ckaihatsu
19th June 2017, 19:29
BREAKING: Strike at LA Ports!
Dear Chris,
Will you join me on the picket line?
I’m one of thousands of low-wage truck drivers at the Port of LA who haul cargo for global corporations like XPO Logistics and Cal-Cartage. These companies have huge contracts with the U.S. government, but drivers like me are still paid less than the minimum wage, even though we work full-time. That’s wage theft.
That’s why we’re going strike to fight wage theft -- join us LIVE on our virtual picket line! (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5QA/ni0YAA/t.28b/R62HQcOkSs-DGZL-VTIuSQ/h0/HE2UYZIDTZxfLuJ8qHDFiPR8lmQvhlK7Ynhwu1kp2aCr-2F3Vk8HppUrf79qFOKmOJ7VYz8XGCQq-2FLnBt-2Bc07bzkpUWy-2FSQMbe7lu0uqdPI9lY-2Fpz5IUuAQ7KHnClTMwlhlZ-2Bku5rY4qTD1Pj5AhtEV-2BhK0bEFfeb8T0CJJfCm9wM4aqzO2Mc7p6tTDWPmgIWSHPL4Fv Zbj87mRMXpy30GJw4hA8trynepQ55GfG17XSHAD6rXhGfJq73y qqxURzLM6248FO4YxuZAzVyBSDwUpkJTEsBwWxkptdtL7umF8U Pi2qA205MLfi0rAPG5xHpLluvgqOcYfdUK-2FQgS2siOBQ-3D-3D)
We have pay to rent our rigs, pay our own payroll taxes, and even pay for our own insurance and gas. It’s highway robbery, and USA Today called it “modern-day indentured servitude.”
To add insult to injury, when we get sick, we get thrown on the scrapheap. Two years ago, I suffered a stroke and a heart attack from overwork. When I couldn’t afford to make my truck payments, I was fired. I lost all the money I paid into my truck and the ability to support my family.
USA Today called the system "rigged," but it doesn’t have to be this way. Politicians can stop law-breaking corporations that abuse their workers from operating on public property like the Port of LA, or from receiving taxpayer dollars in contracts.
We just have to make politicians do the right thing.
Striking drivers need you to join us on our virtual picket line! Click here to stand with us LIVE at 11:05am PT/2:05pm ET, or anytime afterwards. (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5QA/ni0YAA/t.28b/R62HQcOkSs-DGZL-VTIuSQ/h1/HE2UYZIDTZxfLuJ8qHDFiPR8lmQvhlK7Ynhwu1kp2aCr-2F3Vk8HppUrf79qFOKmOJ7VYz8XGCQq-2FLnBt-2Bc07bzquLSJAuLeYQELqANA0r9ajgvpJQMiuWAfzyeyW9GQhp cHvSO-2FUbRZyXpEVQYmUstK1yJHCOZqtv6bY-2B2969B-2FtJ0U7bpNx0SaNYMtdARHmmjbY8sLVTbzoicezMFMslVFsVNq a79uTYIPZTY9ye-2Bud7QFqKIU03FaRZ5uJ4eUwNi5KYLtyM4ntod4OkRGtVI1Ku7 hxhy9JKa6tkMI27V7M1gMVj4InO25hHh3qNvlc-2FWfv14tPTvrUqZyXwz-2FkxNg-3D-3D)
Thank you for showing your solidarity,
Manuel Rios
Truck Driver at the Port of LA
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Dear Chris,
Will you join me on the picket line?
I’m one of thousands of low-wage truck drivers at the Port of LA who haul cargo for global corporations like XPO Logistics and Cal-Cartage. These companies have huge contracts with the U.S. government, but drivers like me are still paid less than the minimum wage, even though we work full-time. That’s wage theft.
That’s why we’re going strike to fight wage theft -- join us LIVE on our virtual picket line! (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5QA/ni0YAA/t.28b/R62HQcOkSs-DGZL-VTIuSQ/h0/HE2UYZIDTZxfLuJ8qHDFiPR8lmQvhlK7Ynhwu1kp2aCr-2F3Vk8HppUrf79qFOKmOJ7VYz8XGCQq-2FLnBt-2Bc07bzkpUWy-2FSQMbe7lu0uqdPI9lY-2Fpz5IUuAQ7KHnClTMwlhlZ-2Bku5rY4qTD1Pj5AhtEV-2BhK0bEFfeb8T0CJJfCm9wM4aqzO2Mc7p6tTDWPmgIWSHPL4Fv Zbj87mRMXpy30GJw4hA8trynepQ55GfG17XSHAD6rXhGfJq73y qqxURzLM6248FO4YxuZAzVyBSDwUpkJTEsBwWxkptdtL7umF8U Pi2qA205MLfi0rAPG5xHpLluvgqOcYfdUK-2FQgS2siOBQ-3D-3D)
We have pay to rent our rigs, pay our own payroll taxes, and even pay for our own insurance and gas. It’s highway robbery, and USA Today called it “modern-day indentured servitude.”
To add insult to injury, when we get sick, we get thrown on the scrapheap. Two years ago, I suffered a stroke and a heart attack from overwork. When I couldn’t afford to make my truck payments, I was fired. I lost all the money I paid into my truck and the ability to support my family.
USA Today called the system "rigged," but it doesn’t have to be this way. Politicians can stop law-breaking corporations that abuse their workers from operating on public property like the Port of LA, or from receiving taxpayer dollars in contracts.
We just have to make politicians do the right thing.
Striking drivers need you to join us on our virtual picket line! Click here to stand with us LIVE at 11:05am PT/2:05pm ET, or anytime afterwards. (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5QA/ni0YAA/t.28b/R62HQcOkSs-DGZL-VTIuSQ/h1/HE2UYZIDTZxfLuJ8qHDFiPR8lmQvhlK7Ynhwu1kp2aCr-2F3Vk8HppUrf79qFOKmOJ7VYz8XGCQq-2FLnBt-2Bc07bzquLSJAuLeYQELqANA0r9ajgvpJQMiuWAfzyeyW9GQhp cHvSO-2FUbRZyXpEVQYmUstK1yJHCOZqtv6bY-2B2969B-2FtJ0U7bpNx0SaNYMtdARHmmjbY8sLVTbzoicezMFMslVFsVNq a79uTYIPZTY9ye-2Bud7QFqKIU03FaRZ5uJ4eUwNi5KYLtyM4ntod4OkRGtVI1Ku7 hxhy9JKa6tkMI27V7M1gMVj4InO25hHh3qNvlc-2FWfv14tPTvrUqZyXwz-2FkxNg-3D-3D)
Thank you for showing your solidarity,
Manuel Rios
Truck Driver at the Port of LA
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