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In the sweep of trucking-related trade groups, there is really nothing quite like The Trucking Alliance.
It started with nine members more than 10 years ago; it has the same nine members and isn’t taking applications for new ones. (However, it will be losing one, U.S. Xpress, when it is acquired by Knight-Swift. But Knight-Swift is a member too, so it could be argued the organization isn’t shrinking.)
Whereas most trade groups actively seek to bring in new members, the Alliance does no such...
Robin Hutcheson argues that federal statute prevents her from approving a drug-test exemption that some of the nation’s largest trucking companies argue would have kept thousands of drug-abusing drivers off the roads.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration chief stated in a public filing on Thursday that she was therefore obligated to deny an application filed by a group of 11 major truckload operators seeking an exemption from federal regulations to require positive hair tests be...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-denies-carriers-request-to-report-truck-driver-hair-tests
A drug-screening proposal that would raise the bar for thousands of truck drivers seeking work is getting strong pushback from independent and minority drivers.
An exemption request, filed with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in August by 11 major trucking companies, would effectively require that hair test results used by those companies to screen drivers for drug abuse be reported in the FMCSA’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. Those results would then be available to any...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/minority-and-independent-truckers-challenge-hair-testing-for-drugs
The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Robin Hutcheson as the seventh administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Hutcheson has been serving as the agency’s acting administrator since replacing FMCSA Acting Administrator Meera Joshi, who left in January before being formally confirmed. Hutcheson’s nomination was approved by the Senate Commerce Committee in June.
Hutcheson is FMCSA’s first Senate-confirmed administrator since Ray Martinez, who left the agency in October 2019.
“D...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hutcheson-confirmed-to-head-fmcsa
A group of big-name trucking companies are once again asking federal regulators to allow hair testing for drugs to determine if a person is fit to drive — and this time the government has agreed to consider their case.
The Trucking Alliance, whose members include J.B. Hunt Transport (NASDAQ: JBHT), U.S. Xpress (NYSE: USX) and Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE: KNX), are seeking an exemption that would for the first time allow positive results using hair to test for drugs — taken from random...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucking-group-raises-pressure-to-allow-hair-for-drug-testing
Drug violations for truck drivers increased 10.2% in 2021 over 2020 in the first full-year data comparison compiled by the federal Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse.
While the number of actual positive drug tests increased only 3.1% to 55,223 (refusing to take a test is also considered a violation), a year-to-year comparison of 15 drug categories within the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration-run clearinghouse revealed that positive tests for cocaine and marijuana increased 10.4% (7,940 to...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-reported-drug-test-violations-grew-10-in-2021
A new study reveals that the U.S. Department of Transportation may be underreporting cocaine abuse by truck drivers, a finding that could put more pressure on federal regulators to allow hair testing as an alternative to urine testing for preemployment drug screening by trucking companies.
Because the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse does not allow hair test results to be included in the database, DOT “is seriously underreporting the actual use of harder...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckers-using-cocaine-more-than-marijuana-study-finds
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is expecting the issue of independent contractor status to shift from a state-by-state strategy to a national agenda under a Joe Biden administration.
“I anticipate changes from the regulatory side and executive-order side under a Biden administration, and a U.S. Department of Labor possibly led by Bernie Sanders, who has shown an interest in being secretary of labor,” said Chris Spear, speaking at the ATA’s National Accounting and Finance Council annual...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/ata-sees-independent-contractor-battle-moving-to-national-platform
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, J.B. Hunt is not expecting a slowdown in freight through at least the first quarter of 2021. Plus, Nikola Corp. and General Motors continue talking about a battery agreement, but a deal remains out of reach for now. And some roads are just made for truckers.
No slowdown aheadIn a presentation at Baird’s 2020 Global Industrial Conference on Tuesday, executives from J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-daily-dash-strong-freight-demand-to-continue-flowing-into-2021