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TRUCKERS COMPLAINTS * USA: California's Ports
* California - Long Beach, Los Angeles port truckers allege employers violated L.A. mayor’s truce
(Photo by Brittany Murray - The Rev. William Connor delivers a prayer and blessing on the truck drivers involved in a labor battle against the companies. Los Angels and Long Beach port truck drivers say massive violations have occurred during a cooling off period made in a deal with Mayor Eric Garcetti)Compton,CAL,USA -Long Beach Press Telegram, by Karen Robes Meeks -29 Aug 2014: -- Truck drivers who carry goods in and out of the Long Beach and Los Angeles ports said Friday that three harbor area trucking companies violated a truce brokered by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti... At a press conference across the street from Total Transportation Services Inc., truck drivers and their supporters contended that Total Transportation, Pacific 9 Transportation and Green Fleet Systems have continued, and in some cases escalated, retaliation despite a July 12 deal with Garcetti, who asked truckers and employers to cool it after five days of strikes at port terminals... For five days in July, truck drivers and their supporters picketed the three harbor area trucking companies and port terminals in Long Beach and Los Angeles to protest what they say is the trucking firms’ misclassification of drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. They argue that the misclassification allows companies to skirt labor laws and deduct fuel, maintenance and other fees from their paychecks... The trucking companies have denied any mistreatment or unfairness and countered that the actions were the Teamsters’ attempt to unionize drivers...
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