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This lawsuit was the result of a group of drivers going on strike while their trucks were filled with concrete. Even though the mixing drums were kept in rotation to keep the concrete from hardening, the company was forced to throw away the unused concrete at a financial loss.
walked off the job. this is not a quote/unquote, formal strike but they refused to show up for assignments. thank you for jumping on this. we appreciate it. what is the impact so far? what is the standoff mean? >> what's happening is that the union workers, select union workers, largest union. union 13. for the ilwu. the workers are not showing up. that means that they don't have enough workers to work the terminals, therefore, the terminals have to shut down due to insufficient labor. so the product is not moving. you're looking at $150 billion alone of trade that moved in four months out of the port of los angeles. they're experiencing several terminals right now that are closing. i spoke with truckers that said that they're being turned away.
three generations of truckers with deep roots in the city. it was here that bill hall met the love of his life at the tender age of 16. her name was frances. what happened the first time you laid eyes on bill? >> i just fell in love with him. i knew he was the man i was going to marry. >> at 16? >> at 16. >> they married right out of high school. a year later, daughter nikki was born. where your parents and love? >> oh, yes. we definitely saw love growing up in the house. >> that's my baby! >> what was your relationship like with your dad? >> not your typical father daughter relationship. like a best friend almost. i could tell that anything. >> for years after nikki came justin. did he really want to son? >> oh my god. when they pulled the baby out of me, they said, mr. hall, you have a son. the man cried. >> he worked hard to give his family a better life. >> bill used to clean airplanes, he went to college and on the
The terrorist Houthi militia have been escalating abuses against drivers of heavy transport trucks in Hodeidah Governorate, which doubled the drivers suffering and threatens the livelihoods of dozens of them. Drivers told "Al-Sahwa Net" that the Houthi militia prevented them from tran
the e.p.a. is pushing strictest ever tail pipe emission standard. texas congressman roy nehls calling out the white house before the vote. >> folks, i want to be crystal clear today, woke bureaucrats in washington are on a climate justice crusade using the heavy hands of government to go after the trucking industry that keeps america moving. >> ainsley: four democrats crossing party lines to shut down regulation over concerns for the small trucking businesses. we have already been through that we saw what happened with the trucks. save the truckers. >> brian: yes. >> steve: we need them. they bring us stuff. >> brian: they are still hiring. >> ainsley: they bring us everything. >> ainsley: 16 minutes before the top of the hour. annual fleet week kicks off today with the parade of ships. >> steve: we love. this more than 2500 service members are going to be here in new york city for week of fun. >> ainsley: what a tough job, janice. joining us live from the intrepid with all the cute men and women in their beautiful
Since opening in Fargo last fall, 160 Driving Academy has seen 23 students receive their Class A commercial driver’s license. The school is working to fill the gap in the nation’s trucker shortage.
goods that are moved around our country by truckers? >> is going to add to the cost tremendously and also there will be a delay because you are not going to be able to pull into the truck stop fill your tank up with diesel and continue on your trip you're going to have to get into a charging station there right now the technology is going to be hours to charge the batteries up so it's going to increase whatever inefficiencies are in the supply chains already. >> it's one thing to charge appropriate sentence another thing to charge up an 18 wheeler. can the grid handle this? >> i don't think it can and i want to add the grid is obviously in question. we have seen some things with california and texas having problems with the grid. someone testified on capitol hill recently, the average wide hall over the road truck would have to have 2 four time batteries. again it goes back to i think what mike was saying a minute ago, the weight of the battery,
Floridians well remember shortages of paper goods, as well as manic runs on all sorts of other stockpiles that make life in a First World country convenient and pleasant. And we took it in stride, mor...
back the streets for law abiding citizens. we stand with good samaritans like daniel penny. let's show this marine and america's got his back. and this is something we have seen repeatedly from desantis during the moments of national controversies. he came out in strong support for the 17-year-old who fatally shot two people in wisconsin during those nights of civil unrest. he signed a proclamation declaring the woman, florida woman who finished second to leah thomas in the national championships sheshgs, of course, is the first transgender national champion. and he also when there were protests in canada by truckers, he came out in strong support of the truckers. so, he has repeatedly seized on these moments to -- and used them to elevate, you know, certain sides in the controversies with his platform. >> yeah. and important to note, that fund-raiser that he is tweeting about would go to daniel penny's legal fees that he is incurring.