By City News Service
Mar 16, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Truck drivers who work at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach filed a complaint with Cal/OSHA today alleging that one of the legion s largest short-haul trucking companies failed to protect drivers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Container Connection owns multiple trucking companies that operate in the Los Angeles region, and the complaint is the first of its kind addressing conditions during the pandemic that drivers transporting goods from ports to retailer warehouses have faced, according to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which is representing the drivers that filed the complaint.
Truck drivers who work at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach filed a complaint with Cal/OSHA Monday alleging that one of the region’s largest short-haul trucking companies failed to protect drivers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Container Connection owns multiple trucking companies that operate in the Los Angeles region, and the complaint is the first of its kind addressing conditions during the pandemic that drivers transporting goods from ports to retailer warehouses have faced, according to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which is representing the drivers that filed the complaint.
“Container Connection is in the sole position to identify and report hazards to customers to protect drivers’ safety and health,” the complaint said. “Container Connection drivers are hesitant to report COVID-19 hazards to customers’ warehouses because of the fear of reprisal having their load rejected or being banned from the site. This fear is b
Victory for workers
March 15, 2021
President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan is more than just a response to the coronavirus. It’s also one of the largest anti-poverty measures in US history.
Provisions in the package, like expanding the Child Tax Credit alone, will bring nearly 4 million kids out of poverty, cutting child poverty nearly in half. Combined with $1,400 relief payments, $300 in extra unemployment insurance, and other provisions, the Urban Institute estimates the package will reduce poverty in this country by over a third.
And, of course, the package will speed vaccine distribution, hopefully bringing this pandemic to an end. All of this is good news after a year of devastation.