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Rally for better deal * USA - Drivers want higher wages, cleaner trucks included in pollution-control plan
San Pedro,CA,USA -The Long Beach Press-Telegram (Long Beach,CAL), by Kristopher Hanson -18 Nov 2006: -- Truck drivers, labor leaders and area residents rallied outside a truck-clogged shipping terminal Friday to push for better working conditions for harbor-area truckers... Saying port truck drivers are underpaid, overworked and suffering from smog-related illnesses, the group is seeking action by port authorities to ensure drayage trucks are clean and safe and drivers properly trained...
* USA - Clean-air plan tries to aid port truckers - Coalition says its proposal will help freelance drivers move into the middle-class income level
Torrance,CA,USA -The Daily Breeze, by Lee Peterson -Nov 19, 2006: -- Salvador Abrica and Luis Ceja work 16-hour days driving trucks that move the loads that come into the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach... Under the current system, truckers like Abrica and Ceja are freelancers, netting $30,000 or less a year after they spend the bulk of the money they collect to pay for their rigs' fuel and repairs... The newly formed Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports said it has submitted a proposal to port commissioners that would "lift truckers into the middle class."...
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