Truckers Could Stay Off The Job At Nation's Busiest Ports

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Truck drivers who haul goods from the nation's busiest port complex could stay off the job next week as part of a long-running labor dispute. The job actions could disrupt business at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles as soon as Monday, after an expected vote this weekend. It won't be clear until next week how many of the drivers stay off the job. About 16,000 drivers work at the ports, most of them independent contractors for trucking companies. The truckers say they face shrinking wages and unfair work conditions and want to become employees of the trucking companies. Earlier this year, tough contract negotiations with dockworkers caused major delays in the delivery of billions of dollars of imports and exports.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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