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Truckers Plan 2-Day Strike At LA, Long Beach Ports
AP) ^ | April 28, 2014 5:19 AM

Posted on 04/28/2014 11:23:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Truck drivers who haul cargo in and out of the twin Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach planned to go on a two-day strike beginning Monday that they said was directed not at the busy ports themselves but at the companies that employ drivers.

The truckers have previously picketed at the trucking firms, and the group Justice For Port Truckers said it will take the rally to the ports’ cargo terminals Monday.

The truckers contend many of the companies wrongly classify drivers as independent contractors rather than employees in order to pay them less and deny them protections that employees get under state and federal laws.

(Excerpt) Read more at losangeles.cbslocal.com ...


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1 posted on 04/28/2014 11:23:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t see a downside in any American refusing to transport Chinese goods.


2 posted on 04/28/2014 11:24:38 AM PDT by MeganC (Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.)
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To: BenLurkin
No employers want employees nowadays...

They're viewed as heavy luggage, a liability, too expensive...Make them all independent contractors and just stick your hand out and collect $$. Let them worry about all the insurance, maintenance costs, tires, gas, taxes, health costs etc...

Watch for retailers to start renting out space and cash registers for independent contractors...No joke..

3 posted on 04/28/2014 11:28:59 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: BenLurkin
This is a pantload. I work in the logistics business. The truckers are union truckers and upset because the ports want to open up pick-ups and deliveries to non-union lines, which are the fastest growing part of the trucking business.

Cost is only part of the reason that non-union truck lines are eating the unionized truck lines lunch. The other reason is that big shippers like our plant prefer working with non-union lines. Their drivers actually know how to pick up a pallet jack and help load the truck, are familiar with cross-docking and don't expect to be treated like royalty who are doing you a huge favor by showing up to deliver or drop a load.

4 posted on 04/28/2014 11:29:11 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Vigilanteman

Do what everyone else is doing, go to independent contractors, and no need to worry about unions, trucks, maintenance, gas, tires, all the insurance, payroll taxes workers comp and on and on... etc, etc, etc...


5 posted on 04/28/2014 11:34:07 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: MeganC

Yeah, it’s only another Teamster push, and everyone knows the Teamsters are harmless. /s


6 posted on 04/28/2014 11:40:32 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: dragnet2
Nice in theory, but a large number of dockside warehouses are locked into long-term contracts with unions. The longshoreman and unionized trucking lines conspired together to keep out the competition in RICO fashion.

The west coast longshoreman's union are planning another strike after June 30 to enforce their grip on commerce. We've already moved our inbound shipments to the east coast, which is also unionized but nowhere near as thuggish as the west coast.

7 posted on 04/28/2014 11:42:14 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: 1rudeboy

Sure, I know it’s the Teamsters, but if they stop the flow of cheap Chinese crap that helps to fund the Chinese military then I really don’t care who’s doing it.

It’s kind of like how I’m okay with the Sierra Club protesting Democrat politicians. I don’t really care who does it, I’m content with the result.


8 posted on 04/28/2014 11:44:00 AM PDT by MeganC (Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.)
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To: Vigilanteman

“Their drivers actually know how to pick up a pallet jack and help load the truck, are familiar with cross-docking and don’t expect to be treated like royalty who are doing you a huge favor by showing up to deliver or drop a load. “

We have the same problems with our teamsters lazy ass drivers. They won’t even come out of the truck once they dock.


9 posted on 04/28/2014 11:44:48 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: MeganC

There’s your problem: you count on your enemy to stop your enemy.


10 posted on 04/28/2014 11:45:19 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Vigilanteman

I’m not just talking about truckers and the port...I’m taking where all this has been going for years now and that’s independent contractors...

From truckers to taxis, to construction workers, and everything else...They’ll eventually put the longshore unions out of biz...

Private sector unions are dying and have been for years. In fact there are now more unionized government employees, than in *all* of private sector America....


11 posted on 04/28/2014 11:51:17 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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They won’t even come out of the truck once they dock.

Exactly. And it runs both ways-- our warehouse workers only load them when they have nothing else to do.

Old Dominion, ABF and other non-union lines, meanwhile, are in and out of here while those jackwagons are still waiting to get serviced-- and they don't seem to take the hint nor give a damn.

12 posted on 04/28/2014 11:51:40 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: BenLurkin
The truckers contend many of the companies wrongly classify drivers as independent contractors rather than employees

Was Obama care mentioned as a factor here. Seems like it..."independent contractors?"

13 posted on 04/28/2014 11:54:43 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: 1rudeboy

It’s not a problem to me when two of my enemies fight each other.

It’s like watching Hamas fight Hezbollah, I just don’t know who to root for.


14 posted on 04/28/2014 11:55:59 AM PDT by MeganC (Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.)
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To: MeganC

No, your problem is when you cheer for one enemy over the other. You might think there’s no “cost” to it, but it is a fabrication of your own mind.


15 posted on 04/28/2014 11:57:18 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Okay then, I consider the People’s Liberation Army to be a worse enemy than the Teamsters.


16 posted on 04/28/2014 12:00:57 PM PDT by MeganC (Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.)
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To: MeganC

You have a good point. The walmart super frieghters are lined up bumper to bumper across the Pacific to Communist China, bring in Chinese products by the millions of tons per day.

All while everyone on the ground here trying to dominate and control the unloading and moving all this foreign crap...


17 posted on 04/28/2014 12:01:36 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Thank you for understanding my post! (-;


18 posted on 04/28/2014 12:05:24 PM PDT by MeganC (Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.)
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To: MeganC
So now the question is, if you consider the PLA to be a worse enemy than the Teamsters, how badly do you wish to punish the Japanese, Taiwanese, Australians, New Zealanders, Singapore(ese), et. al., for it?
19 posted on 04/28/2014 12:05:33 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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I don’t mean to sound like Rick Perry, but please bring your business to Houston’s port. We are growing by leaps and bounds all around Houston. Please bring your business, no state or city income taxes. Please come and grow.


20 posted on 04/28/2014 12:08:37 PM PDT by Undecided 2012
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