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Highway robbery: Combating dishonest brokers
Even with more broker-checking services available, some dishonest freight middlemen continue to deceive or steal from owner-operators. Things are in play for a technical change long in process at the level of FMCSA to help combat the ‘worst of the worst’ among fraudulent operations.
March 6, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: ‘Make mad money! Be a freight broker!’: Independent James Woods on a culture of dishonesty among middlemen
The push for maximum profit, whatever the cost in toil or honesty be damned, clearly infects some corners of the trucking industry, to the detriment, too often, of those doing the work of hauling the freight. That’s the message of independent James Woods, who spoke for this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast on subjects of transactional transparency, fair dealing and more.
July 13, 2017
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 […]
April 27, 2012
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