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10/19/2026

Here's what to expect tomorrow when the SBTC's Trucker Voting Guide comes out for the mid-terms elections...
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10/17/2026

The Return of Bob Voltmann...

Bob, thanks for the invite to repost and welcome back again... While TIA, after you left, has not been very successful in lobbying Washington to pass a carrier selection bill after two failed attempts and we appreciate your sentiment, the SBTC is looking to FMCSA to change the safety rating rules in...

10/11/2026

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FMCSA Deputy Administrator Jesse Elison to Keynote in Chattanooga Jesse Elison, Deputy Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), will join the Brokerage Compliance Symposium as a keynote speaker. With two decades of legal experience in FMCSA compliance, Elison brings....

10/09/2026

The SBTC just asked who leads the House Trucking Caucus in Congress to hold hearings on this MOTUS Fiasco and bring in to testify before the T&I Committee to account for this mess.

We really appreciate the personal efforts of and his team including Ken Riddle to fix these errors one-by-one but the agency needs to employ an administrative expungement procedure to prevent further pain caused by reinstatements to reverse these MOTUS errors that are held against affected carriers by Big brokers, and carrier "fraud prevention platforms" like and Highway.com.

Our broker accountability bill would address some of this.

https://lnkd.in/eCTEB8Dz.

See:

"(17) Property brokers have recently engaged in the unreasonable and discriminatory practice of refusing to engage the services of new entrant motor carriers despite the fact they have lawful operating authority solely on the basis that their authority is new or has been recently reinstated after a short insurance lapse as if they were new. It is the sense of Congress that this practice constitutes unreasonable restraint of trade."

https://lnkd.in/evS7V_Kz

09/22/2026

SBTC SEPTEMBER 22, 2026 STATEMENT ON AN OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 TRUCKER "STRIKE..."

actually explains quite well why 501(c)(6) trade associations don't --and legally can't-- call for what is being commonly referred to as a "strike." True strikes are centralized collective bargaining tools organized by unions representing labor to management along the lines of industrial and

09/22/2026

SBTC STATEMENT ON AN OCTOBER 1ST "STRIKE:" actually explains quite well why 501(c)(6) trade associations don't --and legally can't-- call for what is being commonly referred to as a "strike." True strikes are centralized collective bargaining tools organized by unions representing labor to management along the lines of industrial and labor relations. Actual strikes are organized against employer company management.

The current calls for a trucker "strike," like in the 1970's, are grass roots efforts by individual independent truckers. It is a loosely organized and decentralized call by small business owners without a clear leader who are affected by rising fuel costs and are being squeezed by a corresponding drop in spot market freight rates. Such a "strike" is organized against government policymakers out of anger and frustration with the current state of the free market being influenced by the military situation with Iran, causing oil prices to rise well over $100 per barrel.

Like OOIDA, the SBTC cannot engage in organizing work stoppages, which ultimately raise criminal and civil antitrust questions, and have the effect of depriving American consumers of food, medicine, fuel --including home heating oil as we go into winter, other goods and products, and new home construction supplies.

Notwithstanding the lack of organized coordination and general apathy among most truckers who are not willing to risk and temporarily sacrifice their livelihood required to make such a work stoppage be effective and in light of the holdouts (you might call "scabs" in this scenario) who would seek to economically exploit a temporary rise in freight rates due to capacity-related shortage of supply of trucks, trying to generally affect fuel prices by tinkering with supply and influence the government to fix those rising fuel prices by inflicting economic pain on American consumers adversely affects the public relations image of truckers in the eyes of the American public, who would be struggling to find bottled water, baby formula, and heart medication for the elderly.

With talk of a trucker strike coming up, OOIDA fields questions on why a strike may feel satisfying, but it’s more complicated than “just” a shutdown.

09/12/2026

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/immediate-release-from-socci-law-james-lamb-f2qze/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from on the September 11, 2026 Oral Arguments before the U.S.

09/02/2026

The SBTC has a new vacancy on the Board of Directors to replace a director who is retiring. This is a small broker seat on the Board.

To be considered for this unpaid position, please email your letter of interest and resume or curriculum vitae to James (at) Smalltransportation.org by October 1st, 2026.

SBTC maintains Director & Officers' insurance for the protection of Board members. Most business is conducted virtually via phone, Zoom, text and email so time commitment is minimal.

https://x.com/TheSBTC/status/2095240845750325360

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08/12/2026

SBTC Files PETITION for Reconsideration of NHTSA’s Denial of SBTC’s September 27, 2021 PETITION citing Alex Lockie's Bombshell Overdrive Report...

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07/11/2026

CALL TO ACTION: SIGN THIS ONLINE PETITION SO THAT PA TROOPER PAHIRA AND ALL THE VICTIMS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TRUCKERS & BUS DRIVERS WILL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN!

Stop Unlawful Issuance of CDLs to Illegal Immigrants