The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are bracing for yet another truckers strike on Monday. The Los Angeles Times reports around 100 workers are expected to take part in the industrial action next week.
According to a release, the truckers are protesting “exploitation by greedy corporations using predatory subcontracting schemes, including misclassifying employees as independent workers in order to lower wages, deny them benefits such as health insurance, unemployment, and workers compensation”.
Monday’s imminent action would represent the fifteenth strike to hit these two Californian ports in the past four years.
