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JOBS * USA - Truckers decry port's employee drivers plan
Harbor: Operators say independence would be lost in bid to green fleetsRancho Dominguez,CAL,USA -Long Beach Press-Telegram (Long Beach,CA), by Kristopher Hanson -19 June 2007: -- ... Both men, along with several peers, on Tuesday denounced a port-sponsored environmental and labor plan requiring harbor motor carriers to hire employee drivers, saying the proposal undermines the economic freedom they now enjoy... Currently, most port truckers are "owner-operators" who haul goods on their own schedule for a set flat rate... The new system being proposed by Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach could displace many of these drivers or require they be hired as hourly workers with benefits... (Photo by Stephen Carr / Press-Telegram: A truck driver works on a load at Transport Express in Rancho Dominguez)
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