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RULES & REGULATIONS * USA: Truckers' unionization
* California - Los Angeles, Long Beach port truck drivers agree to unionization process with firm
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Long Beach Press Telegram, by Karen Robes Meeks -6 Jan 2015: -- The union seeking to represent truck drivers who serve the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and a major trucking firm have struck an agreement that would allow their drivers to decide whether to unionize, organizers announced Tuesday... Drivers with Carson-based Shippers Transport Express, a wholly owned subsidiary of SSA Marine, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and their supporters plan to host a press conference in Wilmington on Friday to validate their union authorization cards, opening the door for the Teamsters to begin negotiating a contract, according to Justice for Port Drivers and the Teamsters... Under the agreement, the company chose to move from an independent contractor business model to an employee-based drayage business starting Jan. 1. The independent contractor model has been a sticking point for some drivers at other trucking firms who claimed the model allowed firms to skirt labor laws and avoid paying fair wages...
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