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Jul 9, 2014

TRUCKERS' STRIKE* USA: Los Angeles & Long Beach Ports

* California - Port truck drivers picket harbor-area trucking companies

(Photo by Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times: Trucks wait in line to deliver their cargo at the Port of Long Beach in April) 
Port of Long Beach,CAL,USA -Los Angeles Times, by ANDREW KHOURI -7 July 2014: -- Port drivers launch indefinite protest against three harbor-area trucking companies...  More than 120 truck drivers at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports walked off the job Monday morning, organizers said, launching an indefinite protest against what they say are widespread workplace violations... The picket lines are the largest demonstration yet against several regional truck companies that haul freight from the nation's largest port complex. Drivers argue they are improperly classified as independent contractors, leaving them with fewer workplace protections and lower pay than if they were company employees, protest organizers said...

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