If you rely on factoring to keep your business going, you’re not alone. And while the practice can be quite helpful, there are lots of landmines to avoid. Tania Daniel, executive director of the International Factoring Association, joins the show to talk about what her organization is doing to make the system work for everyone.
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If you rely on factoring to keep your business going, you’re not alone. The director of a factoring group joins us to discuss what her organization is doing to make things better. Also, yet another organization is asking FMCSA for an exemption to the entry-level driver training requirements. Meanwhile, a group of carriers is making yet another attempt at getting hair testing results included in FMCSA’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. And counties in North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas will have ballot questions this fall covering various sales and property taxes – as well as bonds – to pay for transportation work.
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California has started reaching out to truckers about Assembly Bill 5. There’s a positive development about the Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act in the House. And the state trying something new with bridge tolls – they’re actually lowering them.
Yet another attempt to skirt driver training rules
Yet another organization is asking FMCSA for an exemption to the entry-level driver training requirements. And OOIDA, not surprisingly, has something to say about that. Meanwhile, a group of carriers is making yet another attempt at getting hair testing results included in FMCSA’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.
Local road funding on ballots
Counties in North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas will have ballot questions this fall covering various sales and property taxes – as well as bonds – to pay for transportation work.
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- The Canadian Trucking Alliance is calling on its members to weigh in about COVID-19 vaccinations. You can take the survey here.
- Marty Ellis and OOIDA’s tour truck, the Spirit of the American Trucker, are at the Petro in Spokane, Wash. That’s at Exit 272 on Interstate 90. Find upcoming Spirit stops here.
- Get more information from the International Factoring Association.
- Another organization is asking FMCSA for an exemption to the entry level driver training requirements. Find out what OOIDA has to say.
- And the Trucking Alliance is making another attempt to get hair testing results included in FMCSA’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.
- To read about state legislation, visit Land Line Magazine’s Daily News by State.
- Remember, it’s never too late to contact your lawmakers. You can do that via the Fighting for Truckers website or by calling 202-224-3121.
- Find out how to listen to Land Line Now on TNC Radio.
- You can donate to the Truckers for Troops fund all year.
- OOIDA has an online resource to provide access to information needed to operate in the coronavirus pandemic. Click on the COVID-19 menu at the top of the page on the Land Line Media website.