Labor/Employment
Nov. 11, 2011
Port truckers say firings were retaliation
A global logistics firm with annual revenues of $8.4 billion is being investigated by the National Labor Relations Board after complaints the company fired 26 San Pedro workers for trying to unionize.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
With $8 in his pocket, truck driver Alberto Quiteno flew to his employer's annual shareholder meeting in Australia to protest what he says are filthy conditions at the company's California operation.
The day he returned, the company laid off Quiteno and 25 other workers - many of whom had worn union T-shirts to work that week. The drivers, who haul goods from the Port of Long Beach and the Po...
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