Tag: OOIDA: Page 27

Business

Shell Rotella donates to scholarship

Shell Rotella donated $10,000 to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Mary Johnston Scholarship Fund during the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky.  The scholarship benefits children, grandchildren and legal dependents of OOIDA members.

April 5, 2010

Channel 19

‘A door just opened’: Jason’s Law gains steam

What might well go down in history as the biggest trucking story of 2009, at least as goes drivers’ efforts to push for industry change for the better, is that of Jason’s Law, named after N.Y.-based driver Jason Rivenburg after he was robbed and gunned down while parked at an abandoned grocery in South Carolina. […]

March 17, 2010

Business

Congress encouraged to pass Jason’s Law

Legislation would allocate funds for new safe rest areas and expansion and improvement of existing safe rest areas.

March 17, 2010

Business

Pressure grows to resolve Mexico border issue

Congressional leaders and trade groups are pushing federal leaders to resolve the cross-border trucking program with Mexico.

March 12, 2010

Business

Hours regs debated at opening session

Comments at Jan. 19’s session ranged from a request to keep the existing rules to urging a rewrite.

January 20, 2010

Business

Kenworth extends rebate to OOIDA members

Kenworth Truck Company announced that it will extend a rebate program with the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) through 2010.

December 30, 2009