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The Teamsters union has filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, challenging the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s decision to preempt California’s meal and rest break rules for truck drivers.
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Unlike passenger vehicles, which require biennial smog checks in California, heavy-duty diesel trucks are not currently required to undergo regular emissions testing. That might change with the introduction of a bill in the state Senate.
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The California Labor Commissioner ruled against NFI/California Cartage to the tune of $6 million for what it says was intentional misclassification of truck drivers as independent contractors to avoid paying a proper wage. NFI is appealing the decision.
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Clean Energy Fuels will supply Redeem renewable natural gas to Overseas Freight, an intermodal trucking company, as part of an effort to reduce emissions in Southern California.
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The California Labor Commissioner's Office has published a list of port trucking companies with unpaid final court judgements, tax assessments or tax liens as part of the state’s crackdown on what it views as unlawful employment practices at the ports.
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The FMCSA announced that it is granting petitions to preempt California’s meal and rest break rules for truck drivers, which differ from current federal hours-of-service regulations.
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Electric vehicle charging software and solutions provider Greenlots has announced a collaboration with Volvo Trucks to deploy electric truck charging infrastructure for trucks operating out of warehouses in Southern California.
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The California Trucking Association and two California owner-operators have filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the wage relief order decision handed down by the state’s Supreme Court earlier this year.
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J.B. Hunt has reportedly settled a class-action driver wage lawsuit for $15 million after fighting the claims for more than a decade, a suit that has been cited in recent debates over when federal rules regarding driver work should pre-empt state regulations.
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is requesting public comment on a petition filed by the American Trucking Associations concerning federal preemption of California’s rest and meal break rules.
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