The California Trucking Association is ending its yearslong legal battle against the state’s controversial AB 5 worker reclassification law.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A panel of trucking executives gave attendees at a Vision 24 Motive Innovation Summit session its views on a sampling of future regulatory issues.

The California AB 5 independent contractor law is more than 4 years old, but how and to what extent it’s being enforced across the trucking industry remains an open question.

A federal district court has delivered a setback to the California Trucking Association as the group continues efforts to block the state’s enforcement of the controversial AB 5 law.

WASHINGTON — Labor secretary nominee Julie Su won praise at her Senate hearing April 20 as “a champion of the working class” even as some key Democrats were unwilling to voice support.

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.

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.

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.

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.