Media Highlights – Seattle/Tacoma
2012
Goldman Sachs and hard work, Open Democracy, 5/7/12
Seattle Port Strike Challenges ‘Independent Contractor’ lie, In these Times, 2/21/12
Power at the Ports: Truckers Force Showdowns in Seattle, Los Angeles, Alternet, 2/17/12
Anger over the lion’s share, High Country News, 2/16/12
Truck drivers end strike at Port of Seattle, King 5 News, 2/14/12
Port of Seattle truckers rally as walkout passes second week, Seattle Times, 2/13/12
Strike at the Seattle Port: Truckers Buck an Unfair System, Policy Shop, 2/10/12
Port of Seattle drivers in second week of walk out; demand safe work conditions, The Examiner, 2/9/12
Boiling point at the port, Seattle Times, 2/8/12
Drivers shut down Seattle Port in protest of working conditions, Fleet Owner, 2/8/12
Wildcat Truckers Strike Hits Port of Seattle – Hundreds Walk Off, Salem News, 2/7/12
Independent truckers go after companies they say owe them money, King 5 News, 2/7/12
A belated payday for protesting Seattle Port truckers, Seattle Times, 2/7/12
Teamsters Refuse to Quit, Journal of Commerce, 2/6/12
Faith and community groups rallying for short haul truckers, National Public Radio, 2/6/12
This week in the War on Workers: Workers fight back at ports, warehouses, and more, Daily Kos, 2/4/12
Hundreds of Truck Drivers Walk Off Job at Port of Seattle, King 5 News, 2/3/12
Port truckers stay off work to protest labor conditions, Seattle Times, 2/2/12
2011
Congress considers law allowing other ports to mimic Clean Trucks Program, Long Beach Press-Telegram, 12/20/11
Schumer, Gillibrand Team Up for Cleaner Trucks, Politicker NY, 12/16/11
Protests shut down two US west coast ports, Financial Times, 12/13/11
How Goldman Sachs and Other Companies Exploit Port Truck Drivers — Occupy Protesters Plan to Shut Down West Coast Ports in Protest, Alternet, 12/10/11
Container trucks near Port of Seattle most dangerous in the state, King 5, 10/27/11
Behind the Scenes: Who has to fix the dangerous truck?, King 5, 10/27/11
Employers’ new ruse: “Independent contractors,” Salon.com, 10/7/2011
Truckers and environmentalists team up to clean up Port of Seattle working conditions and emissions, The Daily Kos, 9/23/11
Port’s Short Haul Truckers Struggle to Make a Living, Seattle Times, 9 16/11
Delegation crashes port event in Seattle to call for trucking changes, Crosscut, 9/14/11
AAPA Protests Get Creative, The Journal of Commerce, 9/14/11
Activists Prank the Port Convention, The Stranger, 9/13/11
Port of Seattle delays action to clean up air pollution from trucks, Investigate West, 7/14/11
South Seattle residents, scientists look for answers on air pollution’s health threats, Crosscut, 6/14/11
Port CEO talked green but balked at changes in law to reduce truck pollution, Crosscut, 6/14/11
Port Bill Keeps on Truckin’, CQ Weekly, 2/21/11
2010
Who’s Driving the Driver? Labor Groups Say Their Study Shows Port Drayage Drivers Are Being Misclassified As Independent Operators, Journal of Commerce, 12/20/10
Authorities Crack Down on Firms That Misclassify Workers, USA Today, 12/13/10
Unions Want Limit on Firms’ Use of Contractors, Wall Street Journal, 12/8/10
A Long Haul: How the Gov’t Policy to Modernize Trucks Collides with its Policies to Promote High-Wage Jobs,American Prospect, 9/6/10
Ports of Contention, Roll Call, 5/5/10
Clearing the Air at American Ports, New York Times, 2/26/10
2009
Op-ed: Driving Toward Cleaner Air at Our Nation’s Ports, Huffington Post, Peter Lehner, NRDC & Carl Pope, Sierra Club, 10/28/09
Residents Near Port Want More Air Quality Protection, Seattle KING 5, 10/7/09
Stuck on the Low Road, American Prospect, Dr. David Bensman, 10/5/09
Op-ed: Clean Trucks: One Year Later, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, 10/1/09
Port Groups Look to Congress for Guidance as Legal Battle Stalls, Energy & Environment Daily, 7/9/09
Diesel Truckers Air Concerns to Port; Drivers Can’t Afford to Bear Costs of Pollution Initiative, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1/14/09
2008
Op-ed: Local Ports Churn Economic Engines on Backs of Short-Haul Truck Drivers, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Al Hobart & Kathleen Ridihalgh, 7/15/08
Truckers Who Keep Port Humming Pushed to Brink as Costs Soar (& video), Seattle Times, 6/15/08
2007
Port Truckers Lament the Cost of Going Green, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 11/17/07
Port Draws Fire from Georgetown Neighbors Over Rigs, Air Pollution, Seattle Times, 9/20/07