How to save thousands of trucking jobs in America!

Over 100,000 trucking jobs up in smoke!

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Maybe yours!

The new CSA regulations pose a risk to every American Trucker. Under CSA, your records are made public and can cost you your livelihood . To understand how CSA could HURT YOU  and stop it please do 2 things...

1-Look at this article and its summary listed below

http://www.transportationlaw.net/articles/2010.07article.html

2- Contact Congressmen on the Federal Transportation committee (the contact links by state are listed below)

Article Summary

A-Under CSA a qualified trucker received a rating number from the government based on old information that was not illegal when it was recorded under Safestat.

B-A client of the transporter stopped doing business with them because they determined that the truckers rating number meant the trucker was a risk even though the trucker had  broken no laws since CSA went into effect.

 Imagine this happening to YOUR trucking company. Imagine being barred from doing business because of a random number. This has to be changed. We cannot lose more jobs.

This is going to require we contact people in positions of influence to let them know they can prevent job loss.

Please copy and paste the letter below and email these Congressman on the Federal Transportation Committee whose names are listed below, especially if they are from your home state or home district.
 
If we don’t fight this it could cost us our Jobs

Congressman,

I have a job in the trucking industry. Under CSA regulations over hundreds of thousands of jobs could disappear because of the rating system. Please keep the initial findings closed to the public so insurers and other freight companies don’t blacklist firms due to an arbitrary number. This is not democratic and does not give due process. Additionally, we can’t lose more jobs…or an entire industry. Please contact the Department of Transportation and get this stopped.

We are referencing this case…

http://www.transportationlaw.net/articles/2010.07article.html

Please do your part to protect our jobs!

Contacts

Here are the contact page links for the Congressman on the committee

if possible, please focus on Congressman in states you are from

Florida

John Mica

http://mica.house.gov/Contact/ContactForm.htm

Mario Diaz

https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Connie Mack

https://mack.house.gov/?p=Email

Vern Buchanon

https://forms.house.gov/buchanan/webforms/contact-new.html

Corrinne Brown

http://www.house.gov/corrinebrown/IMA/issue.shtml

Minnesota

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James Oberstar

http://wwwc.house.gov/oberstar/zipauth.htm

Tim Walz

https://forms.house.gov/walz/webforms/zip_auth.shtm

West Virginia

Nick J. Rahall, West Virginia

http://www.rahall.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=91&sectiontree=91

Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia

http://capito.house.gov/index.cfm?p=Offices

Oregon

Peter A. DeFazio, Oregon

https://forms.house.gov/defazio/IMA/contact.html

Wisconsin

Thomas E. Petri, Wisconsin

https://forms.house.gov/petri/zip_authen.shtml

Michigan

Vernon J. Ehlers, Michigan

https://ehlers.house.gov/Contact/default.aspx

Candice S. Miller, Michigan

http://candicemiller.house.gov/contact/index.shtml

Mark H. Schauer, Michigan

http://schauer.house.gov/Contact/

Illinois

Jerry F. Costello, Illinois

http://costello.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.shtml

Daniel Lipinski, Illinois

http://www.lipinski.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=8

Timothy V. Johnson, Illinois

http://timjohnson.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=56&sectiontree=3,56

Aaron Schock, Illinois

http://schock.house.gov/Contact/

New York

Jerrold Nadler, New York

http://jerroldnadler.house.gov/Forms/WriteYourRep/

Timothy H. Bishop, New York

http://timbishop.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=7&sectiontree=7

Michael A. Arcuri, New York

http://arcuri.house.gov/

Michael E. McMahon, New York

https://forms.house.gov/mcmahon/contact.shtml

California

Bob Filner, California

http://www.house.gov/filner/contact.htm

Grace F. Napolitano, California

http://www.napolitano.house.gov/contact/feedback.shtml

Laura Richardson, California

http://richardson.house.gov/

John Garamendi, California

http://www.garamendi.org/bio.

Gary G. Miller, California

http://garymiller.house.gov/Contact/

Pennsylvania

Tim Holden, Pennsylvania

http://holden.house.gov/contactform_zipcheck.shtml

Jason Altmire, Pennsylvania

http://altmire.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=3

Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania

http://www.house.gov/shuster/

Jim Gerlach, Pennsylvania

http://gerlach.house.gov/

Christopher P. Carney, Pennsylvania

http://carney.house.gov/contact/

Ohio

Jean Schmidt, Ohio

http://www.house.gov/schmidt/contact.shtml

North Carolina

Howard Coble, North Carolina

http://coble.house.gov/Contact/

Heath Shuler, North Carolina

https://shulerforms.house.gov/contact/

South Carolina

Henry E. Brown, South Carolina

http://brown.house.gov/Contact/index.html

Tennessee

John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee

http://duncan.house.gov/services/contact-information.shtml

Kentucky

Brett Guthrie, Kentucky

http://duncan.house.gov/services/contact-information.shtml

Arkansas

John Boozman, Arkansas

http://www.boozman.house.gov/Contact/

Georgia

Lynn A. Westmoreland, Georgia

http://westmoreland.house.gov/Contact/

Tom Graves, Georgia

http://tomgraves.house.gov/contact/

Mississippi

Gene Taylor, Mississippi

http://www.taylor.house.gov/

Louisiana

Anh "Joseph" Cao, Louisiana

http://josephcao.house.gov/

Missouri

Sam Graves, Missouri

http://www.house.gov/graves/

Russ Carnahan, Missouri

https://forms.house.gov/carnahan/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

Texas

Pete Olson, Texas

http://olson.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=3&sectiontree=3

Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas

http://ebjohnson.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=3&sectiontree=3

Washington

Brian Baird, Washington

https://forms.house.gov/baird/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

Rick Larsen, Washington

https://larsen.house.gov/contact/email-me.shtml

Kansas

Jerry Moran, Kansas

http://forms.house.gov/jerrymoran/webforms/contact.html

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/News-and-Specials-from-East-Coast-Truck-and-Trailer-Sales-.html?soid=1101539072269&aid=YN5j51aZmmg

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/News-and-Specials-from-East-Coast-Truck-and-Trailer-Sales-.html?soid=1101539072269&aid=YN5j51aZmmg

Truckers take on human trafficking

By John Burger
From the Dallas Examiner
10/26/10

The Department of Justice estimates over 14,000 people are trafficked into the United States each year. It is also reported that 25% of all human trafficking victims within the United States enter through Texas.

One of the first lines of defense against human trafficking is the trucking industry. Traffickers use the same interstates as truckers and travelers to transport their human cargo.

The non-profit group, Truckers Against Trafficking, aims to train independent truck drivers and trucking companies on recognizing the signs of human trafficking and reporting it.
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FAIRFIELD, Ohio - Fairfield-based Osborne Trucking is so bullish on the economic recovery that the firm bought 28 new trucks and trailers.

“In the past six months we’ve invested roughly $4 million in new equipment,” said Executive Vice-President Brant Osborne.

However, there’s a problem shared by logistics firms throughout Greater Cincinnati and in many parts of the country.
There aren’t enough drivers to get behind the wheel of the shiny red and black rigs.

“The challenge is finding drivers who are qualified to do the job and are interested in working,” said

Osborne’s Transportation Vice-President John Holmes. “We’re looking to hire at least 20 more right now.”

It’s a problem that could mean higher prices for consumer goods as the cost of shipping products increases.

The recession caused many trucking firms to go out of business and many drivers to either retire or seek other occupations.

Now, data from the American Trucking Association (ATA) indicates that the amount of freight that needs to be shipped is up seven percent from May 2009 to May 2010.

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The world truck market is predicted to grow more than 50 percent by 2015, said Daimler Trucks chief executive Andreas Renschler, speaking at a press event on the eve of the 2010 Hannover truck show in Germany.

This will be driven in small part ny the triad nations in North America, the European Community and Japan. But most of the growth will come from the BRIC nations -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- and the newly identified Next 11 emerging economies...

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President Barack Obama Monday opened discussion of the next six-year transportation re-authorization bill with a proposal to establish an infrastructure bank and spend $50 billion to help fund work on highways, railroads and airports.
The president’s proposal included money to rebuild 150,000 miles of roads, construct and maintain 4,000 miles of rail and overhaul 150 miles of runways, a White House statement said.
Obama also is asking Congress to extend permanently and expand a research-and-development tax credit for businesses, costing about $100 billion over a decade, Bloomberg News said.

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