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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TRAITOR JOE and his Administration must be jumping for joy. More problems for the US citizens; worsening economy. And they still think this nonsense is admirable because it will lead us to a new "more enlightened" society. Disgusting and disgraceful. TRAITOR JOE we don't want this new Liberal Global Society. Read history - this is nothing that hasn't been done, to the detriment of people, throughout hsitory. The Elites doing nothing but running their mouths and taking the fruits of their labor from the people who work for it.
The Unions (Teachers- Truckers- ETC.) will be shown by "WE THE PEOPLE" in the 2022 ELECTIONS- They Must Stand For/With The Working People and Families-!!! RIGHT over WRONG will "PREVAIL"-!!! DO NOT BE CONUSED BY THE WHISPER OF THE SURPENT, FOR IT IS EVIL UNITED WE STAND- DIVIDED WE WILL FALL
Not always are the Unions the EVIL ones!!!
This is a repost to Admins question I responded to here on page 1.
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!
Yes! Do NOT Comply!
When will the attack on "stupid" truckers and those who support them start AGAIN in this group?
Remember the kind comments from members about the convoy? Any moment now the hits should begin, so brace yourself Marlene!
I don't blame the truckers at all - their livelihood is diminishing by the day thanks to Newsom and the rest of the communist cabal that is running amok in California. On another note, what happened to the railway strike that was supposed to happen around the 18th?
I stand with the Truckers.
There is NO opposition to this "Admininstrative " state. With very few exceptions we have NO representation within this Uniparty that is controlling us. I don't know who exactly is controlling them but I can guess. The "Republic" is in intensive are and close to death. Perhaps we should further examine SriLanka.
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