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3. Safer Working Conditions

This is because unions promote the approval of safe working environment to protect their members while performing their duties. They engage employers to come up with safety measures as well as offering a undertaking to assist drivers to minimize on the railways. Example: It will also show that unions can demand the best equipment including […]

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4. Training certifications and Programs

Trade unions usually offer its members with an opportunity to get training for purposes of career enhancement. Some of these programs are the professional guiding programs, certification programs and learning programs that may cover proper handling of certain products, safety training and classes meant to train drivers on how to maintain and even repair their […]

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2. Job Security and Protections

Trade unions also justify that employees get fair treatment at workplaces and have protection from unfair dismissal. Truckers for instance realize that they cannot be fired from their workplaces even if they are part of a union. It also guarantees that the establishments in the trucking business follow the working conditions and contract as agreed […]

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Will the Port of Los Angeles ever recover?

Experts have questioned whether the Port of Los Angeles will ever recover, noting that many companies have already shifted their supply chains to Southeast Asia and Mexico, so it will take a major marketing push to get traffic moving again, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has called on the Biden administration to intervene in […]

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Truckers struggle with highway collapse

Truckers operating at the Port of Baltimore are facing financial hardship due to the collapse of the Interstate 695 section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and need an emergency waiver, the president of the Maryland Motor Truck Association has written to the Secretary of Transportation.  Cargo moving from the Port of Baltimore to other […]

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U.S. ports slow down post-pandemic shipping

More than 77 percent of U.S. ports saw their transportation slow down in response to the inbound shipments since the duration of the pandemic. Longshore Union members understand supply chain issues and causes better than anyone, and our membership goes back generations to port workers or their families.  Ports not keeping up with growing consumer […]

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