When Truckers Voted to Unionize, Their Employer Retaliated With Illegal Layoffs, Judge Rules

When Truckers Voted to Unionize, Their Employer Retaliated With Illegal Layoffs, Judge Rules
Trucks line up to cross the border with the United States at Otay Mesa Commercial Port of Entry in Tijuana, Mexico on Jan. 22, 2018. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images
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By Suhauna Hussain From Los Angeles Times

Weeks after a group of port truck drivers voted to unionize, they opened their mailboxes to find termination notices from their employer. That letter was a violation of federal labor law, a judge ruled Tuesday in a decision that will reinstate the terminated drivers with back pay and interest.