Toll Watch
Workers Gearing Up for the Big Show?
Posted on September 25, 2012
While workers are busy practicing a loud delivery of the American Dream, Toll just can’t seem to keep up with its new cast of unionized workers. Earlier this year after Toll drivers delivered a killer punch in the landslide victory for their union, Toll’s top Australian executives responded by stating: “We welcome the conclusion of [...]
As Worker Action Heats Up, Toll is in Hot Water with the Feds, Again
Posted on July 17, 2012
Toll just can’t escape the bad press and consequences for its anti-worker behavior in the U.S. or Australia these days! Amidst a strike in Melbourne and on the heels of another scathing report on Pacifica Radio, a leading California public media outlet, the federal government now busted Toll Group for breaking the law at their New Jersey [...]
Injured workers spied on by transport giant Toll
Posted on July 2, 2012
Remember when Toll hired armed security guards to follow US Toll drivers? Looks like Toll is already trying out some of its despicable US practices against workers at home. Check out this article on Toll’s harassment of its Australian workforce. by CLAY LUCAS | Stock & Land A MAJOR transport company is using private investigators [...]
Drivers Force Toll Group to Drop Disappearing Act and Return to Negotiating Table
Posted on June 19, 2012
Step Nine in 12-Step recovery programs is to make amends. Toll seems to be struggling with this one in particular though: The historic April 11th union election victory was supposed to mark the beginning of positive change at Toll Group’s L.A. facilities. Management could have used the opportunity to wipe the slate clean by negotiating a [...]
Port Truck Drivers Launch First-Contract Negotiations with Clear Message to Australia’s Toll Group: “Fair and Sanitary Working Conditions Are Not Optional in America”
Posted on May 25, 2012
Workers’ spirits, determination boosted as ABC’s “Lateline” exposes Toll’s anti-union campaign; Teamster delegation returns to Oz to deepen TWU solidarity LOS ANGELES – Newly unionized port truck drivers who seized a landslide victory in their historic workplace election launched bargaining with the Melbourne-based Toll Group freshly validated by international media exposure and bolstered by unwavering labor [...]
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT WORKERS STUFF OUR MAILBOX!
Posted on April 27, 2012
And another one, and another one! The correspondence is still pouring in for Toll drivers via a barrage of e-mails, letters, faxes, calls, courier messages, and phone texts from transportation unions around the world. When the going got tough for Toll drivers in the days leading up to the recent April 11th union election, the [...]
Australia’s Toll Group Anti-Union Rampage in U.S. Flops; Defeat Signals Global Supply Chain Industry Losing Decades-Long Grip on Workforce it Treats as Disposable LOS ANGELES – Amidst jubilant chants of “Yes We Did!” in Spanish and English, a brave group of professional truck drivers who haul brand-name fashion imports celebrated late evening news that [...]
HERE WE GO! TOLL DRIVERS’ MOMENT HAS ARRIVED
Posted on April 11, 2012
After a year long uphill battle to gain union recognition, a fight that’s played out in two continents, L.A. Toll Group drivers will finally get the opportunity to cast their votes today to be represented by the Teamsters. Last evening they stood together with their community supporters and other Teamster members in a heartfelt “election [...]
The countdown is on–drivers less than 24 hours away from casting historic vote!
Posted on April 10, 2012
The “¡Si Se Puede!” (Yes We Can) t-shirts are on deck, and the buzz is in the air. Drivers are less than 24 hours away from casting their union vote, and kicking-off the historic occasion with a “pre-vote send off” today outside of Toll’s Wilmington yard at 4PM. Do real union members wear black? Possibly. [...]
Workers Who Have Suffered Retaliation, Subjected to Inhumane Conditions at Largest U.S. Port Complex Seek Collective Bargaining Rights in Virtually Non-Union Private Sector On Wednesday, April 11, port truck drivers who haul imported fashion and athletic apparel for popular U.S. brands Under Armour, Polo and Guess? will cast their ballots in the first workplace election [...]