Now about 300 Black workers are gaining compensation, some as much as tens of thousands of dollars, through the Inland Empire settlements.
Regardless of what color you are, you don’t get a free pass.” But it could be Asians discriminating, it could be Latinos discriminating. “The feeling was minorities can’t be discriminating. “Two decades ago discrimination was viewed as a Black-white paradigm,” Park said. And instances of anti-Black bias and colorism among them is drawing new scrutiny, even as activists in the two communities forge alliances over criminal justice and economic development.Ĭalifornia A former bracero farmworker breaks his silence, recalling abuse and exploitationĪ former farmworker wants to play a role in exposing, and ending, the long history of racism, wage theft and mistreatment. and 39% in California, Latinos form the majority in many low-wage workplaces. But with the rapid growth of the Latino population, now at 19% in the U.S. In America’s long history, harassment and discrimination against Black workers has usually involved white perpetrators - and that remains the case today. Another Black laborer, Benjamin Watkins, described how a Latina co-worker called to him: “‘Hey, monkey! Yeah, you!’ and waved a banana in her hand. Thirty-two miles away at a Moreno Valley warehouse, it was the same story. “When they look you right in the eye and call you the N-word to your face, that’s dehumanizing.” “They said it in English - they said it in Spanish all the time,” recalled Leon Simmons, a Black father of four with a deep voice and gentle manner. This project was supported by the California Climate Investments (CCI) program and the California Air Resources Board CORE program.Nearly every day, the onetime Ontario warehouse employee said, he was stunned to hear racist slurs from Latino co-workers.
"We work to ensure that customers like Cardinal Health can achieve greater efficiencies through sustainable technology opportunities."Ĭardinal Health is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for healthcare facilities. "This is the latest development in an ongoing collaborative effort to bring continuous innovation to Cardinal Health," explained Marc Althen, president of Penske Logistics. forward medical distribution center locations and large high-volume customers. The location serves as a replenishment center for their western U.S. The Cardinal Health Riverside facility houses two EV charging stations to help ensure ongoing usability of the trucks during its 24/7 operations. "We are committed to exploring, testing and learning how we can apply new capabilities within our supply chain to drive efficiencies and sustainability, reduce costs, and improve service and reliability for our customers and their patients."
"This electric yard tractor pilot is part of our strategic focus on emerging technologies in transportation and logistics," said Katie Blohm, director of logistics at Cardinal Health.
The trucks operate within Cardinal Health's yard and transport a daily average of 120 trailers and ocean containers containing essential medical products and supplies to and from their docking area. The EV trucks feature Kalmar's latest lithium-ion battery technology and a fully electric powertrain that produces zero emissions at source and have combined to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 79 metric tons, equating to 9.5 homes' energy use for one year (on average).