Truckers servicing the California port gateways of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland staged protests July 13 as state-level labor rules that change their employment status begin to go into effect, creating another potential choke point in stressed U.S. supply chains.
July 13, 2022AB 5
Government, Business, Logistics 
Trucks at the West Basin Container Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Calif., in November of 2020. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg News)
Truckers Protest AB 5 Law at Three California Ports
Trucks at the West Basin Container Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Calif., in November of 2020. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg News) Government, Business, Equipment, Safety 
Trucks on a San Diego highway. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
California’s AB 5 Goes Into Effect, Leaves Questions for Carriers, Owner-Operators
Trucks on a San Diego highway. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a challenge to a controversial California law aimed at reclassifying owner-operators as motor carrier employees, carriers and independent contractors could soon be thrust into an uncertain business environment.
July 7, 2022 Government, Business 
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear California AB 5 Contractor Law Appeal
Supreme Court building by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg NewsThe U.S. Supreme Court announced on June 30 it has declined to hear an appeal of a California state law aimed at reclassifying owner-operators as motor carrier employees.
June 30, 2022 Government, Business 
A DoorDash Inc. delivery bag. Uber, Lyft and DoorDash lost their bid for a ballot initiative in Massachusetts.
Gig Work Vote in Massachusetts Blocked by Court
A DoorDash Inc. delivery bag. Uber, Lyft and DoorDash lost their bid for a ballot initiative in Massachusetts. A Massachusetts ballot initiative bankrolled by Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc., and DoorDash Inc. to cement their workers’ status as independent contractors will not move forward, the state’s Supreme Judicial Court ruled.
June 14, 2022 Government, Business 
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CTA Calls Request to Deny High Court Consideration of AB 5 'Head-Scratchingly Wrong'
bloodua/Getty ImagesThe California Trucking Association in a legal brief described as “head-scratchingly wrong” the U.S. solicitor general’s recommendation that the U.S. Supreme Court decline to hear an appeal of a state law aimed at reclassifying owner-operators as motor carrier employees.
June 8, 2022 Government, Business 
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Solicitor General Recommends Against High Court Consideration of AB 5 Case
The U.S. Supreme Court by Alex Brandon/Associated PressThe federal government’s representative before the U.S. Supreme Court is recommending that the high court deny review of the California Trucking Association’s legal challenge of a California law aimed at reclassifying owner-operators as carrier employees.
May 24, 2022 Government, Business 
U.S. Supreme Court building. (Getty Images)
Owner-Operator Model Analyzed at Legal Conference
U.S. Supreme Court building. (Getty Images)For decades, the trucking industry’s use of independent owner-operators has been a delicate, but successful, dance between the business and personal needs of motor carriers and contractors. Now, the contractor model’s future is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court.
September 3, 2021 Government, Business 
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)
California Trucking Association Takes AB 5 Case to Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)The California Trucking Association is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a state independent contractor law — known as AB 5 — that it argues should be exempt from enforcement for motor carriers based on federal pre-emption.
August 10, 2021 Government, Business 
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.., on June 22. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg News)
California Trucking Association to Take AB 5 Case to Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.., on June 22. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg News)The California Trucking Association on June 21 learned that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will not reconsider its earlier rejection of CTA’s challenge to a state independent contractor law. CTA plans to appeal its complaint to the nation’s highest court.
June 22, 2021 Government, Business, Logistics 
A truck travels on I-15 in California. (Bim/Getty Images)
Carriers, Independent Contractors Oppose California AB 5 Contractor Law
A truck travels on I-15 in California. (Bim/Getty Images)Trade organizations representing motor carriers and independent owner-operators alike say they strongly oppose a new California law that aims to reclassify large numbers of independent contractors as company employees, according to new documents filed in a recent appellate court challenge to the law.
June 16, 2021