Media Highlights (New York/New Jersey)

2012

The Walmart model and the human cost of our low-price goods, The Guardian, 7/25/12

Feds Take the Wheel on Drayage, Journal of Commerce, 7/16/12

TWU demands fair election for Toll’s US drivers, Australian Transport News, 2/7/12

Teamsters Refuse to Quit, Journal of Commerce, 2/6/12

Faith and community groups rallying for short haul truckers, National Public Radio, 2/6/12

2011

Congress considers law allowing other ports to mimic Clean Trucks Program, Long Beach Press-Telegram, 12/20/11

Bill Would Cut Emissions from Trucks Serving Ports, Staten Island Advance, 12/17/11

Schumer, Gillibrand Team Up for Cleaner Trucks, Politicker NY, 12/16/11

Protests shut down two US west coast ports, Financial Times, 12/13/11

How Goldman Sachs and Other Companies Exploit Port Truck Drivers — Occupy Protesters Plan to Shut Down West Coast Ports in Protest, Alternet, 12/10/11

Employers’ new ruse: “Independent contractors,” Salon.com, 10/7/201

Port Truck Replacement Plan Flawed, Activists Say, Patch.com, 9/14/11

Truck Drivers Sue Large Port Newark Trucking Company Over Pay Deductions, Newark Star-Ledger, 7/6/11

NJ Port Drivers Sue Over Contractor Status, Journal of Commerce, 7/6/11

Port Bill Keeps on Truckin’, CQ Weekly, 2/21/11

2010

Op-ed: P ort Truck Drivers Deserve Healthier Conditions; National Legislation Would Help New York Replace Old Vehicles, Improve Air Quality, Newsday, Elizabeth Yeampierre & George Miranda, September 9^th, 2010

A Long Haul: How the Gov’t Policy to Modernize Trucks Collides with its Policies to Promote High-Wage Jobs,American Prospect, September 6^th, 2010

Nadler to float “Clean Ports” Bill with Union, Enviro Backing, The Hill, July 29^th, 2010

Congressional Hearing on Clean Port Trucks, Jersey City Independent, May 4^th, 2010

Port Authority Phasing Out Older Trucks, Jersey City Independent, March 10^th, 2010

Clearing the Air at American Ports, New York Times, February 26^th, 2010

2009

Activists, Union Fight for Cleaner Trucks in Newark, NPR All Things Considered, November 27^th, 2009

Port Drivers and Advocates Push for Trucking Reform , Jersey City Independent, August 6^th, 2009

Op-Ed: Deregulation has wrecked port trucking system, The Bergen Record, March 29^th, 2009

Rutgers study shows independent port truckers struggling, Associated Press, March 13^th, 2009

Study: N.J. Logistics industry pushes costs onto public, The American Shipper, February 25^th, 2009

Drive for Cleaner Air: N.J. pushing for restrictions on diesel trucks at ports, The Bergen Record, January 25^th, 2009

Op-Ed: Keep on truckin’: An overhaul of New York’s port rules would bring vital jobs to the state, New York Daily News, Thursday, January 22^nd, 2009