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Seattle Truck Drivers Shut Down Port to Protest Work-Related Dangers (crooksandliars)
Nearly 150 truck drivers effectively shut down shipping out of the Port of
Seattle when they went to the state capitol in Olympia instead of the port, to
protest dangerous work conditions in the trucking industry. Drivers were so
concerned about the way the industry treats them that they risked their
careers to make their voices heard.
> This week the truck drivers – who toil under the guise of false self-
employment – are making it their job to sound the alarm on occupational
hazards, overweight containers, shoddy equipment, risks to motorists, and the
culprits responsible for these rampant safety violations: their employers and
their giant retail shipper clients like Wal-Mart, Sears, and Target.
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> The trucking bosses at Pacer, Seattle Freight, Western Ports and others were
stunned, but the state troopers weren’t. Washington’s top cops testified
before lawmakers right alongside the workers, detailing a dizzying array of
dangers associated with the drayage industry: Chronic safety violations so
serious that an investigative journalist discovered late last year that
officers pulled 32% of rigs they inspected outside the terminals off the road
— double the rate for trucks throughout the state. When specially trained
troopers conducted more ...
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