While dock workers are now entering the port and unloading ships, Marilyn Sandifur, a port authority spokesperson, said the backlog of container vessels has ticked up to 12. So far police say they have no plans to ticket truckers who stop cargo traffic /mfwcdFWTDU- Eliyahu Kamisher July 22, 2022
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Protests are continuing after the port authorities said they crack down on people. If the shipment is blocked by protesters it will have a “big spillover effect.”ĭay 5 of Oakland port shut down. His company is hoping to push over a million pounds of almonds through the port on July 25. “We have buyers around the world that need a product,” said Paul Ewing, a manager at RPAC Almonds. The protests are stressing supply chains at the Port of Oakland, which was already struggling to meet trade demands at a key hub for Northern California’s agriculture exports. “But it’s a matter of whether I go back to work now and in a month or two I’m forced out of business.” “I don’t know how long I can keep it up, we all have bills,” said Long Mach, who recently took out a 30-year loan on a new $168,000 truck. Some say they will continue the port shutdown until they get action from Sacramento.īut there are signs that members of the loose coalition of truckers - who are not affiliated with a union - are growing weary. Gavin Newsom to amend AB 5, a controversial labor law that they say could end their business model. But they are using the unorthodox standoff to call on Gov. The self-employed truckers have no beef with the port. “With that being said, there are some things that I don’t want to see happen - I don’t want to see law enforcement posture change.” “This effort, it made its point, it got people listening,” an Oakland police official told a crowd of protesters on July 22. Major terminals announced a preemptive shutdown of operations on July 22, meaning the standoff between truckers and authorities will likely escalate once operations resume next week and if the protesters keep up their current blockade.
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The statement from the Port of Oakland on July 21 signaled a tougher stance on truck drivers who until July 22 have had free rein to halt traffic at the facility.
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