The international at work

November 13, 2018

Uploaded by : Eric D Wieszkowiak
This is my 1997 international 9400. I have owned it since 2001 and have put about 750,000 of it’s 1.2 million miles on it. I run local with it near Detroit Michigan, hauling mostly auto parts. It has a Cummins N-14 with a 10 speed. It was a fleet truck that I fixed up to give it a little character and make it stand out a bit.

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The so-called ABC test institutes a three-point criteria for determining whether a worker can be classified as an independent contractor. For trucking, that relates to loads that motor carriers can contract to independent contractor drivers, such as leased owner-operators. The B portion of the ABC test is widely interpreted as prohibiting motor carriers from contracting with such owner-operators. The PRO Act, introduced in Congress last month in both chambers of Congress, would institute a national ABC test criteria for determining worker classification.

Nationalized ABC test would ice trucking’s independent contractor model

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One of many drivers featured briefly in the film — recognize yourself or someone you know? Get in touch — I’d love to hear more about your memory of the event or the time: tdills@randallreilly.com.

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