One out of every ten workers in the United States in an independent contractor. Regardless of the freedom, flexibility and earning power such work provides to these citizens, Julie Su would like to make that number...
ANTI INDEPENDENT
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STRIVE FOR INDEPENDENCE
AB 5, California's landmark legislation effectively banning independent contractors, may very well go national if President Biden's pick for US Secretary of Labor, Julie Su, is approved by Congress. Ms. Su was the...
EXIT STAGE RIGHT
Meet Dee Sova, an entrepreneurial independent truck driver who moved her company out of California due to AB5, the state law effectively eliminating the ability to remain independent. Ms. Sova said it best, "To most...
AB5 PROTESTS
If you did not know what AB5 was prior to July 2022, you do now. In an attempt to get California's governor to delay the implementation of AB5, drivers protested and voiced their intention to maintain their...
THE UGLY
Yesterday, the US Supreme Court denied the California Trucking Association's (CTA) petition for certiorari (a writ or order for which a higher court reviews a decision of a lower court) in its case against the State of...
FROM THE DRIVER’S SEAT
AB5 The Solicitor General recommended the US Supreme Court not hear the California Trucking Association's (CTA) case against the State of California and their controversial law AB5, which basically bans independent,...
FROM THE DRIVER’S SEAT
THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE The US Supreme Court has requested input from the US Solicitor General on the California Trucking Association's (CTA) legal battle with the State of California over AB5. It is common for the...
FROM THE DRIVER’S SEAT
MANDATES & REGULATIONS Truck drivers, by nature, are an independent breed. They appreciate the open road and their independence. That is why the Biden Administration's vaccine mandate is causing concern in the...
FIGHTING FOR CHOICE
The California Trucking Association (CTA) is fighting for independent contractors and their choice to remain an entrepreneurial business person, an independent truck driver. The CTA has petitioned the US Supreme Court...
FROM THE DRIVER’S SEAT
SUPREME COURT BOUND Back in 2019, California's legislature passed AB5, which basically eliminated the owner-operator model in many industries. Today, Recommended greyandgrey.com levitra online so many men and...
AB5 HEARING
AB5, California legislature's attack on the owner-operator model, was challenged by the California Trucking Association (ATA) on the grounds it was preempted by federal law. On December 31, 2019, Judge Benitez ruled in...
GOING DOWN SWINGING
California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, is doubling down on the state's application of AB5 to motor carriers. The trucking industry has been down this road before when the Port of Los Angeles tried to restrict...