Senators Urge Retailers to Nix Contracts With Reportedly Abusive Port Trucking Companies
Four Senate Democrats sent a letter to 16 retailers urging cancelation of contracts with port trucking companies believed to treat workers poorly. Sens. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris of California cited…
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a June 16 report in USA Today as the basis for their plea for retailers to ensure that only companies in compliance with federal and state labor laws transport their goods. “We were disappointed to learn that some companies have reportedly helped perpetuate these abuses by turning a blind eye to labor violations and worker mistreatment occurring at port trucking companies they contract with,” the senators said. The letter went to Target, Hewlett Packard, Home Depot, Hasbro, J. Crew, UPS, Goodyear, Costco, Ralph Lauren, TJX, LG Electronics, JC Penney, Steve Madden, Neiman Marcus, Walmart and Amazon. “As a major U.S. corporation, you also have a role to play in ensuring that you are not complicit in the mistreatment of port truck drivers and that American consumers, your customers, are not unwittingly supporting labor abuses in the United States,” the senators wrote.