{"id":8952,"date":"2019-09-10T13:01:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T20:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamsters848.local\/?p=8952"},"modified":"2020-11-06T05:25:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T13:25:13","slug":"ca-truck-drivers-who-haul-boron-for-rio-tinto-mines-on-strike-at-port-of-la-take-actions-to-rio-tintos-us-hq-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/ca-truck-drivers-who-haul-boron-for-rio-tinto-mines-on-strike-at-port-of-la-take-actions-to-rio-tintos-us-hq-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"California Port Strike Continues as Judge Rules That NFI\/Cal Cartage Company Violated National Labor Relations Act; Actions Spread to Salt Lake City, Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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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<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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California Port Strike Continues as Judge Rules That NFI\/Cal Cartage Company Violated National Labor Relations Act; Actions Spread to Salt Lake City, Utah<\/div>
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NFI\/California Cartage Express drivers in California continue STRIKE to demand an end to unfair and illegal discrimination for aspiring to form a union at their company<\/div>
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Picket lines to extend from Port of Los Angeles to the Mojave Desert As<\/div>
Striking Drivers, Teamsters, Faith, and Community Leaders Gather at Rio Tinto to Inform Company of its Contractor\u2019s Illegal Labor Practices<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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Port of Los Angeles, CA & Salt Lake City, UT\u2013 After a day of heavy picketing that caused significant disruptions in operations, 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, to America\u2019s largest port complex, are continuing to protest their employer\u2019s persistent\u00a0unfair labor practices<\/a>by going on strike at the Port of Los Angeles.<\/div>
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With the support of the\u00a0Teamsters Port Division<\/a> and\u00a0Teamsters Local 848<\/a>, drivers walked off the job early Monday morning to protest unfair and illegal discrimination for aspiring to form a union at their employer, NFI\/California Cartage Express (CCX). As picketing continues in California, a delegation of port truck drivers, along with community, labor and faith-based allies from Utah and Los Angeles, will gather at Rio Tinto\u2019s U.S. headquarters and the Rio Tinto Kennecott mine near Salt Lake City. The group will educate the Rio Tinto workforce about the illegal working conditions in Rio Tinto\u2019s California supply chain, and deliver a petition to Rio Tinto\u2019s executive leadership at the company\u2019s South Jordan office urging the global mining company to abide by its own\u00a0supplier code of conduct<\/a>.<\/div>
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Shortly after the strike began in Los Angeles, an Administrative Law Judge for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled<\/a> that owners and managers of California Cartage Warehouse \u2013 a sister company of California Cartage Express that is also owned by NFI \u2013 are guilty of Unfair Labor Practices, including:<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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