Dozens of short haul truck drivers staged a protest this morning outside the gates of Garden City Terminal, contending they are being treated unfairly by the trucking companies who hire them to move containers in and out of the port.
“We are out here today to bring attention to the fact that we are being misclassified by our employers,” said Carol Cauley, a spokeswomen for the group, who said most trucking companies classify the drivers as contract workers rather than employees.
“If they would classify us as employees, which is the way they treat us, drivers would earn a little more and have some of the benefits of employees, such as access to health care insurance.
“As it is, after all their out-of-pocket expenses, these drivers are working for pennies on the dollar,” said Cauley, who drives for C&K Trucking.
“We really need to get that changed.”
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