Truckers Protest California's AB5 at LA/Long Beach, & Oakland Ports

Hundreds of truckers organized to protest all Oakland, Los Angeles and Long Beach terminals due to the new California AB5 law. The Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) law seeks to limit the use of independent contractors and classify them as employee drivers.

According to the California Trucking Association, more than 70,000 truckers that move cargo in and out of the Los Angeles and Long Beach terminals are owner operators (rather than employees are are under a trucking company).