San Diego County

3 logistics companies ordered to pay $840K for underpaying workers

The Department of Labor has ordered three cross-border logistics companies in the San Diego area to pay $840,000 in back wages and fines to warehouse and transportation workers.

The wages were recovered from Ruffo de Alba Forwarders LP, SAI Logistics Experts Inc. and Moving Technologies of America Inc. for 32 Mexican nationals, some paid as little as $2.77 an hour, according to a news release.

“Companies along the U.S. southern border that mistakenly believe they can exploit Mexican nationals by...

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FreightWaves Classics/ Infrastructure: Groundbreaking held for I-805 in San Diego

Construction crews install falsework for a south-facing direct access ramp. (Photo: keepsandiegomoving.com)

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On September 25, 1967 (55 years ago yesterday), a groundbreaking ceremony was held at El Cajon Boulevard and Boundary Street in San Diego for Interstate 805 (I-805). Planning for the highway dated to 1956, the same year the Interstate Highway System (IHS) was first funded and construction began. 

At that time, San Diego County had around 600,000 residents. By 1970,...

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