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Transportation Professionals

Coalition for independent contractors association for family businesses, owner operators, technology contractors, transportation contractors, healthcare contractors and construction professionals.

Despite the rising cost of diesel and a slowing economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports strong demand for transportation (trucking and delivery professionals), with employment expected to increase by 8 percent between 2006 and 2016.

While independent contractors in any industry enjoy the freedom of being their own boss, dictating their schedule and having increased flexibility in their career, there are increasing concerns that special interest groups and others have encroached on this freedom and are making it more and more difficult to be self-employed. That’s where we come in.

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The Coalition for Independent Contractor Freedom (CFICF) is working to inform independent transportation professionals – and the people who hire them – about the issues that threaten this working way of life and jeopardize an important business model.

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Quick Facts

Quick facts about the industry

Of the 9 percent who are independent contractors, many are owner-operators more...

The other 1.65 million trucking and delivery professionals are distributed across more...

850,000 work in wholesale or retail trade, 76,500 as independent contractors.more...

Industry News & Updates

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Canadians coming to the defense of U.S. Independent Contractors
Dateline: June 17, 2010, Jim Park, Today'sTrucking.com Time for a trucker declaration of independence? by Jim Park TORONTO -- There’s a huge push underway south read more...

FedEx Ground forces Independent Contractors to incorporate
Dateline: May 21, 2010, Bob Sechler, DOW JONES NEWSWIRES, The Wall Street Journal FedEx Ground Issues New Standards For Independent Contractors By Bob Sechler Of DOW JONES read more...

Commercial Carrier Journal weighs in on threats to owner-operator model; cites CFICF
Dateline: May 1, 2010, Henry Seaton, Commercial Carrier Journal (CCJ Digital) Owner-operator model still threatened By Henry Seaton Q Is the new healthcare bill going to make read more...

Federal lawsuit underway against Port of Los Angeles owner-operators
Dateline: April 22, 2010, Southern California Public Radio (SCPR.org) LA port's contract drivers at center of clean trucks lawsuit April 20, 2010 | KPCC Wire Services | KPCC A clean-trucks read more...

Some good news for Independent Contractors, but multiple threats continue
Dateline: November 10, 2009, Jeff Berman, Logisitics Management Parcel shipping: FedEx receives more good news from the IRS regarding independent contractor classification Jeff Berman, Group News Editor read more...

IRS v. Trucking Independent Contractor History
Dateline: October 19, 2009, Jay Thompson, Gerson Lehrman Group IRS v. Trucking Independent Contractor History October 19, 2009 * Analysis by: Jay Thompson * Analysis of: 'Contractor' Label Provokes Legal Disputes * read more...