People's Convoy

DC judge dismisses truckers’ ‘fallen soldiers’ convoy lawsuit

Trucks parked at speedway in Hagerstown, Md.

A federal judge has ruled that a group of truckers who alleged the District of Columbia violated its free speech rights failed to prove its case and dismissed the lawsuit.

The 16-member group, which called itself “13 trucks for 13 fallen soldiers,” traveled to Washington from Hagerstown, Maryland, several times during the same week in March that the People’s Convoy demonstrated in their trucks around the capital.

Its intent, as the group stated in the lawsuit filed in May with the U.S. District...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dc-judge-dismisses-truckers-fallen-soldiers-convoy-lawsuit

People’s Convoy says it has funds to last 1 more week

The founder of the fundraising arm of the People’s Convoy says trucking organizers may “wrap up the federal convoy this week” amid dwindling donations to protest government mandates regarding COVID-19 and other political issues.

It’s been 19 days since a group of truckers — along with a caravan of mainly right-leaning supporters packed in RVs, pickup trucks and motorcycles — converged upon a dirt-track speedway in Hagerstown, Maryland, to slow roll and loop around the Washington, D.C. Beltway. 

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/peoples-convoy-says-it-has-funds-to-last-1-more-week

Check Call: ‘Member your first day, brokers?

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’Member when it was your first day in a chair trying to broker freight? Yeah, good times or not. After talking to a lot of people in the brokerage and logistics world, everyone’s first days started out pretty similarly. 

“Hi, welcome aboard. Here’s your desk. Good luck!” 

We’ve recently covered the importance of training and setting people up for success, but what about things you wish you had known when you first started? Taking a trip down memory lane can help those...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-member-your-first-day-brokers

Fence around Capitol precaution against trucker disruption

Federal law enforcement in Washington on Sunday approved a plan to install a security fence around the U.S. Capitol in response to planned trucker demonstrations during and after President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday.

“In light of the upcoming State of the Union address and the possibility of demonstrations in the next couple of weeks, we have been working closely with our federal, state and local law enforcement partners on a security plan to prevent any disruption to the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fence-around-capitol-precaution-against-trucker-disruption

Washington may reinstall Capitol fence ahead of trucker convoy

U.S. Capitol Police are considering reinstalling temporary fencing around the Capitol in case an anticipated trucker convoy threatens to disrupt President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday.

Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia’s delegate to Congress, requested a briefing on the issue Wednesday from U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) Chief Thomas Manger.

“Chief Manger is ensuring that USCP is coordinating with law enforcement partners, including the Secret Service and D.C....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/washington-may-reinstall-capitol-fence-ahead-of-trucker-convoy

‘People’s Convoy’ begins rolling to Washington with message against COVID restrictions

Drawing on the intense media attention gained by defiant Canadian truck drivers and opponents of government mandates regarding COVID-19, some U.S. truckers have launched their own cross-country effort, the “People’s Convoy,” which rolled out on Wednesday from Adelanto, California, bound for Washington.

The plan is to arrive in the D.C. Beltway area on March 5, five days after President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address.

Although truckers who gathered at Adelanto Stadium, home of a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/peoples-convoy-begins-rolling-to-washington-with-message-against-covid-restrictions