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    OOIDA thanks Rep. Babin for speaking out on truck driver coercion, highlighting flaws with NCCDB

    The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is leading a coalition of dozens of influential trade associations to oppose four burdensome, costly, and unsafe trucking mandates. Today the coalition sent a letter to Congress urging... Read More

    Posted on | December 20, 2019

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    OOIDA hosts 45th anniversary at GBATS

    he Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association will host its 45th anniversary at the Guilty by Association Truck Show in Joplin, Mo. September 27-29, 2018.  OOIDA and 4 State Trucks have partnered to present the... Read More

    Posted on | September 24, 2018

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    OOIDA’s petition spurs HOS reform

    A petition by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association played a key role in the government launching an effort to revise hours-of-service regulations. OOIDA looks forward to working with the Federal... Read More

    Posted on | August 21, 2018

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    OOIDA looks forward to hours-of-service improvements

    The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association supports government efforts to modernize hours-of-service regulations and looks forward to an anticipated Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.The... Read More

    Posted on | August 15, 2018

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    Truckers thank U.S. Senators for supporting flexibility in hours of service regulations

    The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, the nation’s only organization exclusively representing professional and small-business truckers, thanks the 30 U.S. Senators that recently signed a letter asking the federal government to reform... Read More

    Posted on | May 18, 2018

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    Truckers support bill to improve hours-of-service regulations

    The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, the nation’s only organization exclusively representing professional and small-business truckers, supports legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX-36) to modernize hours-of-service regulations.The Responsible and... Read More

    Posted on | March 29, 2018

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    OOIDA thanks Rep. Brian Babin for supporting small business truckers

    The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association presented an award to U.S. Rep. Brian Babin for his exceptional and long-term support of professional and small-business truckers.“We thank Congressmen Babin for recognizing that... Read More

    Posted on | March 14, 2018

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    Truckers thank Congress for supporting exemption to electronic logging mandate

    The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, the nation’s only organization representing professional and small-business truckers, thanks U.S. Reps. Brian Babin (R-TX-36) and Steve King (R-IA-04), along with 23 other members of... Read More

    Posted on | February 02, 2018

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    Small-business truckers request exemption from ELD mandate

    The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has submitted an exemption request to a federal regulation requiring trucks to be equipped with electronic logging devices.“Small-business truckers that have already proven their ability to... Read More

    Posted on | November 21, 2017

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    Diverse, growing coalition asks for delay of ELD mandate

    A diverse group of industries have formed a coalition that is growing in membership while making an appeal to delay a federal regulation requiring trucks to be equipped with electronic... Read More

    Posted on | September 27, 2017

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    Trucking industry sees pros and cons from House appropriations bill

    The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association thanks those members of the U.S. House of Representatives that showed support for certain trucking-related amendments to H.R. 3354, the Make America Secure and Prosperous... Read More

    Posted on | September 07, 2017

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    Congress proposes delay of ELD mandate

    The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) thanks U.S. Representative Brian Babin (R-TX-36) for introducing legislation that would delay an electronic logging (ELD)  mandate for two years.OOIDA says, among other problems,... Read More

    Posted on | July 19, 2017

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