Aside from legal issues with this company failing to properly inspect thier trailer fleet or provide driver's with the authority to replace parts that would not pass an official DOT inspection (lights, brakes, tires), this small outfit which has changed names several times in the past 10 years and been subject to numerous lawsuits for failure to meet contractual and financial obligations has refused to pay me for two weeks of work that I complete.
As an over the road company driver, they agreed to pay me 32cpm for miles driven in the rental truck which they provided to me to pull their trailers hauling freight for their brokered customers.
They paid me for my first trip from Chattanooga, TN to Houston, TX, but refused to pay me for the following two weeks during which time I drove back east to Jacksonville, Florida (making a total of three stops, two of which earned me additional compensation), north to Chattanooga, Tennessee, west to Lenexa, KS, back east to Gibson City, IL and south to Dallas, Texas.
I spoke to their safety director Ruthi Hurn and she passed the buck, I wrote a letter to VP John Limerick which he has ignored, I have contacted the US Dept of Labor and initiated a formal complaint, and I am presently being forced to take legal action and hire an attorney to sue them in small claims court.
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