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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY 10 Jul 2017

    Rene Flores lost his job, truck and $60,000 he paid toward buying it after speaking to @USATODAY Network reporters.https://usat.ly/2tA5rvB 

    7:59 AM - 10 Jul 2017
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      1. Jeff Sacks‏ @sacksj44 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        this is incredible. Whistle blower lawsuit next

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      2. DimosWorld‏ @DimosWorld 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        why would he lose $60k and for what truck did this guy put down $60,000?? #FakeNews

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Lindsay R‏ @Lwalkerkcco 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @DimosWorld @USATODAY

        It helps to read the article

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      4. DimosWorld‏ @DimosWorld 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @Lwalkerkcco @USATODAY

        Alright, I did...fair enough, as I was wrong on the evaluation....given that, you still don't "lose lease payments" ...its a lease/rent..no?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Lindsay R‏ @Lwalkerkcco 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @DimosWorld @USATODAY

        He is forced to rent-to-own a truck from his employer, but if he leaves the job he loses the truck and all money he paid towards it.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. DimosWorld‏ @DimosWorld 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @Lwalkerkcco @USATODAY

        "forced"? the trucking company doesn't give trucks to people....if he has his own, ok, but since he doesn't, he rents to make his deliveries

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Lindsay R‏ @Lwalkerkcco 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @DimosWorld @USATODAY

        You're missing the entire point of the article. The company offers a job with the promise of your own truck. They can deduct whatever they

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      8. Lindsay R‏ @Lwalkerkcco 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @Lwalkerkcco @DimosWorld @USATODAY

        Want form paychecks to cover "costs" which ends up being basically the entire check. Then the employees lose the truck on a technicality.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Lindsay R‏ @Lwalkerkcco 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @Lwalkerkcco @DimosWorld @USATODAY

        They are essentially working for free.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Ahmad "Roach" Ziya‏ @wa_ziya 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        We are happy to give him a job in our company! Message me if interested!

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      1. Desiree‏ @TruckerDesiree 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY @askthetrucker

        @BrettMmurphy He needs a lawyer that specializes in STAA like @TruckersJustice https://www.whistleblowers.gov/acts/staa.html 

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      1. Jim Garrison II‏ @JimGarrisonII 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Outrageous. The court of public pressure hopefully will help Mr. Flores.

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      1. Dawn Turner‏ @lovemylilfarm 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        And then they wonder why journalist use unnamed sources. # retaliation

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      1. Truck Driver Power‏ @TruckDriverPowr 21 Jul 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY @samgraybeal

        How sad..

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      1. kevin martin‏ @kevthatruf 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        If he had so much to lose maybe he should've thought twice before complaining to a major news organization! every action has a reaction

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      2. Chris‏ @ch_ris687 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        30,000 balance on his leased truck, so the company took it. He lost $60,000 in lease payments he had made since 2013.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Virtual Citizen‏ @reachmlee 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @ch_ris687 @USATODAY

        You are missing the point.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Ray Adams‏ @calizonie 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        #exploitation of #labor, companies find cheaper to #payfine than #compliance, #regulators not #punishing but #profiting from #badbehavior.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Ray Adams‏ @calizonie 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @calizonie @USATODAY

        @USATODAY shd #investigate Postal contractors being forced #violate @FMCSA #HoursOfService regulations 2 meet @USPS schedules! #justsaying

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      4. Ray Adams‏ @calizonie 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @calizonie @ginkiegirl and

        @FMCSA punish #SplitShift #truckers w inflexible "14hrs on 10hrs off" rule, no credit for sleep time mid shift, as ALL @USPS schedules have!

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Ray Adams‏ @calizonie 10 Jul 2017
        Replying to @calizonie @ginkiegirl and

        If I lrave 4pm, come back at 6:30am I am in #violation of @FMCSA #HOSrules, it doesn't matter that I slept 5hrs at one end 9 1/2 at other.

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