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Jun 8, 2016

TRUCKERS STRIKE END * USA: At Port of Los Angeles

* California - Striking port truckers protest ends with return to work

--- Truck drivers striking Southern California’s ports to protest what they say are unfair labor practices ended their job action after a noisy protest march through the port district Monday afternoon... The strikers were protesting “unfair labor practices” allegedly utilized by some trucking companies who misclassify drivers as independent contractors and deny them employee benefits... Drivers for XPO Cartage, XPO Port Services and K& R Transportation also participated in the strike at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, as well as drivers who work for XPO Cartage’s facility in San Diego... But earlier Monday, port drivers for Intermodal Bridge Transport crossed picket lines and returned to work. Some still participated in the protest march... The decision by drivers to return to work was a financial one, “but the fight is not over,” said Barb Maynard, a spokeswoman for the Teamsters union... 
(Photo: Linnea Stephan/Trucks.com - Truck drivers protest at Port of Los Angeles, claiming unfair labor practices)  --   Los Angeles, CAL, USA - Trucks.com, by CLARISSA HAWES - JUNE 6, 2016

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