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LA Independent Truckers Protest City, AB 5 Law Following Non-Renewal Of Contract

June 9, 2023   2:45 amJune 9, 2023   2:46 am
Independent truckers protested in Downtown Los Angeles on Thursday following the announcement that independent truckers would not have a renewed contract for city’s As-Needed Haul Truck Program due to the AB 5 law. Passed and signed into law in 2019, AB...
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Truckers Petition U.S. Supreme Court To Reverse Appellate Court Decision, Remain Exempt From AB 5 Law

August 10, 2021   11:10 amAugust 12, 2021   2:20 pm
The California Trucking Association (CTA) announced Monday that they had filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to go over California’s AB 5 contractor law and argue that they should remain exempt due to federal protections. Assembly Bill 5,...
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Truckers Request Appellate Court Rehearing Over AB 5 Ruling

May 6, 2021   11:14 amMarch 22, 2022   11:39 am
The California Trucking Association announced on Wednesday that they are requesting a rehearing over last weeks Appellate Court ruling over having truckers no longer being exempt from the AB 5 worker classification law. Press play to hear a narrated version...
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California Legislature Rejects Asm. Kiley’s Effort to Suspend Harmful Economic Impacts of AB 5

February 27, 2020   2:25 pmFebruary 28, 2020   3:03 pm
Independent contracting allows workers freedom and control of how and when they work. Many said under AB 5, their liberty and freedom has been taken away.    Thursday morning, the the California Assembly rejected a motion by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley...
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Freelance Journalists’ Request for Temporary Restraining Order on AB 5 Denied by Federal Judge

January 7, 2020   3:31 pmJanuary 8, 2020   2:18 pm
U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez denied two freelancers’ temporary restraining order request challenging Assembly Bill 5, despite their claims that the new law will prevent them from making a living at freelancing. The judge said they waited too long after...
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Federal Judge Temporarilly Exempts Truck Drivers From AB 5

January 1, 2020   12:37 pmJanuary 10, 2020   7:28 pm
Trucking, one of the main independent contractor sectors falling under AB 5, was temporarily given an exemption to the new law on Tuesday at the U.S. District Court in San Diego. AB 5 may be unconstitutional The trucking industry was...
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