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sometimes they pay us every other week,” he said. Maldonado and others have sued for their rights. “They continue to fight us in court,” he said. “I’ve gone on strike five times over the past four years, because it is the only way that we can demand XPO to respect us and give us better working conditions.” Afterwards, Sanders underscored the stark difference between XPO truckers here and in Europe, where they’re protected by strong unions. “At the end of the day, no one worker alone
can get justice,” Sanders said. “People need to come together, we need to sit down and negotiate contracts and that’s what a union is about.” Two other speakers added more variety. Jeremy Holke works at the California Cartage warehouse, but is employed through a temp agency — even though he’s worked there for 13 years. “When I show up to work, I wait in line, like cattle, with my fellow temps to get picked for a job assignment,” Holke said. “Sometimes I have to wait a couple of hours before I get picked up for a job. I don’t get paid for that time. If I don’t get picked, I get sent home without pay. I have to go through this routine every morning.” It’s the exact same kind of cattle-call system that longshore workers were subjected to, prior
to the 1934 strike, more than 80 years ago. But Julio Garcia had a more positive story to tell. After years being misclassified working for XPO Logistics, he now works at Pacific 9 Transport, which recently became the seventh company represented by the Teamsters at the local ports. Even those who own their own trucks are treated employees. “This is how it works, Pac 9 pays me by the hour, plus an incentive for every container I deliver, and they take nothing out of my paycheck,” Garcia said, to the applause of the crowd. “Then they give me a second check for my truck expenses. The company pays for my fuel insurance and my reimbursement, so right now I do not have the stress of worrying about having to pay my truck expenses out of my
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