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Can you hear me now? Anybody out there?
Gary Buchs on the âlostâ art of communication: âWhen I think about the way brokered freight seems to be going â tap a button on a screen, get a load â the phrase âtrust but verifyâ comes high to the mind. Donât give up on due diligence with the shippers and receivers in such transactions. ⌠In small business ownership, everything is personal.â
October 4, 2019
Business
Ariz. Senate candidate Joe Arpaio advises anti-ELD advocates keep up the fight
At a small event held Saturday, March 31, in Nashville, recently pardoned former county sheriff Arpaio admitted that, before Saturday, âI was in the dark about the occupationâ of trucking and the regulatory strains on its small businesses. âThis is a public relations thing â youâve got to get the word out.â
April 2, 2018
Business
Donât freak out, man
If ELDs are to be mandated, more work needs to be done: âMaybe we shouldnât freak out, but we should definitely make our concerns loud and public during this two year transition period.â
December 13, 2015
Channel 19
Driver voices raised against highway bill amendment to resolve state/federal legal conflicts
Protection of independent/small-fleet business freedom or âwage theftâ from company drivers? A growing conflict over a highway-bill amendment as House-Senate conference gets under way.
November 16, 2015
Channel 19
The âpoison pillâ that remains in the recently passed highway bill, by the numbers
Unless fixed or removed in the House-Senate highway bill conference committee, the Houseâs carrier âhiring standardâ would unduly disadvantage well more than 1.5 million drivers for 440,000 carriers in the competition to secure business.
November 9, 2015
Channel 19
Obamacare: Counting down, misplaced incentives
For large carriers (more than 50 employees), paying the per-employee penalties after they opt for exchange-purchased and subsidized coverage could well mean considerably less money spent by the employerâŚ
May 23, 2013
Channel 19
Modest proposal: $65/hour, fair detention rate to protect small biz
A reader sees a need for mandatory detention pay to protect the small business trucking life from the continuing encroachment of big-business competition and government regulation in the form of tightening hours and EOBRs.
November 27, 2012
Voices
Reader: Government deserves some thanks
âThe public needs trucks and truckers, and truckers need what the public pays for. The public will is expressed through government, not talk radio.â âJim Mesthene of Waltham, Mass.
September 4, 2012
Channel 19
The safety argument for increased pay
At U.S. House hearing on CSA, concerns about driver pay were aired with contentions that better nondriving-time compensation was much needed.
July 30, 2012
Channel 19
Landry questions White House integrity on EOBRs
In a hearing before the Small Business Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week whose title was a markedly direct question â âIs FMCSAâs CSA program driving small businesses off the road?â â Republican Rep. Jeff Landry of Louisiana took the opportunity during questioning of FMCSA Deputy Administrator Bill Bronrott to question [âŚ]
July 13, 2012
Channel 19
OOIDA on bond increase: Large brokers not the problem
I spoke to Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Executive Vice President Todd Spencer about the broker minimum bond increase issue earlier this week. The conversation followed posts to the blog looking at opposition to the measure (to raise it from $10,000 to $100,000) from small brokerages and their advocates, who have been reaching out to owner-operators [âŚ]
April 27, 2012
Business
Seattle agencies cut small business paperwork
Small businesses that qualify as small contractors and suppliers can fill out one application for the Port of Seattle and King County.
April 6, 2011
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