* California - Port truckers going on strike
-- The workers accused their bosses at Pacific 9 Transportation – one of several companies that haul cargo from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, to shipping warehouses and major retail distribution centers – of misclassifying them as independent contractors instead of employees, thereby depriving them of benefits and higher pay... The picket lines, scheduled to go up around the company’s truck yard and port terminals at 6 a.m. Tuesday, will mark the sixth strike against the company in almost two years, Teamsters Union spokeswoman Barbara Maynard said... The union reported change has become apparent in some companies such as Shippers Transport Express and Eco Flow Transportation have converted to an employee model. Pacific 9 did not respond to requests for comment... Representatives from area trucking companies, however, have said that most truck drivers want to remain independent for the flexibility and the ability to own their own small businesses...
(Image of a 2007 Teamsters gathering via Wikimedia Commons) -- Los Angeles, CAL, USA - Rapid News Network, by ANGEL WALLACE - August 3, 2015Labels: strikes and protests
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