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If the law is enforced, California faces a possible mass exodus of the state's estimated 70,000 independent truckers.
The Port of Oakland is especially vulnerable if independent truckers are forced out of work. "There's 9,000 trucks that serve the port on a daily basis, and 90% of them are independent contractors. So, this is a big, big impact,"
The California Trucking Association delivered a warning, "Gasoline has been poured on the fire that is our ongoing supply chain crisis. In addition to the direct impact on California’s 70,000 owner-operators who have seven days to cease long-standing independent businesses, the impact of taking tens of thousands of truck drivers off the road will have devastating repercussions on an already fragile supply chain, increasing costs and worsening runaway inflation."
California Democrats have decided that America has not suffered enough with supply chain issues and have decided to drive regulations which will not allow independent truckers to operate in California. This will continue to devastate our broken supply chain and they know it. Anyone want to explain how / why they do not want to wreak havoc intentionally?
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: infolurker
The bill will still allow truckers, or groups of truckers, who are self-employed, to work.
The bill is shifting the responsibility for those who engage the truckers for work, to act as though they were employing them.
More truckers for the rest of the US then. Sucks for those who chose California as their residence.
originally posted by: TDDAgain
a reply to: infolurker
More truckers for the rest of the US then. Sucks for those who chose California as their residence. Proves what they are worth to that state.
It has to be intentional, dumbness and incompetence can't be the excuse anymore. That's true for a lot of things happening, not just California, it's happening everywhere.
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
It also shifts some costs from the state (AKA the tax payer, to companies)
originally posted by: infolurker
a reply to: nugget1
Problem is most of the West Coast major ports are there.
Going to be a major problem if nothing can "Get Out" of the ports.
Now his truck will be useless unless he wants to become his own trucking company, booking his own loads and dealing with the port bureaucracy. That kind of paperwork was always done for him by AB Trucking.
"They arrange everything," he said. "They talk to the big companies, to the port and everything. They pick all the loads for us."