A law designed to force gig-economy companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash to accept workers as employees is also having a profound impact on the trucking industry.
AB5 was intended to give transport workers more workplace protections, but for truckers who own and operate their own rigs, they said it may be the end of the road.
The problem is, nearly all of the state's goods are transported by truck, many of which are owned and operated by individual drivers."There's 9,000 trucks that serve the port on a daily basis, and 90% of them are independent contractors. So, this is a big, big impact," said Bill Aboudi, owner of AB Trucking in Oakland.
"Oh, yeah, why not?" said Abrahami."Yeah. That's my own truck, working for myself, that's really good. I'm happy for that."
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