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Port Drivers Take on Low Wages in an Industry Built on A Lie

Posted On: Jul 21, 2014

July 21, 2014 | WAR ON WORKERS | Port drivers aren't independent contractors: they're employees of companies that pay them too little for long hours, with no benefits or worker protections. It's a David and Goliath story, only in this case there are 120 Davids taking on a hidden Goliath in an industry that every day touches everyone who is reading this in hundreds of ways. The port trucking industry is built on illegal fiction, designed to rip off the 120 drivers who went on strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Breach… Learn more about the labor issue that all Americans should be concerned about.