Casey's Fights Pizza Delivery Drivers Over Rapidly Rising Gas Prices

Here's a Heartland fact check against those who would overlook the impact of inflation and soaring fuel costs on the lives of Americans.

This pizza delivery debate may seem colloquial or even frivolous to the elites but it speaks to a macroeconomic impact on the local economy that is quickly changing the American way of life . . .

According to a lawsuit filed last fall in federal court on behalf of drivers, the flat-rate payment plan shortchanges the Casey’s drivers at a rate of 23 cents per mile — a calculation that is based on a $2 payment for delivery runs that tend to average six miles. The payment equates to 33 cents per mile, which is 23 cents less than the IRS standard mileage rate of 56 cents per mile, the lawsuit claims.

Assuming the Casey’s drivers average three six-mile deliveries each hour, they are, in effect, “kicking back” to their employer $4.14 per hour from their own earnings ($1.38 per delivery, multiplied by three deliveries per hour), the lawsuit claims.

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Casey's denies allegations it shortchanges pizza delivery drivers on wages

According to a lawsuit filed last fall in federal court on behalf of drivers, the flat-rate payment plan shortchanges the Casey's drivers at a rate of 23 cents per mile - a calculation that is based on a $2 payment for delivery runs that tend to average six miles.