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Canadians coming to the defense of U.S. Independent Contractors
^{Friday, Jun 18th, 2010 | No Comments »}
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 of the border to redefine independent contractor status. At the read more...

FedEx Ground forces Independent Contractors to incorporate
^{Monday, May 24th, 2010 | No Comments »}
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 NEWSWIRES FedEx Corp. (FDX) has notified its estimated 12,000 independent contractors read more...

Commercial Carrier Journal weighs in on threats to owner-operator model; cites CFICF
^{Friday, May 7th, 2010 | No Comments »}
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 us convert our independent contractors to employees? A There is read more...

Federal lawsuit underway against Port of Los Angeles owner-operators
^{Thursday, Apr 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »}
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 program provision requiring motor carriers to eliminate independent contractor drivers read more...

Some good news for Independent Contractors, but multiple threats continue
^{Wednesday, Nov 11th, 2009 | No Comments »}
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 -- Logistics Management, 11/10/2009 A little more than a week after read more...

IRS v. Trucking Independent Contractor History
^{Thursday, Oct 22nd, 2009 | No Comments »}
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 * Published at: online.wsj.com Summary The trucking Independent Contractor ( read more...