"THERE ISN'T ANY GOOD DAY"

The very week late last fall that megacorporations Exxon and Mobil announced their merger, the FTC could find nothing better to do than to subpoena three low-paid truck drivers for "engaging in unfair methods of competitive pricing." The FTC suspected the three, all "owner-operators&q...

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Published inDollars & Sense no. 229; p. 12
Main Author SCHARF, ADRIA
Format Newsletter Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Somerville Economic Affairs Bureau 01.05.2000
Subjects
Antitrust
Commercial crimes
Compensation
Costs
Employees
Employers
Investigations
Labor unions
Laws, regulations and rules
Social security taxes
Subpoenas
Trucking
Trucking industry
Wages & salaries
Workers
United States
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Summary:The very week late last fall that megacorporations Exxon and Mobil announced their merger, the FTC could find nothing better to do than to subpoena three low-paid truck drivers for "engaging in unfair methods of competitive pricing." The FTC suspected the three, all "owner-operators" of breaching antitrust law. The FTC has ended its antitrust investigation into the activity of port truckers, but the truckers' long-term legal right to organize a union campaign remains unclear.
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ISSN:0012-5245