Tagged: OOIDA

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Freight Brokers Drawing Scrutiny

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) wrote to Congress in May asking for intervention to make sure that freight brokers are paying truck drivers fairly. For several weeks, truckers across the country have been demonstrating

White House Honors Truck Drivers During Coronavirus

White House Honors Truck Drivers

Last month the White House honored truck drivers who continue to serve during the pandemic, calling them the โ€œlifeblood of our economy.โ€™โ€™ โ€œIn the war against the virus, American truckers are the foot soldiers whoโ€ฆ

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act๏ปฟ

Federal Relief Available For Trucking

With many small businesses across the country uncertain of how the COVID-19 outbreak will temporarily, or permanently, affect their bottom lines, the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act may offerโ€ฆ

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FMCSA Relaxes License Upgrades

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is making it easier and less expensive for truck drivers to upgrade their commercial driverโ€™s license from a Class B to Class A through a change to itsโ€ฆ

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Truck Drivers Protest Indiana Toll Hike

Calling the plan to implement a 35-percent truck only toll increase in Indiana โ€œill-advised, burdensome and discriminatory,โ€ Todd Spencer, president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, asked Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb to pump the brakesโ€ฆ

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Driver group seeks ELD delay

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) filed a petition with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in August asking it to delay the implementation of the electronic logging devices (ELD) mandate that goes...

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