Roehl Transport failed to pay minimum wage

Wonder how this will play out....

 

I imagine all this is going to do is bring to light the entire problem with down time to the public.

 

Don't hold your breath!

 

don't worry paul ryan will give those greedy trainee's an attitude adjustment

 

So, we should pay the guys at the vo-tech welding class minimum wage for the time they spend during field training days? I hope these students keep pushing these sorts of issues. At some point it will cause the carriers to give up on the idea of bringing in a perpetual stream of new drivers and dealing with the high costs of OTJ training, and focus on retaining existing drivers.

 

Yep, just as soon as they realize "existing" drivers get the loads there better than newbies, for less money.

 

I think CRE has a lawsuit against them for trainees being paid less than minimum wage also while they were students and in 1st and 2nd phase training. Probably won't be the only company sued if one has to pay out.