# XPO Port Rail Drivers From Los Angeles To US-Mexico Border Strike Over Illegal Job Classification - International Brotherhood of Teamsters

> Teamsters-represented port and rail drivers at XPO Cartage began an unfair labor practice strike, picketing XPO facilities in Commerce, Rancho Dominguez and San Diego as well as the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports and the ICTF rail yard. The union alleges drivers were misclassified as independent contractors and faced retaliation after filing wage-theft claims.

- Date: 2017-06-20 · published 2017-06-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70490-xpo-port-rail-drivers-from-los-angeles-to-us-mexico-border-strike-over-illegal
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

The strike targets the same port and rail operations as the logistics disruption and could slow intermodal flows from West Coast ports, modestly affecting freight costs for agricultural exports; the effect on feed commodity prices should be limited.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-09-19 | [Summer of strikes in US and Canadian ports offer lessons for shipping \| International Chamber of Shipping](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34119-summer-of-strikes-in-us-and-canadian-ports-offer-lessons-for-shipping.md) | -1.6% | -1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-22 | [Fears over impact of rail strike on Port of Felixstowe containers \| East Anglian Daily Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40939-fears-over-impact-of-rail-strike-on-port-of-felixstowe-containers-east-anglian.md) | +1.8% | -4.6% |
| WHEAT | 2024-02-20 | [Teamsters Canada warns rail strike looms over pay, hours at CN, CPKC - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31689-teamsters-canada-warns-rail-strike-looms-over-pay-hours-at-cn-cpkc-freightwaves.md) | -3.5% | -4.2% |
| WHEAT | 2017-10-20 | [Pacific National coal, grain train drivers on strike across much of NSW \| Newcastle Herald \| Newcastle, NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68477-pacific-national-coal-grain-train-drivers-on-strike-across-much-of-nsw.md) | -0.0% | -3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2017-02-14 | [Weather delaying grain exports from Pacific Northwest  - Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72503-weather-delaying-grain-exports-from-pacific-northwest-brotherhood-of-locomotive.md) | -0.8% | -1.2% |

## Sources

- teamster.org: https://teamster.org/2017/06/xpo-portrail-drivers-los-angeles-us-mexico-border-strike-over-illegal-job/

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