### q5 labor problems in shipping are complicated > Despite the argument there’s a ‘trucker shortage,’ in California, one firm [specializing](https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckers-tired-of-taking-blame-for-congestion-crisis-at-california-ports?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FW_Daily_11_3_21&utm_term=Truckers+tired+of+taking+blame+for+congestion+crisis+at+California+ports&utm_id=72965&sfmc_id=63556858) in trucking from ports (‘drayage’) is actually *laying off truckers* because they simply can’t get to the terminals to load or unload containers. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fmd7pzwzb44vk63wr0467scq) - [[Too Big to Sail How a Legal Revolution Clogged Our Ports by Matt Stoller#q5 labor problems in shipping are complicated|View in Vault]]