Bhubander Singh says he got into trucking after a friend told him it was a good way to make money.
A year and a half into his new career, now working for his third company, he says he regrets his decision. The 26-year-old immigrant says his employers have constantly withheld pay, claiming he hasn’t completed trips, and he’s now owed over $9,000 in wages.
“I did hard work. I was driving like 70 hours a week,” he said. “I’m under so much pressure with the rent and with my bills and the car payments, and the company’s not paying.”
Singh isn’t alone.
He’s one of dozens of truck drivers who showed up at a …