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Owner-operators are a vital part of logistics in the United States. While the majority of truck drivers do work for a company, there are 350,000 to 400,000 owner-operators in the U.S. and Canada — an integral number.
There are both advantages and disadvantages in driving for a specific company and being independent. But for owner-operators, who is there to protect them?
Well, the...
Moms urge federal regulators to mandate side underride guards
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It’s been 10 years since Marianne Karth — along with daughters AnnaLeah and Mary and son Caleb —...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/moms-urge-federal-regulators-to-mandate-side-underride-guards
US border vaccine rules remain as Biden ends COVID national emergency
President Joe Biden signed legislation Monday to immediately end the U.S. national emergency response for COVID-19, weeks before it was set to expire alongside a separate public health emergency.
However, the public health emergency — which does not allow unvaccinated non-U.S. citizens to enter the country — remains in place until May 11.
It’s unclear if the border vaccine requirements for non-U.S. citizens will end in May. The bill Biden signed Monday did not mention ending the vaccine mandate...
California trucking eyes equal protection argument in AB5 litigation
Two key lawsuits regarding trucking, gig workers and California’s independent contractor law, AB5, are starting to converge.
The California Trucking Association (CTA) lawsuit that dates back to 2019, which resulted in an injunction that kept AB5 at bay in trucking for 2 1/2 years until the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a lower court ruling against the injunction, faced a deadline Wednesday for filing additional briefs.
Those briefs were to be filed by the state of California and the...
Las asociaciones de camioneros presionan para poner fin a la obligación de vacunarse en las fronteras de EE.UU.
Aunque la administración Biden planea dejar que las medidas de emergencia de salud pública COVID-19 expiren en mayo, la prueba de vacunación para los ciudadanos no estadounidenses podría seguir vigente al cruzar la frontera hacia América.
The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) está instando al gobierno de EE.UU. a poner fin a su mandato de vacunación para los camioneros no estadounidenses que viajan de ida y vuelta desde Canadá.
Funcionarios de la CTA dijeron que el mandato de vacunación...
Trucking associations push to end vaccine mandate at US borders
While the Biden administration plans to let COVID-19 public health emergency measures expire in May, proof of vaccination for non-U.S. citizens could still be in effect when crossing the border into America.
The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is urging the U.S. government to end its vaccine mandate for non-American truck drivers traveling back and forth from Canada.
CTA officials said the border vaccine mandate, which has been in place since 2020, affects thousands of unvaccinated truck...
OOIDA calls on Biden to end US border vaccine mandate
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has urged the U.S. government to lift COVID-19 restrictions on cross-border travel after Canada announced it would end its vaccine mandate beginning Saturday.
OOIDA President Todd Spencer called for the U.S. to end its border vaccine mandate for non-American truck drivers traveling back and forth from Canada and Mexico in a letter sent Monday to President Joe Biden.
Spencer said the border vaccine mandate has created more paperwork for...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ooida-calls-on-biden-to-end-us-border-vaccine-mandate
California no quiere que se permita a la OOIDA participar en los próximos pasos de la demanda AB5 de la CTA
(Nota del editor: Se han añadido los comentarios del miércoles de OOIDA y la Asociación de Camioneros de California).
California se opone a permitir que la Asociación de Conductores Independientes de Propietarios en la siguiente ronda de la demanda de la Asociación de Camioneros de California contra el estado sobre la ley de contratistas independientes AB5.
La presentación de la oficina del fiscal general del estado en el Tribunal de Distrito de EE.UU. para el Distrito Sur de California a finales...
California doesn’t want OOIDA allowed into next steps in CTA’s AB5 lawsuit
California is objecting to allowing the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association into the next round of the California Trucking Association’s lawsuit against the state over the AB5 independent contractor law.
The filing by the state’s attorney general office in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California late last week is the first action by any party since the lower court made official that AB5 was no longer blocked from enforcement in the state’s trucking sector. AB5...