Election could affect trucking issues

Cybergal · Nov 5, 2008

Election could affect trucking issues

The election of Barack Obama and the addition of at least five Democratic seats in the Senate on Nov. 4 put Democrats within striking distance of several major changes in employment laws affecting the trucking industry.

Among those are a measure that would make it much easier for labor unions to gain a foothold in a company and another that could change independent contractor classification.

The Employee Free Choice Act, which passed the House of Representatives in 2007 on a party-line vote and had the support of all Democrats in the Senate, would require the certification of a union at a non-union company if the union obtains a card check of a majority of employees in the bargaining group. Opponents have raised numerous objections, arguing especially that denying employees the right to a secret ballot would lead to intimidation.
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http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=73640

Truckerjo · Nov 5, 2008

The dems have not a clue... Things will get worse for truckers... Remember Nancy Pesoli and "we have a planet to save"? the same kind of thinking is going to be applied to trucking...

bullhaulerswife · Nov 5, 2008

Yup, truckers, that feeling in your pants..... that's the feeling of the government going for your hard earned money! Hang onto your wallets.

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