• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    So, it’s a trucking company that was going bankrupt and the driver was a semi truck driver, and it might have been wages.

    Because I immediately thought of a CEO getting merc’d by their chauffeur…

    • Five@slrpnk.netOP
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      4 days ago

      It’s a trucking company that the CEO lied was going bankrupt, as an excuse not to pay a cancer-stricken trucker.

      There are no records of ATG Truckload formally filing for bankruptcy.

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        4 days ago

        Not trying to defend the company or CEO.

        It’s just very different than the image the headline paints

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        4 days ago

        bankruptcy proceedings are the last step. you can be insolvent for a minute or two first.

        also, in no way defending the CEO, I know nothing about the situation.

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      4 days ago

      I immediately thought of a CEO getting merc’d by their chauffeur…

      That was my same thought too.

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        4 days ago

        Can’t really blame them for the headline because it’s accurate, but they knew what would get clicks.

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    4 days ago

    If wage theft was pursued with the same vigor as retail theft, these things wouldn’t happen. I mean, the police may still shoot them, but, uh, people seem to feel better when the state murders people.