Truckers abruptly laid off before the holidays in 2016 are finally getting $1.25 million in backpay

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{"text":"A group of nearly 100 trucking company workers who were suddenly laid off just before the holidays in 2016 have started to receive their first backpay checks.\n\n\nJust before Thanksgiving in 2016, 95 union workers — many of them truck drivers — employed by trucking company Lakeville Motor Express say that the company suddenly locked its doors at the Roseville, Minnesota location and laid them off without pay.\n\n\nWhile the Roseville location filed for bankruptcy, the former employees said that the company simply moved to Maple Grove, Minnesota, and changed its name to LME Inc. or Finish Line Express, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. Teamsters athe out the off off agents say That the new Maple Grove location was staffed by lower paid non-union employees from Lakeville Motor Express.\n\n\nRead more: https://cdllife.com/2019/truckers-abruptly-laid-off-before-the-holidays-in-2016-are-finally-getting-1-25-million-in-backpay/","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}