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Recession and inflation concerns are weighing on the profitability of small carriers in the spot market, according to a survey of owner-operators and small fleets.
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If you think California’s AB5 law won’t affect you because you don’t run in the state or don’t use owner-operators, you might be surprised.
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After an independent trucker protest brought the Port of Oakland to a crawl the week of July 18, the port responded with a lawsuit against protesters seeking to keep it from happening again.
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Motor carriers that use owner-operators in California are working to re-evaluate their operations in order to meet AB5's strict restrictions on the use of independent contractors.
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The Port of Oakland is back in business this week, after five days of protests against California’s AB5 law hampered and even forced the closure of port operations.
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Close to 1,000 protesters slowed the operations at the Port of Oakland to a crawl on July 19 as they tried to draw attention to how the controversial AB5 law will affect truck owner-operators in the state.
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News from the Supreme Court means the end of the owner-operator model as we know it in California — and it could have repercussions nationwide. HDT's editors share what they know about California's AB5 law in this episode of HDT Talks Trucking.
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Truckers serving the California port gateways of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland on July 13 began port-wide protests against Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), which is expected to virtually eliminate the use of owner-operators in trucking in the state.
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California’s AB5 law severely restricting the use of independent contractors will soon be enforced against the trucking industry after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the California Trucking Association’s appeal.
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FTR's Avery Vise explores how trucking employment, truck order backlogs, fuel prices, motor carrier failures, and the attack on the independent contractor model all tie together.
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