Fast services from Asia bypassing congested southern Californian ports
Two more container lines have suspended expedited services through the US port of Oakland. They are ...
By Alex Lennane
Yet another strike. On Monday, some 100 truck drivers and warehouse workers in Los Angeles and Long Beach plan to down tools for at least a week. Their initial focus is XPO Logistics, outside whose terminal they will picket on Monday, before moving on to Intermodal Bridge Transport and California Cartage Co. The workers say “greedy corporations” are exploiting workers through “contracting out, misclassification, temporary staffing and wage theft schemes”. The ports, however, claim strikes have minimal effect.
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