Posted on 03/21/2009 10:43:19 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Edited on 03/21/2009 11:13:19 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
A federal appeals court on Friday ordered a judge to reconsider her refusal to block portions of a clean-truck program at the nation's busiest port complex.
In an opinion that dismayed environmentalists and labor leaders, the three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco ruled that U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder should grant all or part of the American Trucking Assn.'s request for an injunction halting the implementation of new rules that apply to truck drivers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
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Put some ice on it.
“In Los Angeles, the rules prohibit drivers from being independent contractors”...it’s all about unions.
I manage freight for Honeywell and they were talking about this at one of the meetings.
The Ninth made a correct decision?? I’m going in my room and turn out all the lights.
Good for the American Trucking Associations. Hopefully a sign of increased willingness to fight the extreme environmentalist lobby in California and elsewhere. Everyone involved with trucking needs to start fighting these nazi a-holes or there won’t be a trucking industry.
Ping...
In an opinion that dismayed environmentalists and labor leaders, the three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco ruled that U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder should grant all or part of the American Trucking Assn.'s request for an injunction halting the implementation of new rules that apply to truck drivers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.LOL!
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