Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach & San Diego, CA –Hours after striking port drivers and warehouse workers, union leaders, and supporters called on the ports to stop doing business with lawbreaking companies, picket lines expanded to XPO Cartage’s San Diego-based yard (NYSE: XPO), as well as to the yard of one of XPO’s major customers, Toyota, on the U.S.-Mexico border. Long lines of trucks at the Port of Los Angeles, Port of Long Beach, and in San Diego are having a significant impact on the U.S. supply chain, which relies on the timely movement of cargo in and out of our nation’s largest seaport, through which more than 40% of U.S. imports arrive before being shipped by truck and rail to every zip code in America. “The port drivers on strike this week are being screwed by the boss and the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are letting them get away with it,” declared Ricardo Ceja, a formerly misclassified driver who now is an employee driver working for Eco Flow Transportation and is a member of the Teamsters. “We’re starting to think it is rigged to make billions of dollars of profits for trucking companies and their retail clients like Target, Ross Stores, and Lowe’s, while leaving workers stuck in reverse. This is our port. It belongs to the people – not to the corporations. We demand the ports ban the lawbreakers now.” “We are on strike to let the company know – and to let the giant retailers that we move goods for, like Amazon and Lowe’s, know – that they can’t keep violating our rights,” said Anthony Vallecillo, a “temporary” warehouse worker at California Cartage who has been working exclusively at the company for the last four years. “We are striking to demand that the City of Los Angeles needs stop this lawbreaking company that is on city property. California Cartage needs to follow the law, or the Port of LA needs to bring in a warehouse operator that will.” Picket lines will continue over the weekend and into Monday, culminating in a massive march and protest on Monday, June 6, at the Port of Los Angeles. Source: www.JusticeforPortDrivers.org