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" width="225" height="260">Fleet management technology company Zonar has announced that Ron Cordova, former law enforcement officer and Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance president, would be joining its compliance team.
Cordova joins Zonar as its newest compliance manager. In this role he will apply his law enforcement and commercial trucking experience and technical skills to drive execution of business initiatives and ensure that Zonar solutions meet the required regulations and address customer needs. Cordova will manage intra-department relationships and assist in defining, testing, and supporting products while being actively involved with relevant industry associations.
Cordova spent more than two decades with the New Mexico Department of Public Safety, Motor Transportation Police where he worked up to the rank of Major and managed parts of the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit prior to retiring from the Curry County Sheriff's Department. Cordova also served as the Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) Program Manager for New Mexico. In addition to his roles in law enforcement, Cordova served in many different capacities with the CVSA including as president in 2005-2006.
"In order to help fleets stay compliant, it is critical to have an experienced and knowledgeable team focused on ever-changing rules and regulations, ready to provide counsel and support," said Fred Fakkema, vice president of compliance at Zonar. "Our customers' safety is our first priority and Ron's remarkable breadth of experience will further strengthen Zonar's ability to create products and solutions that make it easy for operators and managers to not only follow the law, but also keep themselves and other drivers safe."
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" width="300" height="322">The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association announced today that Jim Johnston, its long serving leader, has passed away at the age of 78 after more than a year-long battle with lung cancer.
Johnston, who served as OOIDA president and chief executive officer from 1974 to the present, died at his home in Grain Valley, Mo.
“The trucking industry has lost a visionary and crusader for the rights of all truckers,” said Todd Spencer, who will now serve as acting president of OOIDA. “He leaves behind a legacy of passion and persistence that we will undoubtedly look to as our inspiration going forward as we continue the mission of the Association.”
Johnston was one of a group of truck drivers that started the OOIDA in 1973, realizing that a unified voice was the only way for independent truck drivers to be heard in Washington. He fought aggressively to build the organization into what it has become today as the largest national organization of professional truckers in the country.
He continued to work full time up until only days before his passing and remained dedicated to his core mission and that of the Association – fighting for the rights of truckers.
“We are prepared to continue the fight as only Jim would want us all to do,” added Spencer. “He loved every minute he spent as a trucker, but when circumstances required it in the '70s he stepped down from behind the wheel to give a badly needed voice to truckers, the real truckers that move America. Every driver today is better off because of that decision he made years ago.”
A memorial page has been set up for sharing condolences and messages to friends and family. A celebration of life that will be open to the public will ...Read the rest of this story
Los Angeles City Hall Photo: City of Los Angeles
">The City of Los Angeles filed lawsuits against three port trucking companies, alleging that each avoided paying drivers proper wages and benefits by intentionally misclassifying hundreds of truckers as independent contractors.
City attorney Mike Feuer announced the separate lawsuits filed against CMI Transportation, K&R Transportation California, and Cal Cartage Transportation Express, three trucking companies that operate at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The lawsuits allege that the companies purposely classify their drivers as indepenedent contractors instead of as employees to avoid obligations to pay employee benefits, such as unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, minimum wage, and reimbursement for business expenses. The alleged misclassification also allows each company to avoid paying applicable state taxes, shifting the responsibility to the drivers.
"We allege these port trucking companies take advantage of hundreds of hard-working drivers, requiring them to pay onerous expenses just to do their jobs, while leaving them without basic benefits and protections – all to boost the companies' profits," said Feuer. "It's wrong and we're fighting to stop it."
The lawsuits argue that CMI, K&R and Cal Cartage exerted near complete control of their drivers' assignments and work details, so they could not be fairly considered independent contractors under California law. The suit also alleges that by using leasing schemes for trucks, the company severely limits the ability of drivers to pursue work form other companies.
The lawsuits seek to prohibit each company from continuing to engage in the practices and adopt measures that immediately remedy violations. The lawsuit also seeks restitution of any money or property the companies acquired or retained as a result of the alleged business practices, as well as civil penalties of up to $2,500 for each violation.
Last month the Los Angeles City Council directed Feuer to submit a written ...Read the rest of this story
The action-camera maker said it would lay off more than 250 workers worldwide, exit the drone business, and reduce CEO Nicholas Woodman's 2018 cash pay to $1. The company also lowered its fourth-quarter revenue forecast. In its preliminary fourth-quarter results released Monday, the maker of action cameras said it was reducing its global workforce to fewer than 1,000 employees from 1,254.
