Port of Seattle independent truckers rallied again on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Seattle Times photo.
Hundreds of short-haul truck drivers spent Saturday protesting the unsafe working conditions at the Port of Seattle. The meeting was held at the Teamsters Union Hall in Tukwila, where truck drivers were hoping to get help and to see change.
On Saturday afternoon in Olympia, lawmakers voted on some of the legislation, and one of the house bills the drivers were fighting for passed.
The bill will make the drivers employees instead of contractors and allow them to have benefits and forcing accountability for the trucking companies.