LME Inc. closed suddenly, leaving 40 truck drivers without jobs.“We woke up this morning to check our direct deposits, and there was no direct deposit,” said Chad Wolfe, a former employee.Wolfe woke up Friday to discover he did not get paid for three weeks of work at LME Inc., a trucking delivery company. Multiple employees of the company said management called staff into a meeting at the end of the workday Thursday.“ proceeded to tell us that LME as a company no longer existed,” Wolfe said.The company website claimed to employ more than 600 people in multiple states, with its headquarters in Minnesota. No one is answering the phone numbers on its website.“We apologize for the inconvenience of the situation, but effective July 12, 2019 LME Inc. will no longer be making pickups or delivers of freight due to unforeseen circumstances and have ceased operations,” said a statement on LME Inc.’s website Friday.“It’s typical, you know, of the corporate structure in America. You got the guys working the docks. You got the guys driving the trucks, moving the freight, showing up, and you got the guys directing all of that, failing to make sound business decisions,” Wolfe said.He said 55- to 60-hour workweeks were normal during his four and a half years working the docks.LME said they are going to use a different carrier to finish deliveries but has not addressed if it will pay its employees.“Give us our money,” Wolfe said. “We worked for you. We worked hard for you. It affects families, children.”

LME Inc. closed suddenly, leaving 40 truck drivers without jobs.

“We woke up this morning to check our direct deposits, and there was no direct deposit,” said Chad Wolfe, a former employee.


Wolfe woke up Friday to discover he did not get paid for three weeks of work at LME Inc., a trucking delivery company. Multiple employees of the company said management called staff into a meeting at the end of the workday Thursday.

“[Management] proceeded to tell us that LME as a company no longer existed,” Wolfe said.

The company website claimed to employ more than 600 people in multiple states, with its headquarters in Minnesota. No one is answering the phone numbers on its website.

“We apologize for the inconvenience of the situation, but effective July 12, 2019 LME Inc. will no longer be making pickups or delivers of freight due to unforeseen circumstances and have ceased operations,” said a statement on LME Inc.’s website Friday.

“It’s typical, you know, of the corporate structure in America. You got the guys working the docks. You got the guys driving the trucks, moving the freight, showing up, and you got the guys directing all of that, failing to make sound business decisions,” Wolfe said.

He said 55- to 60-hour workweeks were normal during his four and a half years working the docks.

LME said they are going to use a different carrier to finish deliveries but has not addressed if it will pay its employees.

“Give us our money,” Wolfe said. “We worked for you. We worked hard for you. It affects families, children.”