Truck drivers who work the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will vote Saturday on whether to strike beginning as early as Monday morning, according to union officials.

Truckers have been fighting for several years over their classification as contractors. They want the companies they work for to hire them as employees, and pay them benefits as other workers enjoy, and many would like to unionize.

The conflict started in 2012 when truckers sued their bosses for wage theft and job misclassification as independent contractors. In 2013, the truckers started strikes at trucking companies, including Pacific 9 Transportation, American Logistics International, Green Fleet and Total Transportation Services, Inc.

The union didn’t reveal which company or companies would be targeted if the union votes to

strike on Saturday. The results of the vote will be released early Monday, according to Barb Maynard, spokeswoman for Justice for Port Truck Drivers and the Teamsters, which is hoping to unionize the truckers if they become employees.

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