* California - Trucker strike begins
-- A group of truck drivers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach went on strike Monday, but port officials said the labor action had minimal impact on cargo operations... The “unfair labor practice” strike includes drivers “misclassified as independent contractors” rather than employees by Pacific 9 Transportation and XPO Logistic, said Barb Maynard of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters... Maynard said workers who are “misclassified as independent contractors” are “robbed of basic workplace protections like the right to minimum wage, overtime pay, and a safe and healthful workplace” ... No more than 15 people picketed at the Port of Los Angeles, creating “little to no impact on port operations,” according to port spokesman Phillip Sanfield... There were also few traffic disruptions, with the picketing only directed at the trucks of a few of the drayage companies, Port of Long Beach spokesman Art Wong said...
(Photo by Thomas R. Cordova-Daily Breeze/Press-Telegram - Strikers stop trucks as striking supply chain workers, International Brotherhood of Teamsters strike at Pier J at Long Beach Port in Long Beach CA. Monday October 26, 2015) -- Los Angeles, CAL, USA - The Daily Breeze/Press-Telegram - 27 Oct 2015Labels: truckers' strikes
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