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Calport Truckers * USA - Concerned over clean air plans
Drivers are committed to protecting their choice of remaining independent
Long Beach,CAL,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -15 Oct 2007: -- Calling the current strategy to retrofit and replace trucks moving goods through the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach unfeasible, the California Trucking Association is pushing port officials to develop an alternative plan that will still meet emission goals... Of particular concern among independent operators was the key provision in the Port Truck Plan that would require truck drivers to become employees of a consolidated number of large concessionaires at the ports. Moreover, the plan called for an immediate implementation date of Jan. 1, 2008... One study suggests that the results of the provisions and timeline would have meant higher transportation costs, fewer drivers and a backlog at the ports reminiscent of the dock workers strike five years ago that shut down all major West Coast ports for 10 days, costing the national economy an estimated $10 billion... What has remained clear is that drivers are committed to protecting their choice of remaining independent. "Any plan that denies that choice is non-negotiable," noted Julie Sauls of the CTA...Labels: independient truckers
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