Press Releases LA/LB

2011

National Coalition of Environmental, Labor, Community & Faith-based Organizations Applaud Senator Gillibrand for her Leadership on Clean Ports Act, December 19, 2011

Salon.com Links Goldman Sachs’ Transportation Subsidiary to Widespread Tax-Evasion and Worker Exploitation Scheme that Leads to “Foreclosures on Wheels,” October, 11, 2011

Industry Group Deals Blow to EPA Award-Winning Port Clean Truck Program; Environmental, Labor Groups Vow to Fight to Ensure Corporations, Not Workers Pay High Cost for Low-Emissions Vehicles, September 26, 2011

Truck Drivers at America’s Largest Ports Expose Third-World Working Conditions; Australian Employer Toll Group Subjects Workers to Separate, Unequal Outhouses, September 9, 2011

Environmental-Labor Coalition Backs Speaker’s New Bill to Grant CA Workplace Protections to Truck Drivers That Will Ultimately Safeguard Clean Fleet Programs, May 5, 2011

2010

Report: Misclassification Exploits Nation’s Port Truck Drivers, Costs Gov’t Billions and Pollutes Environment, December 8, 2010

Trucking Industry Dodges Responsibility Causing Dire Economic, Environmental Consequences; Congress Holds Key to Promise of Clean Air and Green Jobs at America’s Ports, October 26, 2010

Environmentalists, Port Workers, Residents Celebrate Court Ruling Upholding LA Clean Truck Program; Urge Congress to Pass Clean Ports Act to Protect EPA Award-Winning Model from Future Legal Challenges, August 27, 2010

Broad Coalition Backs New House Green Jobs Bill to Empower America’s Ports to Spur Economic Development, Enact and Safeguard Environmental Programs, July 29, 2010

Class Action Wage-and-Hour Suit Filed Against Sun Pacific Trucking, Inc., and Pacific Green Trucking, Inc., on Behalf of Southern CA Port Drivers; Latest Suit Cites Labor Violations Including Failure to Pay Minimum Wage, June 30, 2010

Another Case against Port Trucking Firm Underscores Widespread Industry Abuse, Disregard of Labor Laws, Teamsters Charge, June 30, 2010

Advocates for Los Angeles Clean Truck Program Tout Success at Congressional Highways & Transit Hearing, May 5, 2010

Clean Air, Workers’ Rights Advocates Praise Rep. Jerrold Nadler for Leading Effort to Modernize U.S. Port Trucking System, April 28, 2010

Nearly 115 Environmental, Business, Labor, Consumer & Community Advocates Send Letter to Key Transportation Leaders in Congress to Call Amendment to Modernize Trucking Law, April 22, 2010

National “Blue-Green” Coalition Applauds Key Obama Appointee’s Inaugural Earth Day Award to LA Clean Truck Program, April 21, 2010

New Report on Port Trucking Details Imminent Threats to One of the Most Effective Clean-Air Programs in the Nation, April 15, 2010

Environmental-Labor Alliance to Fight Poverty, Pollution at American Ports Gets National Attention with New York Times Story, February 26, 2010

9th Circuit Ruling on LA Clean Truck Program Upholds Lower Court Decision; A Victory in the Continued Fight to Protect the Largest U.S. Port’s Green-Growth Model, February 24, 2010

Obama Spotlight on Worker Misclassification, CA Judgment Against Trucking Cos. Reinforce Need for Fundamental Reform of Transportation Law to protect Workers, Environment, & Economy, February 11, 2010

Backroom Deal Leaves Long Beach Truck Program in Hands of Polluting Industry; Clean Air Advocates Sue to Protect Local Communities & Clean Truck Program, January 4, 2010

2009

Class Action Wage-Hour Suit Filed Against Total Transportation Services, Inc. on Behalf of Southern CA Port Drivers; Labor Violations Cited Include Failure to Pay Minimum Wage, November 4, 2009

Long Beach Port Caves to Trucking Industry Polluters at Expense of Community, Environment, October 20, 2009

Environmental, Community and Labor Groups Nationwide Mark One-Year Success of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program, October 1, 2009

Federal Maritime Commission’s Move to Drop Lawsuit against Clean Trucks Program Signals President Obama’s Support to Protect Port Drivers, Public Health, June 16, 2009

Environmental-Led Port Coalition Praises President Obama’s Pick of Joseph Brennan to Lead FMC, June 9, 2009

U.S. Consumer Rights Group Urges Germany’s Daimler to Abandon Role in Predatory Lending Scheme against California Port Truck Drivers, May 4, 2009

As Industry Polluters Seek to Kill Clean-Air Requirements in Court Environmental Coalition Vows to Fight for LA Port’s Clean Trucks Program, April 29, 2009

Public Health is No 1, Says U.S. District Judge in Denial of FMC Motion to Shelve the LA-LB Clean Trucks Programs, April 15, 2009

Univision’s Primer Impacto Investigates Dangerous Road for Port Drivers, March 30, 2009

Community Coalition Outraged at Industry Attempts to Put Lifesaving Clean-Air Programs at Risk; Vows to Fight at All Costs to Protect LA Green-Growth Model for Nation’s Ports, March 20, 2009

2008

Community, Environmentalists Urge Bush Administration to Drop Case against Critical So. California Clean-Air Program, December 5, 2008

CA Attorney-General Stands Up for Exploited Port Drivers, as State Probe into Tax-Cheating Trucking Companies Widens, October 27, 2008

A Broad Environmental-Community Coalition Applauds the CA Attorney-General Crackdown on Tax-Cheating Trucking Companies in the San Pedro Bay Ports, September 9, 2008

Daimler/Mercedes Benz, Port of Long Beach Condemned for Teaming Up in a Predatory Lending Scheme to Target Low-Wage Truck Drivers, August 20, 2008

A Statement on the Industry Lawsuit to Block Port Clean-Up by Coalition for Clean & Safe Ports partner Rev. Mary Jo Bradshaw, July 28, 2008

California Mayors Dellums and Villaraigosa  Headline Massive March and Rally for Good Green Jobs in Oakland, July 22, 2008

A Statement on the Port of LA’s Concession Agreement Plan by Tamara Watkins, American Lung Association, May 15, 2008

A Defiant American Trucking Association Moves to Delay Clean Air for Southern Californians, March 4, 2008

Statement: Moving Forward on a Sustainable Pathway to Clean Air, February 20, 2008

Statement: Polluted Air Here to Stay with Long Beach Port Truck Scheme, February 15, 2008

2007

Diesel Exhaust Poses Health Threat to Port Truck Drivers, December 4, 2007

One Year Later: Thanksgiving Reflections on the Ports’ Clean Air Action Plan, a Statement by Adrian Martinez, NRDC, November 20, 2007

Ports’ Clean Trucks Program Will Deliver Major Benefits, Shared Prosperity to Regional Economy – $4.2 Billion Boost in First Five Years, New Study Estimates, August 30, 2007

Over 11,500 Area Truck Drivers, Environmentalists, and Community Members to Ports: “Clean Air Requires Stable Workforce & Greener Standards – Now”, July 30, 2007

Environmental Justice Leaders, Green Groups Warn Ports:  Polluted Air Here to Stay Without Stricter Clean Trucks Program, July 2, 2007

Port Drivers Mobilize Huge Rush-Hour Convoy of 100 Diesel Trucks; Freeway to Harbor Action a Push for Clean Air, Healthy Communities, Employee Rights, June 27, 2007

Port Truck Drivers, Environmental and Community Leaders Speak Out In Favor Of Ports’ Clean Trucks Program, June 6, 2007

Coalition of Port-area Residents, Environmental, Labor, and Religious Leaders Premiers Solution to Allow “Green Growth” at L.A./Long Beach Ports, March 29, 2007