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Clean Trucks Program * USA - Workers, Oakland residents press for
Oakland,CAL,USA -People's Weekly World Newspaper, by Marilyn Bechtel -13 Oct 2008: -- Now that the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have begun to implement the nation’s first comprehensive Clean Trucks Program, Oakland’s port truck drivers and their union and community supporters are wondering how much longer it will take before the Port of Oakland follows their example... Drivers and supporters gathered outside the Port Commission Building Oct. 7 at the call of the labor-environmental-community Clean and Safe Ports Coalition, to urge that Oakland’s new policy must be ready for a vote in January... The Oakland Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports says slashing the diesel emissions would drastically cut the incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases suffered by drivers, other port workers and surrounding residents. The coalition also says it is grossly unfair to force the drivers, whose income averages $30,000 a year, to spend up to $28,000 to retrofit an existing truck, or far more to buy a new one meeting more stringent state air standards taking effect next year... While the program’s startup went smoothly in Los Angeles and Long Beach, some clouds still linger on the horizon... The Federal Maritime Commission is investigating whether the Port of Los Angeles violated federal maritime regulations with its requirement that drivers must be employees of the trucking firms. Long Beach allows both independent and employee drivers to work... Calling the commission’s probe “kind of a last stand,” a member of the Clean and Safe Ports Coalition in southern California said several previous court decisions indicate the two ports “are on solid ground”... (Photo: by Marilyn Bechtel)Labels: "Clean Trucks" Programs
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