- Trucking Hours -
Are You Being Forced Into a 5 Day Work Week?
2014-10-14
Being your own boss and setting you own work schedule are two of the top reasons you started
driving a truck. New government mandates are now restricting the total number of hours you can
work in a week and regulating your off hours, too. These regulations are altering the income and
independence of drivers.
- The Blame Game: CSA's Crash
Accountability Failings Cost Carriers Business
2013-03-22
Over a year ago, FMCSA shelved plans to make determinations on crash accountability in favor of
further study.
- Stop The Occupy Port Blockade - You're Hurting The Wrong Group!
2011-12-09
"The Occupy Movement's planned blockade of West Coast ports misses the mark and threatens
to hurt the very '99 Percent' that they claim to represent," said Michael Shaw, Vice
President of External Affairs for the California Trucking Association. "The hard-working
men and women who haul containers in and out of our ports stand to lose a day's earnings due to
misguided attempt to hit Wall Street between the eyes.
- Rising Cost of Fuel Drawing Fire from Industry Leaders
2011-05-07
Bill Graves, the CEO and President of the American Trucking Association, told members of the
House Natural Resources Committee on March 31, 2011, that in order to allow affordable diesel
fuel to the trucking industry, policymakers would have to step up.