Truckers protesting a looming California labor law shut down one of the busiest seaports in the United States for the third day in a row.
Operations were halted at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday as hundreds of independent big-rig truckers picketed gates and blocked other drivers from hauling cargo in and out of terminals at the port.
The truckers are protesting Assembly Bill 5, a gig economy law passed in 2019 that sets tougher standards for classifying workers as independent contractors.
The protesters worry that the law, which could soon be put into effect, will impose hefty costs on them that will slash their earnings.
Demonstrations began on Monday and have grown larger and more disruptive with each passing day, exacerbating supply-chain issues that already have led to cargo ship traffic jams at major ports and stockpiled goods on the dock.
Protest organizers say their actions will continue until Governor Gavin Newsom agrees to meet and discuss the issue.
The protests in Oakland followed actions last week at the nation's top two seaports, at Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California. The three California ports handle about half of the nation's container cargo volume.
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The Left has already declared war on the USA with their actions and policies. They seem to have NO opposition, so why wouldn't they continue. They move from offense against America and Americans after another and in warp speed. I have read that compliance is treason, I don't know about that, but it surely is
surrender.
The only people "above the law", such as it is, are the satanic liberal elitists!!!!!!!!!!
Joe Blow, the senile dictator, and his babysitter will reek havoc on OUR nation, bolstered by complicity from the communist controlled DOJ.
The White House announced an executive order Friday afternoon creating a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) to intervene in a national contract dispute in the railroad industry.
The announcement of the PEB, a form of federal mediation, blocks a potential strike by over 100,000 railroaders, which could have legally taken place as early as 12:01 AM on July 18, at the expiration of a 30-day “cooling off” period. Last week, railroaders in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen voted by 99.5 percent to authorize strike action.
The legal framework for a PEB comes from the anti-worker Railway Labor Act, the purpose of which is to eliminate strikes and ensnaring workers in virtually endless rounds of mandatory negotiation, mediation and arbitration. The RLA was first passed in 1926, is the outcome of a series of legislative attempts at preventing strikes in the industry following the Great Railway Strike of 1877, the first major industrial struggle in American history. Such legislation worked hand-in-hand with company gun thugs, court injunctions and the deployment of state militia.
According to government records, this will be the 250th PEB convened under the RLA since 1937. The last PEB convened for the national rail contract was in late 2011 during the Obama administration, in which Biden was vice president. It has been noted that PEB's historically favor Big Business and screw the workers!
Typical of devildemocommiecrats!!!!! They screw We the People so they keep their deep pocket donors funnelling money into their pockets!!!!!!!!!!
Thank GOD Garland wasn't appointed to the Supreme Court!
Where is the San Andreas fault when you need it. Except for the loss of animal life California needs to break away and float out to sea never to be seen or heard from again
Janet, I agree, let commiefornia go the way of Atlantis, permanent extinction!!!!!!!!!! There are some good people there but not enough to make it worth keeping that satanic cesspool intact!!!!!!!!!!
I Agree!
I forsee Houston pport getting busier
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