from Part I - Change on the Ground
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 June 2019
This chapter is about the struggle over the future of work on the edge of the global economy. It traces the history of conflict in an industry that is not widely known, but sits at the epicenter of the global supply chain: short-haul trucking responsible for moving the mass of imports from enormous cargo ships to warehouses and retailers around the country. The chapter’s specific focus is on the nation’s largest and most important port complex – America’s port – which straddles the border of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, and includes the ports in both cities. Here, for nearly two decades, labor and environmental groups – bound together in a pivotal “blue–green” alliance – carried forward a monumental campaign to transform working conditions for drivers and environmental conditions for communities.
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