Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ruled that the Tracy Morgan car crash which killed one passenger was caused by speed and driver fatigue. The AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD) has responded with an official statement saying the findings should act as a “wake up call for federal regulators.”   The…

  One month after becoming properly classified as employees by their company, Shippers Transport Express (STE) truck drivers at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach have ratified their first contract.  Three days of collective bargaining led to a contract over the weekend. The one-year contract will cover all full- and part-time STE…

  After a two-year legal battle, a California Superior Court judge has ruled that seven Port of Los Angeles truckers are in fact employees, not independent contractors, and are owed more than $2 million in damages.  The affected drivers were part of five strikes against their companies.  The legal victory is a major win for [&hellip…;

  At a South Brunswick, New Jersey terminal a majority of the 113 truck drivers for FedEx Freight have voted to join Teamsters Local 701.  The final tally was 66-42 and comes less than a month after drivers at the FedEx Freight Terminal in East Philadelphia made history by becoming the first group of drivers [&hellip…;

  Last week in Laredo, Texas, drivers and dockworkers at Con Way Freight voted to join Teamsters Local 657.  Laredo is located on the U.S.-Mexico border and is the busiest inland port in the United States with over 7,000 trucks crossing the border each day.  It was the first organizing victory at the giant less-than-truckload [&hellip…;

  In California last week, the Ninth Circuit of Appeal ruled in favor of 2,300 FedEx drivers who were illegally misclassified as independent contractors.  The class action lawsuit covers drivers who worked in California between 2000 and 2007.   While no monetary penalty or settlement has been announced, the ruling could potentially leave…

  MSNBC reports that California truck drivers for three major transportation companies went on strike Monday morning to protest labor law violations.  Over 120 drivers are taking action at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, two of the West Coast’s largest supply points which handle roughly 40 percent of the nation’s imports.  …

  Last weekend, truckers at the port of Savannah participated in a forum with community leaders in which they addressed working conditions at the Port of Savannah, one of the nation’s busiest port terminals.  At the heart of the matter is the misclassification of truckers as independent contractors which strips them of benefits and…