TCA Leaders Vote to Integrate
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The executive committee of the Truckload Carriers Association voted 20-8 on Feb. 5 to recommend integrating the group with American Trucking Associations.
The executive committee vote was not a surprise, since an overwhelming majority of the group’s leadership represent companies that also belong to ATA. However, only about 45% of the group’s 900 members belong to ATA, making the outcome of the integration vote less certain.
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The decision, made after a spirited 90-minute debate, sets the stage for a March 22 vote by TCA’s full membership on whether to merge the 62-year-old group with the nation’s largest trucking association.
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The executive committee removed one obstacle to integration by voting to keep TCA’s annual meeting separate from that of ATA’s.
