Pam Transport Minimum Wage Lawsuit

Good plan; minimum wage.
That'll save the trucking companies millions each year. No more mileage pay, percentage pay, accessorial pay, detention pay, loading, unloading pay, etc.
Too many truck drivers IQ is so low, they can't figure it out.
Now, PAM can start negotiating with manufacturers for "driverless trucks" for the long haul loads. All they will need then is local drivers for the "final mile" to deliver the freight. Lots of retirees will jump on those jobs for just enough money to supplement their retirement income and to get out of the house for awhile.

 

$7.25/hr x 16 hrs/day x 7 days/week is still only $812/week...BEFORE taxes...and that's IF you never go home. If you're home every weekend, you're only looking at $580-$695/week...again, BEFORE taxes. If that's all you're arguing for as a paycheck, your paycheck must REALLY suck. But you know what? You CHOSE to work there, and you can CHOOSE to go elsewhere, too. Nobody is forcing you to work there or anywhere else that pays crap wages.

 

When you consider that Arkansas is fixing to go to 11 a hour after making it law on the Ballot this election, the faster PAM complies with this money the cheaper it will be.

 

Do you really see driverless trucks in the future? I know Steven Hawking and Elon Musk are warning us about artificial intelligence but it seems like the road mankind is heading down.

 

Ex post facto. Whatever law was in place at the time of the alleged infraction is all they can be held liable for. Even if the minimum wage goes up next week, the wages due prior to that increase will be at the old rate...even if the judgement isn't finalized for 20 years.

 

True. I was in one of those moods.

In the past I have advocated minimum wage of sorts for Truckers who get paid as little as possible without it.