Truckers protesting a looming California labor law shut down one of the busiest seaports in the United States for the third day in a row. Operations were halted at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday as hundreds of independent big-rig truckers picketed gates and blocked other drivers from hauling cargo in and out of terminals at the port. The truckers are protesting Assembly Bill 5, a gig economy law passed in 2019 that sets tougher standards for classifying workers as independent contractors. The protesters worry that the law, which could soon be put into effect, will impose hefty costs on them that will slash their earnings.
Demonstrations began on Monday and have grown larger and more disruptive with each passing day, exacerbating supply-chain issues that already have led to cargo ship traffic jams at major ports and stockpiled goods on the dock.
Independent truckers are the backbone of this country's economy. Why this dooshbag Governor in California wants to fuck with them makes no sense at all. This is a local TV report...
Protest organizers say their actions will continue until Governor Gavin Newsom agrees to meet and discuss the issue. The protests in Oakland followed actions last week at the nation's top two seaports, at Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California.
The three California ports handle about half of the nation's container cargo volume.
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No no no. This new law is good for unions and good for democrats.
ReplyDeleteThese selfish truck drivers need to stop worrying about making a living.
he said tongue in cheek...
DeleteCalifornia reminds me of this joke:
ReplyDeleteOne day, all the parts of the body were talking about who was most important.
THE BRAIN SAID – “Since I control everything and do all the thinking, I am the most important therefore I should be boss.”
THE FEET SAID – “Since I carry him everywhere he wants to go and get him in position to do what the brain wants, I am the most important.”
THE EYES SAID – “Since I must look out for all of you and tell you where the danger lurks, I an the most important body part.”
THE HANDS SAID – “Since I do all the work and earn all the money to keep the rest of you going, I am the most important.”
Of course, everyone got into the arguments and the heart, lungs, and ears all say the same thing.
Finally, the asshole spoke up and pointed that he was the most important even though the others didn’t know it. All the other laughed and laughed to think of an asshole being boss.
The asshole decided to prove the point and refused to function. Blocked up tight.
Soon the brain was feverish, the eyes crossed and ached, the feet were too weak to walk, the hands hung limply at the sides, and the heart and lungs struggled to keep going.
All pleaded with the asshole to relent and agreed that the asshole was the most important and so it happened.
The moral is obvious.
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