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AB 5
Government, Business

ATA Expresses Concern Over Labor Secretary Nominee Julie Su

Joe Biden and Julie Su

In a letter to Senate leaders, American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear expressed concern about the track record that Labor Secretary nominee Julie Su would bring to the job.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 16, 2023
Government, Business

California Trucking Group Rekindles Legal Battle to Block AB 5

Trucker protest at the Port of Oakland

The California Trucking Association has asked a federal judge to issue a new preliminary injunction in an attempt to continue its legal battle to block enforcement of California’s AB 5 law that CTA maintains will force owner-operators to become motor carrier employees.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
January 18, 2023
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety

California AB 5 Law: Many Challenges, No Easy Solutions

Feary

SAN DIEGO — The good news for motor carriers subject to the California AB 5 law is that legal experts say state prosecutors have not taken carriers to court to enforce the state’s controversial independent contractor misclassification law.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
October 23, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics

Fleets Prepare for AB 5 Enforcement as Legal Battles Continue

AB 5 panelists at IANA Intermodal Expo 2022

LONG BEACH, Calif. — California’s Assembly Bill 5, which affects driver classification, has been in effect for 2½ months, and fleets are subject to enforcement. Experts discussed the ramifications at IANA Intermodal Expo 2022.

Mindy Long | Special to Transport Topics
September 16, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics, Perspective

Perspective: Taking Industry Action on AB 5

The Transportation Intermediaries Association was extremely disappointed that the Supreme Court elected not to hear California Trucking Association's challenge to the Ninth Circuit ruling.

Chris Burroughs | Vice President of Government Affairs, Transportation Intermediaries Association
August 11, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics

Port of Oakland AB 5 Protests Wind Down

Operations at the Port of Oakland have resumed after being paused in the wake of protests from independent truck drivers unhappy with a state law that would reclassify them as employees of motor carriers.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 27, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Trucker AB 5 Blockade Ends at Port of Oakland

Fruit, nuts and wine are again flowing through the Port of Oakland after truckers quietly ended a multiday blockade over the weekend amid a crackdown on AB 5 protesters by port authorities.

Eliyahu Kamisher | Bay Area News Group
July 25, 2022
Government, Business, TCA

Truckers Defy AB 5 ‘Free Speech Zones,’ Continue Oakland Blockade

A group of California truck drivers trying to force changes to the AB 5 state labor law brought the Port of Oakland to another standstill on July 22, continuing a multiday chokehold on one of the West Coast’s busiest shipping hubs.

Eliyahu Kamisher | Bay Area News Group
July 22, 2022
Government, Business

Trucker AB 5 Protest Hampers Operations at Port of Oakland

About 450 dockworkers did not report to work at California’s third-busiest port, Port of Oakland, July 21 as truckers protesting the AB 5 gig-work law blocked access to the operation for a fourth day.

Augusta Saraiva | Bloomberg News
July 21, 2022
Government, Business

AB 5 Trucker Protest Leads Oakland Port to Close Terminals

California’s third-busiest port, the Port of Oakland, shut down some of its gates and marine terminals for a third day July 20 as truckers protesting the AB 5 gig-work law that could take 70,000 drivers off the road blocked access to the operation.

Augusta Saraiva | Bloomberg News
July 20, 2022

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