OOIDA’s Call to Action
For nearly five decades, OOIDA has been squarely committed to providing professional drivers with a playbook to communicate important issues affecting them with officials at all levels of government.
Since the Association’s beginning in the early 1970s, the method of informing truckers has undergone a significant transformation. For many years, truckers were limited to postal mail and hit-and-miss phone calls.
The seemingly bygone era has since given way to technological advances that permit OOIDA to relay information about important issues much more efficiently.
Land Line Media produces daily news online for OOIDA’s websites, “Land Line Now” broadcasts on Sirius XM Road Dog Channel 146, and “Live From Exit 24” is an internet-based talk show that airs regularly.
Social media provides the Association an additional resource to get word out instantly.
OOIDA also taps its vast electronic directory when necessary for instant Call to Action blasts.
OOIDA’s Call to Action team closely tracks hot-button issues being discussed in Washington, D.C., as well as in statehouses, state agencies and in communities across the country.
If you are not already among the tens of thousands of truckers hooked in to daily happenings, it’s time to get off the bench and into the game.
You do not have to be an OOIDA member to get updates on the latest activities that affect your business. Land Line readers and others in the trucking industry also have access to this resource.
Getting added to the Call to Action contact list is simple. Signing up can be done at FightingForTruckers.com. On the homepage, simply click on “Sign up for Alerts.”
After receiving your alert, it is essential you contact your elected official(s), whose information will be provided; visit their office(s) for a face-to-face conversation; when possible, attend a meeting where they are present for discussion; or submit comments.
Calls to Action are the best, and quickest, way to communicate your views to those officials who are there to play ball for you. LL