OOIDA to feds: Get COVID-19 vaccine to truckers

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 1 a.m.

LLN (2/11/21) – OOIDA has urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prioritize truckers receiving a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine. We’ll also discuss what the administration hopes to spend on transportation and the government’s attitude toward slowdowns. Also, The Department of Labor has delayed a new rule that would sharpen the definition of who is an employee and who is an independent contractor, the FMCSA has a new strategic plan, and we’ll discuss the pandemic’s impact on trucking. And who can and who can’t use the left lane on an interstate highway, and under what conditions can they use it? States across the country are tightening up the rules.

0:00 – Newscast.

9:44 – Independent contractor rule; FMCSA strategic plan; impact of pandemic.

24:37 – Left lane rules.

39:59 – Vaccine letter; transportation spending; slowdowns.