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70 Employee Port Truck Drivers Fired; Told ‘Get Your Own Truck’ and Come Back to Work as An Independent Contractor

70 Employee Port Truck Drivers Fired; Told ‘Get Your Own Truck’ and Come Back to Work as An Independent Contractor

70 Employee Port Truck Drivers Fired; Told ‘Get Your Own Truck’ and Come Back to Work as An Independent Contractor

PORT DRIVERS AT UNIVERSAL INTERMODAL SERVICES VOTE TO JOIN TEAMSTERS LOCAL 848 Workers Want Better Wages, Retirement Security and Affordable Health Care (LOS ANGELES) – Drivers at Universal Intermodal Services at the Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 848, joining their Teamster coworkers in Indiana and Michigan to demand

L.A. City Council Unanimously Demands That America’s Biggest Retailers Clean Up Their Supply Chain, Move Business to Trucking & Warehousing Companies That Comply with Law  LOS ANGELES, CA – After years of protests, legal actions, and strikes by warehouse workers and port truck drivers at NFI Industries/California Cartage – which had a lease to operate on

NFI/California Cartage Express drivers ON STRIKE to demand an end to unfair and illegal discrimination for aspiring to form a union at their company; picket lines to extend from Port of Los Angeles to the Mojave Desert  California Port Strike Continues as Judge Rules That NFI/Cal Cartage Company Violated National Labor Relations Act; Actions Spread

NFI/California Cartage Express drivers ON STRIKE to demand an end to unfair and illegal discrimination for aspiring to form a union at their company; picket lines to extend from Port of Los Angeles to the Mojave Desert Port of Los Angeles, CA – Early this morning, truck drivers who haul heavy loads of boron –

Dignity for Savage Drivers Facebook Twitter Instagram erictate@local848.net  |  (626) 732-4700 ext. 111 ABOUT OUR FIGHT In late 2017, we – the employees at Savage Services – began to organize with the Teamsters in hopes of improving working conditions and securing better wages and benefits for ourselves and our families. Almost immediately, the company hired

Port truck drivers in U.S. under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program, Teamsters, applaud passage of Dream and Promise Act in U.S. House of Representatives (PORTS OF LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH) – Truck drivers who haul containerized cargo on and off the docks of America’s seaports – many of whom are in the U.S. under the Temporary

***UPDATED*** CA Truck Drivers Who Haul Cargo To and From America’s Largest Port Complex For Toyota, BMW, And Sony – Illegally Classified As “Independent Contractors” By XPO Logistics – Engage In Global Day of Protest Against Company’s Abusive Practices Los Angeles and San Diego, CA – Port and rail drivers employed by XPO Logistics’ Cartage

U.S.-Based Truck Drivers Who Haul Borax For Rio Tinto, and Teamsters, To Attend Rio Tinto’s Annual General Meeting To Demand Enforcement Of Company’s “Supplier Code Of Conduct” In U.S. Supply Chain London, England, and Port of Los Angeles, CA, USA – On April 4, 2019, a delegation of contract truck drivers who haul borax from

Download PDF March 2019 Steward Training – The Negotiator – Part I “Life is a negotiation”… In this edition of #StewardRoles we are taking on the role of “The Negotiator”. Navigating our membership through difficult situations and finding ways to resolve conflict is a vital role within our movement or just in everyday life. Building on

US Supreme Court Declines to Hear California Trucking Association Appeal, Validating CA Labor Commissioner Decisions Regarding Port Truck Driver Misclassification Port Drivers, Teamsters Applaud Development Protecting Drivers PORT OF LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH – On March 18, the United States Supreme Court decisively rejected an appeal to the case of the California Trucking Association v. [California

Download PDF February 2019 Steward Training – The Communicator Part II In this conclusion to The Communicator, we recapped the discussion fromm last month about TEAMster and ME-ster leadership and its effects on the cycle of INTERACTIONAL COMMUNICATION. We also discussed creating a game plan to grow as communicators and making first impression through an exercise

NFI/California Cartage Employees Call on Company’s Customers – Such as Lowes and TJ Maxx – to Work With New Tenant at Prime Port Property PORT OF LOS ANGELES, CA – In January, after three months of operating without a valid lease, NFI Industries (formerly the California Cartage family of companies), the largest trucking and warehousing

Download PDF “We can get more together than we can apart; we can get more organized together than we can apart” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In the Teamsters we have live by the principle that we are united to protect and not combined to injure. Our strength comes from the combined solidarity of

Leading Logistics Company at Ports of LA/Long Beach with Long Track Record of Breaking Labor and Safety Laws Resulting in 7 Disruptive Labor Strikes Chooses to Abandon Workers Rather Than Reach Agreement to End Labor Disruptions PORT OF LOS ANGELES, CA – After three months of operation without a valid lease, NFI Industries, the largest

Pre-Retirement SEMINAR for Teamsters Approaching Retirement! CALL: 909.629.2539 FREE To Teamsters & Spouses Approaching Retirement! This annual award-winning FREE pre-retirement seminar for Teamsters and spouses will be held Saturday, June 22 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Teamsters Local 952, 140 So. Marks Way, Orange CA 92868. Hear the experts from the Teamster pension,

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Port Truck Drivers Cannot Be Forced to Waive Their Rights Through Private Arbitration Agreements PORT OF LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH, CA – Today, the United States Supreme Court in the case NEW PRIME INC. v. OLIVEIRA ruled that workers in the transportation industry cannot be forced to waive their rights through private

The Gig is Up in California! Port Truck Drivers Awarded Nearly $6 Million; Drivers’ Manager Held Personally Responsible For Wage Theft Due To Misclassification As Independent Contractors PORT OF LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH, CA – 24 California port truck drivers employed by NFI Industries/California Cartage, the largest goods movement operator at the twin ports of Los

BREAKING NEWS: CA port truck drivers employed by company operating on Port of LA property request investigation of their employer for violating Los Angeles minimum wage law Los Angeles, CA – Port truck drivers employed by NFI Industries subsidiary California Cartage Transportation Express, commonly known as “Cal Cartage Express,” today filed minimum wage violation claims

Hours after mass civil disobedience at Port of LA highlighting TPS crisis… Federal judge blocks federal government from deporting hundreds of thousands of immigrants in US legally on TPS program PORT OF LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, supporters of striking port drivers and warehouse workers took defiant action to protest the illegal and exploitative working

LA/Long Beach Port Truck Drivers and Warehouse Workers to Launch 16th Strike in Five Years; Striking Workers To Call On Company Customers, Including Toyota & Amazon, to Use Their Market Power to Rid the U.S. Supply Chain of “Indentured Servitude” PORTS OF LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH, CA – Starting on Monday, Oct. 1, port drivers and

U.S. Department of Labor Orders NFI Industries’ California Cartage Warehouse to Repay Workers $3.5 Million in Back Wages and Benefits PORT OF LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH – On September 13, 2018, the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) announced that California Cartage Company, LLC – owned by National Freight Industries (NFI) and based in Long Beach,

Mr. and Mrs. Mejia Two CA Port Truck Drivers Unlawfully Fired – One Savagely Beaten! – by Company That Hauls Imports for Herbalife Nutrition and Kimberly-Clark After Independently Demanding To Be Paid for Every Hour Worked Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA – At a leading drayage companies serving America’s largest port complex, two immigrant

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LA City Council Unanimously Vetoes Preferential Agreement for Lawbreaking Trucking Company!!! Los Angeles City Council Unanimously Vetoes Preferential Operating Agreement Granted to Law-Breaking Trucking and Warehouse Company Approved by Port of LA Harbor Commission PRESS RELEASE FOR: Tuesday, May 8, 2018 Los Angeles, CA – Today, the Los Angeles City Council, which oversees the largest

Pac 9 port drivers officially voted to join Teamsters Local 848! Welcome to the Teamster family! CONGRATS! Pac 9 port drivers officially voted to join Teamsters Local 848. Now Pac 9 drivers get two pay checks – one for the hours worked and a second check for their truck – and they get good medical and

SoCal Workers Again Reject ‘Stingy’ Offer from Toyota; Parts Shortages Anticipated Workers to Dealers: ‘Help us protect our customers’ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, March 29, 2018 Torrance, CA – On Saturday, March 24, 2018, Toyota employees based in Torrance, CA who stock parts for distribution to Toyota repair facilities across the southwest voted overwhelmingly to

ABC 7 NEWS: Workers at Toyota Distribution Center in Torrance Reject Latest Contract – view original article here Workers from Teamsters Local 848 authorized a strike if a contract settlement cannot be reached. Any work stoppage would greatly impact dealerships and repair shops throughout Southern California. The last UAW contract gave the workers a 12

TOYOTA’S REPLY TO EMPLOYEES: Be Glad You Have A Job! After over a week of the Toyota workers telling their story about greedy Toyota Corporation. There statement basically reads: Be glad you still have a job! We consider the 1% increase and the risk of outragous increases to the medical generous. See statement below. TOYOTA

TOYOTA VOTE: Zero YES / 120 NO Unless the Company gets serious about this contract. Honda and Nissan are going to have records sales this year!  Toyota, Share your Tax Breaks – Sign our Petition Click TO Sign Facebook Twitter Google+ WhatsApp