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American Los Angeles Pier Strike

  • Author:Aaron
  • Release Date:2021-04-25
Dock workers stop using trucks owned by Universal Logistics Holdings on Wednesday, in Wednesday, in the Wednesday, and the truck driver who owns the Global Logistics Holding Company (the universal logistics Holdings) is used to support the truck driver who started strike on Monday.

Teamsters say in a statement,

"Today is a new day of Los Angeles port and Long Beach. We use a worker from all over South California to use a voice, port officials and truck transport companies can trample on our rights and there is no consequences. The days have passed, always end forever . We have proven that our unions and the unity as workers are very powerful. We are very grateful to the Los Angeles County Labor Federation, Mobile Workers Alliance, Sibe 721 and Ilwu Local 13 brothers and sisters joined us today, support strike harbor trucks The driver requires their trade union and the basic rights as an employee. "

The strike driver said that Global Logistics Holdings (ULH) refuses to admit their own unions, illegally dismiss employees who vote for Teamsters, refuse to give them sick leave, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, workers compensation and health insurance.

National Labor Relations Board has recently issued a complaint for Ulh-affiliated companies, including Southern Country Express and Universal Intermodal Services. . According to the complaint, Urhn associated company's behavior of the driver of the union of the workshop after the union election of the union of the union in December 2019 was violated the law.

It is alleged that the company dismisses a number of drivers to try to intimidate other employees seeking to set up a trade union. When a local employee vote decided to join the union, the employer terminated the entire employee team contract.

The complaint also pointed out that the company failed and refused to negotiate with the contract with sincerity.

Full text:

Https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20615620/ULH- NLRB-COMPLAINT.PDF

The pier is closed to the port that is unusually congested brings a greater operational pressure!

According to the American Truck Driver Association, the Wage and Timor of the US Department of Labor (US Department) were found in 2009 to 2011, the company violated the "Fair Labor Standards ACT" ). The trade union reported that investigators found that 103 drivers were classified and did not get minimum wages.

The trade union said that after the 2016 Court final judgment, 11 container connectors have received $ 2.2 million in wage-in-law, which is also facing another six-wrong classification proceedings in the California Court.

The agency also said that California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement also has 12 wages and work-time error classification claims.

The union strike appeal is as follows:

01, re-employ the driver being fired and replenish salary;

02, respect the rights of drivers into trade unions;

03, in order to achieve the collective negotiation agreement;

04, stopping the driver to incorrectly classify as an independent contractor.

The truck driver's Team Truck's Truck Driver is called actions, saying that "Port truck drivers are indispensable workers, but (ULH) is very bad about their attitude, and illegally classified as independent contractors. This is Unacceptable, it is time to support the port truck driver strike. "

International truck driver brothers, director of the port department, said, Ron Erela,

"Global Logistics Holdings (ULH) subsidiaries illegally dismiss experts to continue to earn billions of dollars from them, while truck drivers refuse to stand by side. We must extend justice for workers brothers and let this illegal company pay the price. We stand with the driver of the strike. During the epidemic, the port truck driver has always been the pillar of our economy. They have made our community through those difficult moments. "

At the same time, strikes are causing more attention to the situation. Due to the traffic congestion of the harbor of California, the truck driver may want their strike action to be resolved as soon as possible.

As the satellite tracking data is shown, the San Pedro Bay record has little signs.


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