Republicans Want To Support The Working Class Vote For Andy Levin S Trucker Bill Opinion
Truckers, those essential workers who keep the country fed and keep the material economy moving, are a caste apart from all other wage workers when it concerns overtime. Overtime pay was originally mandated by law for anyone working over 40 hours a week by the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act, but the act had an exemption for truckers. The exemption was thought by some to increase driver safety by disincentivizing drivers from working too much....