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Letter to the editor: Mills should veto L.D. 1711, help protect Maine businesses from unfair lawsuits
June 29, 2021The Legislature’s vote to deputize private attorneys as labor law enforcers “for hire” is an unnecessary, litigious and complicated shift in Maine’s approach to enforcing worker protection laws. Gov. Mills should veto L.D. 1711 and help Maine avert a crisis of new employment lawsuits that further downgrades our state’s abysmal reputation as a place to create jobs. […]
MMTA Offers Zero Percent Loans for Approved CDL School Training
June 7, 2021As part of MMTA’s continuing efforts to address the Maine trucking industry’s workforce development shortage, we have partnered with Maine Savings Federal Credit Union to develop the ‘MMTA Education Loan Program.’ Students attending approved CDL schools are eligible to apply for tuition loans to attain their Class A or Class B Commercial Driver’s License at […]
TMC Releases First Report Examining Use of Intelligence Products in Trailer Market
June 4, 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sean McNally June 3, 2021 (703) 838-1995 TMC Releases First Report Examining Use of Intelligence Products in Trailer Market eSMARTT Survey Investigated Adoption of Smart Products Used by Leading Companies Arlington, Virginia – Today, the American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council released its first report on the use and adoption […]
Anti-Business Legislature Suggests Major Policy Changes (MMTA Commentary)
May 17, 2021If you are a business owner, there are elected officials – especially on the Labor and Taxation Committees – in the legislature that don’t think a lot about you. The policies that they are pushing this session are hard to be characterized as anything short of disgust. Disgust for the jobs you provide. Disgust for […]
FMCSA Tech-Celerate Now Program Releases New ADAS Information Guides and Videos – Available on Tech-Celerate Now Website
April 30, 2021Recognizing the important role that advanced safety systems can play in improving trucking industry safety, the FMCSA-sponsored Tech-Celerate Now program released four videos and two information guides that provide new safety technology information to industry stakeholders. The videos and guides are designed to improve industry awareness and to support adoption of proven advance driver assistance […]
Revised Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Forms
April 29, 2021New forms must be used by August 31, 2021 Prior versions of federal custody and control forms (CCFs) used for drug testing must be replaced with new forms before the deadline of August 31, 2021. The older versions of the form have been in place since 2017. If your lab account is CRL, they have […]
Work Zone Fatalities at Highest Level Since 2006, New Data Show
April 27, 2021Federal Highway Administration urges drivers to slow down, drive carefully near work zones WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) joined state Departments of Transportation and other organizations nationwide today to urge drivers to keep highway workers safe as construction activities increase. They also urged the public to wear orange […]
Republicans Counter Biden With $568 Billion Infrastructure Plan
April 23, 2021https://www.ttnews.com/articles/republicans-counter-biden-568-billion-infrastructure-plan
TSA seeks input on mobile driver’s licenses to inform REAL ID rulemaking
April 19, 2021WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published a request for information in the Federal Register seeking information about security standards and technologies concerning mobile driver’s licenses. Responses to the request for information will support future DHS/TSA rulemaking to update the REAL ID […]