* California - Port truckers to vote on strike that could begin Monday
-- Truck drivers who haul goods from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will vote today whether to launch another strike beginning as early as Monday morning, union officials announced Friday... Truckers hoping to unionize have been fighting for several years over their classification as contractors. They want the companies they work for to hire them as employees, and pay them benefits as other workers enjoy... The union did not say which company would be targeted if the union votes in favor of a strike today. The results of the vote will be released early Monday morning, according to Barb Maynard, spokeswoman for Justice for Port Truck Drivers and the Teamsters, which is hoping to unionize the truckers if they become employees... Weston LaBar, executive director of the Harbor Trucking Association representing the majority of Southern California trucking firms, said that while his members are not surprised that the Teamsters are looking to picket, they are surprised at the union’s timing of it...
(Photo: Port truckers organizing with the Teamsters in Los Angeles and Long Beach are showing their growing leverage) -- Long Beach, CAL, USA - The Long Beach Press Telegram, by Karen Robes Meeks - 24 April 2015Labels: truckers' strikes
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