Press Releases (New York/New Jersey)
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
Major Lawsuit Seeks to Recover Substantial Damages Stolen from Paychecks of Newark’s Low-Income Truck Drivers, July 7, 2011
Looming Deadline to Force Hundreds of Port Truck Drivers Deeper Into Debt or Out on the Streets in the New Year December 29th, 2010
Truck Drivers, Community Groups and Environmentalists Praise NYC Council for Passing Clean Ports Resolution November 17th, 2010
New York Environmental, Labor Advocates Call For Enforceable Clean Air Standards to Make Polluting Industry Pay to Clean Up Port Operations October 28th, 2010
Clean Air, Workers’ Rights Advocates Praise Rep. Jerrold Nadler for Leading Effort to Modernize U.S. Port Trucking System April 28th, 2010
Top American Port Official Presses Washington to Amend Outdated Law, March 15th, 2010
Statement from Amy Goldsmith, Executive Director of the New Jersey Environmental Federation, on the PANYNJ Truck Ban, March 10th, 2010