Costco, one of America’s largest retailers, has stopped doing business with a California trucking company, Pacific 9 Transportation, accused of trapping drivers in debt and then using it to force them to work overtime.
Costco, one of the world's largest retailers, has stopped doing business with a California trucking company accused of trapping drivers in debt and then using it to force them to work overtime.
Soon after, Costco Wholesale dropped Pacific 9 Transportation, one of the biggest port trucking companies in Southern California.
Forty drivers have won California labor commissioner cases against Pacific 9, accusing the company of using the leases to cheat them of fair pay.
As the USA TODAY Network began investigating and as labor judgments piled up against Pacific 9, the company stopped using leases.
Ta and many of his drivers said the company is now working to become a model for the rest of the industry.
Drivers and their attorneys sent at least two letters to the senators pleading with them to ease pressure on retailers using Pacific 9. »
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