OOIDA urges small-business truckers to participate in broker transparency reform process January 10, 2025 The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) hosted an interactive, online chat via Zoom encouraging small-business truckers to participate in the process that would bring needed changes to broker transparency regulations. Continue Reading Truck driver shortage narrative exposed as myth November 26, 2024 The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), representing over 150,000 small-business truckers and professional drivers, took center stage at FreightWaves’ Future of Freight Festival (F3) to debunk the long-standing myth of a truck driver shortage. The “debate” quickly became a discussion highlighting driver retention as the trucking industry’s real challenge. Continue Reading Truckers for Troops® 18th annual campaign begins during Veterans Day week November 4, 2024 The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is getting ready to launch its annual Truckers for Troops® campaign from Nov. 11-17, 2024, beginning the same week as Veterans Day. This annual drive focuses on supporting U.S. troops overseas and veterans back home. Continue Reading Truckers for Troops® visits the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Veterans Community Project October 10, 2024 The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s Truckers for Troops® took a load of supplies and a donation check to the Sioux Falls, South Dakota VCP, Veterans Community Project. Continue Reading Truckers Applaud House Transportation Committee on Fighting Freight Fraud September 18, 2024 The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) today applauded the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee for taking action to combat freight fraud by passing the bipartisan Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act to combat freight fraud. Continue Reading OOIDA partners with TAT for NTDAW September 5, 2024 The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s will join with TAT (Truckers Against Trafficking) in celebrating National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Sept. 15-21, 2024. Continue Reading OOIDA’s Truckers for Troops® joins Wreaths Across America’s Truckloads of Remembrance August 1, 2024 The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s Truckers for Troops® announces its participation in the nationwide Truckload of Remembrance in partnership with the non-profit Wreaths Across America (WAA). Continue Reading Truckers for Troops® visits the St. Louis Veterans Community Project Donations, supplies dropped off thanks to generosity of truckers July 31, 2024 The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s Truckers for Troops® took a load of supplies and a donation check to the St. Louis VCP, Veterans Community Project. Truckers for Troops provides care packages for veterans community centers as well as military men and women serving overseas Continue ReadingDoomed Underride Committee report flawed with bias and unauthorized recommendations July 11, 2024 Despite a year of effort, the Advisory Committee on Underride Protection (ACUP) failed to work in a collaborative and consensus-driven manner and therefore most recommendations from a final report should not be advanced. Continue Reading
Trucking, Energy, Farm Organizations File Lawsuit to Stop EPA’s Emissions Rule for New Heavy-Duty Vehicles June 18, 2024 The American Petroleum Institute (API) today filed a lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) heavy-duty (HD) vehicle emissions standards for model years (MY) 2027-2032. Continue Reading