LOS ANGELES—Honking truckers tied up traffic early on July 13 protesting California’s “gig worker” law, which reclassifies many independent contractors as employees. The protests blocked several freeways near the ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The truckers held up signs with such slogans as “AB5 Kills Dreams,” referring to Assembly Bill 5 from 2019, by then-Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego). She resigned from her post in January and recently took over as head of the California Labor Federation. The bill was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019 and went into effect the following January.
