{"id":8665,"date":"2019-02-12T21:28:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T05:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamsters848.local\/?p=8665"},"modified":"2019-02-12T21:38:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T05:38:38","slug":"nfi-california-cartage-employees-call-on-companys-customers-to-work-with-new-tenant-at-prime-port-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/nfi-california-cartage-employees-call-on-companys-customers-to-work-with-new-tenant-at-prime-port-property\/","title":{"rendered":"NFI\/California Cartage Employees Call on Company\u2019s Customers \u2013 Such as Lowes and TJ Maxx \u2013 to Work With New Tenant at Prime Port Property"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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PORT OF LOS ANGELES, CA \u2013 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 company serving America\u2019s leading port complex, announced its intention to vacate prime property owned by the Port of Los Angeles. This decision came three months after the LA City Council unanimously revoked NFI\u2019s lease in the wake of the seventh strike by warehouse workers and port truck drivers at the site. On Mon., Feb. 11, 2019, the Port of Los Angeles issued a Request for Proposal <\/a>(RFP) for a new tenant for this critical site, which is strategically located in the Port\u2019s \u201cheavy weight corridor\u201d and offers preferential tax treatment due to its historic designation as a \u201cForeign Trade Zone.\u201d (Click here for a summary of regulatory action and litigation at NFI\/California Cartage.)<\/a><\/div>
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The following is a statement from NFI port truck drivers and warehouse workers employed at the site:<\/div>
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\u201cOur employer, NFI\/Cal Cartage, has chosen to abandon its operations in Wilmington, its workers, and the community. For years we\u2019ve spoken up about unsafe equipment, racial discrimination, retaliation, and intimidation at NFI\/Cal Cartage. Instead of cleaning up its act, the company is leaving the Port. We\u2019re looking forward to a new company being selected to operate on this property, one that will abide by the law and treat us with dignity and respect,\u201d said Jeremy Hoke, an NFI\/California Cartage warehouse worker.<\/div>
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\u201cMy coworkers and I work hard and depend on our jobs. We move merchandise off of shipping containers and through warehouses before it ends up in stores. This is back breaking work and we do it to support our families and to contribute to our community. At the hands of NFI, we\u2019ve faced widespread wage theft and ongoing abuses that have fallen deaf on NFI\/Cal Cartage\u2019s ears. Now we have the opportunity to work for a good employer. We transport goods for NFI\/Cal Cartage customers like TJ Maxx, Lowes, Puma, Rio Tinto, and more. We want to keep working on this property and for these customers, but we need a new company to be chosen that is going to respect us,\u201d said Gustavo Villa, port truck driver, NFI\/California Cartage Express (CCX).<\/div>
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