Article from the San Francisco Chronicle by Carolyn Said.
In the first big challenge to California’s new gig-work law, the California Trucking Association filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block it from applying to truck drivers.
The new law, AB5, slated to take effect on Jan. 1, makes it much harder for companies to claim that workers are independent contractors. The trucking group says it could result in reclassification of independent owner-operators as employees.
The drivers want to remain independent, the group said. Truck owner-operators last week staged protests in San Francisco, Oakland and other cities saying they did not want to become employees. Many said they had already worked as employee-drivers before investing $150,000 or more in their big-rigs and striking out on their own.
“AB5 threatens the livelihood of more than 70,000 independent truckers,” said CTA CEO Shawn Yadon in a statement. “The bill wrongfully restricts their ability to provide services as owner-operators and, therefore, runs afoul of federal law.”
Read the entire article at The San Francisco Chronicle.
Image Credit: By Henri Sivonen from Helsinki, Finland (flickr: California State Capitol) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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The fools in Sacramento are destroying the state!
The fools in Sacramento are destroying the state!
It is not just the fools in Sacramento, but the majority in the state that vote for these CULLS.
So, what if the independent truckers staged a two week shutdown? Would the soy latte crowd revolt because they didn’t get their $10 coffee fix? Fight fire with fire.
truck strike or maybe a lot of breakdowns on the highways????
Get my drift…..
When the civil war begins, its seditious conspirators and leaders will emerge from within the borders of Kalifornia. When the state is conquered by Federal forces, they will have all escaped to either Cuba, Venezuela, Russia or China. Or New York.
I wish you were correct but, unfortunately, they go to other states and eventually destroy them. Look no further than Colorado and how they have become Californicated. And to think Coloradans used to worry about the tourists from Texas.
The new Gov there sure is a hoot!
It is what the sheeple in California want and vote for. The Truckers should just stop driving in California…problem solved!
Although some may end up doing just that, it will come at significant cost. It will mean giving up their businesses, a rather significant income, and a significant investment in their trucks. Of course, they could move their homes and businesses, but the cost to do that is also significant. If the statute is upheld, they should at least demand that Sacramento pay for the taking of their property and their livelihood under the 5th Amendment. Ultimately, if Sacramento is successful in driving the truckers out, the cost of living in California will go into outer space (although it will be good for the railroads!).
The Democrats next move will be to shake down companies like Uber, Postmates, FedEx, UPS, and any other companies negatively effected by this heinous piece of legalese posing as legislature. The Dems are clearly after campaign contributions, or should I say Champaign contributions?
All truckers should simply stop delivering anything to Excremento and just let them wish and hope really hard that their imaginary Train To Nowhere will somehow pick up the slack until they all starve to death.
California can tax company employees easier than independent contractors.
This is typical of a liberal run state. They confiscate your money, impose endless regulations on you, and destroy your businesses. Kick these idiot liberals out of California before it is too late!!!