Alleviating cost fears in Biden’s electric-truck push
Department of Energy’s latest SuperTruck initiative seeks buy-in from ‘grassroots’ truckers
0 33 2 minutes read DOE counting on electric trucks to get industry to zero emissions by 2050. (Photo: Daimler Trucks North America)
As the Biden administration attempts a hard turn toward electrifying transportation, small, independent owner-operators who represent the vast majority of trucks on the road fear that the cost of moving in that direction could put them out of business.
But commercial drivers participating in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Super Truck program geared toward reducing emissions are trying to convince them otherwise.
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Women In Trucking Assocation Announces 2021 Driver of the Year Finalists
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The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) announced today three finalists for the 2021 Driver of the Year award sponsored by Walmart Transportation. Given the difficulties of this past year, it is especially important to recognize these outstanding and essential professionals who keep our country moving. PLOVER, Wis. (PRWEB) April 14, 2021 The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) announced today three finalists for the 2021 Driver of the Year award sponsored by Walmart Transportation. The second annual award recognizes outstanding female professional drivers who lead the industry in safety standards while actively enhancing the public image of the trucking industry.
PRO Act’s ABC test earns F for independent contractors
From left are U.S. Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly
While the recent national focus has been on legislation about Covid relief, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (a.k.a., PRO Act) has flown under the radar. If you are an independent contractor or freelancer, or hire them for your company, it’s time to look at the screen and see the green blinking blip that’s headed right at your business.
Jake Poinier
When the PRO Act was introduced in May 2019, it was intended to protect workers’ rights to unionize. A few months later, legislators added the ABC Test, which uses an outdated labor standard from the 1930s to distinguish employees from independent contractors rather than the more modern IRS Test.
ATA skeptical of infrastructure plan while NATSO lauds effort
After the White House released its $2-plus trillion American Jobs Plan infrastructure funding proposal Wednesday, some groups in the trucking industry applauded the effort to improve the nation s infrastructure but were hesitant about parts of the plan.
American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear commended President Biden and his vision to modernize and revitalize our nation’s aging transportation networks, but noted “[we] do not believe the Administration’s funding proposal is politically tenable nor a reliable long-term solution to the shortfall facing the Highway Trust Fund.
A large portion of the plan focuses on creating quality jobs for Americans. As part of the plan, Biden is calling on Congress to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act to benefit unions. Part of the PRO Act, however, would nationalize the ABC test for independent contractors, putting the owner-operator mo