{"id":8937,"date":"2019-09-09T11:48:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T18:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamsters848.local\/?p=8937"},"modified":"2020-11-06T05:26:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T13:26:49","slug":"ca-truck-drivers-who-haul-boron-for-rio-tinto-mines-on-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/ca-truck-drivers-who-haul-boron-for-rio-tinto-mines-on-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"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"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Port of Los Angeles, CA \u2013<\/strong> Early this morning, truck drivers who haul heavy loads of boron \u2013 a mineral mined 300 miles east of Los Angeles that is a critical component in every day consumer products from flatscreen TVs to smartphones \u2013 from the Rio Tinto mine in Boron, CA<\/a>, to America\u2019s largest port complex, are once again protesting their employer\u2019s persistent\u00a0unfair labor practices<\/a> by going on strike at the Port of Los Angeles. With the support of the\u00a0Teamsters Port Division<\/a> and\u00a0Teamsters Local 848<\/a>, drivers walked off the job at 7:00 am PST to protest unfair and illegal discrimination for aspiring to form a union at their employer, NFI\/California Cartage Express (CCX).<\/div>\n
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WHO: NFI\/California Cartage Express drivers whom the company misclassifies as \u201cindependent contractors,\u201d community and faith-based supporters, and Teamster leaders.<\/div>\n
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WHAT: Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike at NFI\/California Cartage Express, with ambulatory picketing at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Rio Tinto Mines in Boron, CA, and other customer locations to be announced.<\/div>\n
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WHERE: NFI\/California Cartage Express, Harbor Division Yard, 1500 E. Lomita Blvd, Wilmington CA 90744.<\/div>\n
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WHEN: Starting Monday, September 9, 2019, at 7:30 am.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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“We’re on strike because of NFI\/Cal Cartage Express\u2019 unfair labor practices. Those of us who have been fighting for justice are only receiving\u00a0one month contracts versus\u00a0the six month contracts others not involved in this fight are receiving. We’re tired of being misclassified as independent contractors and working without the employee benefits and rights we deserve. We’re asking customers of NFI\/Cal Cartage, like Rio Tinto, to stop doing business with law breakers,” said Jose Garcia, striking port truck driver, NFI\/Cal Cartage\u00a0Express.<\/div>\n
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BACKGROUND<\/div>\n
NFI\/Cal Cartage Express employs their drivers under an illegal scheme whereby they misclassify the workers as independent contractors when in fact they are employees under law.\u00a0\u00a0This unlawful practice, which was the subject of an investigative series published by\u00a0USA Today<\/a>, leads to massive wage theft and denial of other basic workers\u2019 rights and has been heavily documented across the ports. This illegal practice, in addition to other lawbreaking at NFI Industries, makes NFI\/California Cartage Express non-compliant with\u00a0Rio Tinto\u2019s code of conduct<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Read the NFI Final and Pending Violations Summary here:\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/NFICCX<\/a><\/div>\n
Read an up-to-date Overview of port trucking misclassification cases here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/Justice4Drivers<\/a><\/div>\n
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These drivers, whom the company treats like employees but illegally classifies as \u201cindependent contractors,\u201d have persistently fought for their rights in the courts, in the hallowed boardrooms of Rio Tinto Mines, and on the picket line at the ports. Specifically, CCX drivers have:<\/div>\n
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