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Truckers, contractors to rally Wednesday at Calif. Capitol to urge for legislative protection for independents
Workers rally to improve legislative protection for independent contractors at California state's Capitol building. Get the details on Overdrive.
August 14, 2018
Business
Small California carriers eye relief from costly lawsuits with Congress’ ‘Denham Amendment’
Congress' Denham Amendment, if passed, would allow the federal government to nullify state laws regarding employee paid-meal-and-rest-breaks.
May 9, 2018
Business
Trucker pay reform efforts at state level could be stymied by revival of Denham Amendment
Congress is again considering legislation that would block state-level efforts to dictate driver pay reforms and hours of service restrictions. The so-called Denham Amendment, first brought to the table by Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) in 2015, seeks to reassert federal authority over hours of service regulations and the industry’s standard per-mile driver pay model.
July 5, 2017
Business
Bill would expand California lemon law to cover commercial trucks
SB 713 would modify the current California lemon law to newly apply to trucks heavier than 10,000 lbs. and under the operation of a business, without size exclusions, up to 18 months from the date of delivery or 100,000 miles of operation, whichever comes first.
April 20, 2017
Business
Alert to DOT: Industry shows unity against safety-rating change in light of CSA’s problems
A recent letter, urging DOT to scrap the Safety Fitness Determination rulemaking as premature, brings in a large variety of state and private industry associations as signatories, including ATA, OOIDA, NASTC and WSTA. The broad nature of the coalition should “indicate how seriously everyone views this issue.”
February 20, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Regs outlook: Change is in the air
Between hope and a hard place: The potential import for owner-operators of a new federal administration as regards ELDs, speed limiters, CARB’s pursuit of an Ultra-Low NOx emissions standard and more, from Western States Trucking Association rep and former O/O Joe Rajkovacz at NASTC’s annual meeting.
November 22, 2016
Channel 19
SFD’s ties to the ‘discredited’ CSA SMS: Just one ‘fatal flaw’ in safety-rating rulemaking, coalition argues
Got CSA fatigue? This one’s sure to tire you out, but take heed: the coalition of mostly small carrier-interest groups that’s been active this past year on a variety of regulatory fronts sees numerous problems in the FMCSA’s SFD proposal.
June 2, 2016
Business
‘Beyond Compliance’ to be CSA’s 8th BASIC?
As FMCSA moves toward decision on using ‘8th BASIC’ approach to the Beyond Compliance credit program required by Congress, carriers and safety consultants speak up on the ideas in Chicago listening session.
April 25, 2016
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