Tag: port
Trucking Leaders Urge Governor Newsom To Declare State of Emergency Over Port Backlog Crisis
Trucking industry leaders urged California to declare the port backlog crisis a State of Emergency on Thursday in order to get regulatory relief for the trucking and shipping industries, as well as assist in ending the backlog sooner. Action from...
Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order to Alleviate Shipping Crisis at SoCal Ports
Governor Gavin Newsom signed an Executive Order on Wednesday aimed at alleviating California’s massive cargo congestion situation by increasing cargo space, creating better flow and ease of movement for all steps of the unloading and trucking processes, and identifying the...
Female Dockworkers In Los Angeles And Long Beach File Discrimination Suit
A Federal discrimination suit against the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 13 and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) has been filed by the ACLU in Los Angeles. The lawsuit claims that both the union (ILWU) and the shippers...