* California - Teamster Officials announce support of port drivers amid more strikes
-- A truck driver planned to launch a strike Tuesday afternoon following what he claimed was his illegal firing last week from a Chinese port trucking company that ships cargo on and off the Los Angeles-Long Beach Port Complex... According to the Justice for Port Truck Drivers group, Eddie Osoy—the sole provider for his wife and three children—was fired by Intermodal Bridge Transport, a subsidiary of the Chinese government-owned COSCO Group after he and his co-workers filed two class action lawsuits involving wage theft and misclassification... The International Brotherhood of Teamsters claimed the company fired Osoy, a lead union activist, in retaliation to his union activities and for providing testimony to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which charged that misclassification is a violation of the National Labor Relations Ac. They also allege the company harassed and humiliated Osoy by having security guards escort him in retaliation to his union activities. In addition, the union group said the company threatened to fire pro-union drivers and to close the company rather than accept unionization, in addition to alleging directed pro-union employees to leave the company, according to the release... An IBT representative could not be reached for comment Tuesday afternoon...
(Photo: Port container truck drivers protest) -- Long Beach, CAL, USA - The Long Beach Post, by STEPHANIE RIVERA - May 31 2016Labels: strikes and protests, truckers protests, trucking industry news USA
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