Ending 2 Year Legal Battle, Judge Rules Port Truck Drivers are Employees

In a coup for labor activists and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a Superior Court judge on Thursday ruled that drivers for harbor trucking firm Pacer Cartage are employees, not independent contractors, and that seven of them are owed more than $2 million in damages, the Long Beach Press-Telegram reports. The Teamsters have argued for years that most harbor truckers are effectively employees, not contractors, and are therefore eligible to unionize.