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TRUCKERS´ STRIKE * USA: To picket ports of L.A. and Long Beach
* California - Truck drivers at the ports are set to hold a 48-hour strike starting Monday
(Photo by Brian van der Brug, Los Angeles Times / April 8, 2014: Trucks haul loads as containers are unloaded from a ship at the Port of Los Angeles) Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Los Angeles Times, by Ricardo Lopez -April 26, 2014: -- In their largest demonstration yet, truck drivers who haul cargo in and out of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will go on a limited strike Monday to protest what they contend are widespread workplace violations... The truck drivers, from some of the region's largest trucking companies, have accused the companies of illegally misclassifying them as independent contractors instead of as employees. That misclassification results in lower wages and denies them protections that employees get under state and federal labor laws, they contend... Tensions between drivers and the drayage companies have escalated in recent years. Industry experts estimate that only 10% of truckers are directly employed by companies, and truckers who are classified as independent contractors have filed lawsuits and complaints with state and federal labor agencies to change their status... In California, port drivers have filed more than 500 complaints for wage theft related to misclassification, according to the state Department of Industrial Relations...
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