing cards had been declined.
Protesters say that the corporate promised to pay the employees on Monday, however went again on their phrase, prompting the demonstration. The corporate mentioned that the financial institution had frozen their property and that they had been unable to pay.
Even nonetheless, the corporate claims it plans to pay their staff.
“Our firm has had some monetary issues they’re getting our cash and that is the time of the season when nobody desires to pay you. They wish to work on our cash so consequently our firm is behind. A few of our drivers aren’t getting paid you recognize,” mentioned Freon’s security supervisor Invoice Prough to Bakersfield Now. “It’s not that they’re not gonna receives a commission, they may receives a commission. The earnings goes down and the price goes up and it simply individuals don’t perceive, the drivers don’t perceive.”
The corporate reportedly filed chapter on Tuesday, November eighth, however didn’t disclose additional details about the scenario.
