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Gee works out fine! What with the Cali bill that just passed requiring all Uber and Lyft and other contract workers, even churches and synagogues included in the ABC bill. New York Times 9/11/2019 Confusion and Defiance Follow California’s New Contractor Law mage A protester at Uber’s office in San Francisco in May. The company said it would not treat drivers as employees, defying an effort in California to extend protections to independent contractors.CreditCreditJustin Sullivan/Getty Images By Kate Conger and Noam Scheiber Sept. 11, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO — After months of bickering over who would be covered by a landmark bill meant to protect workers, California legislators passed legislation on Wednesday that could help hundreds of thousands of independent contractors become employees and earn a minimum wage, overtime pay and other benefits. But even before California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, had signed it into law, the battle over who would be covered flared up again. Uber, one of the main targets of the legislation, declared that the law’s key provisions would not apply to its drivers, setting off a debate that could have wide economic ramifications for businesses and workers alike in California, and potentially well beyond as lawmakers in other states seek to make similar changes. “California sets off a chain reaction,” said Dan Ives, a managing director of equity research at Wedbush who tracks the ride-hailing industry. “The worry is that the wildfire spreads.” In California, religious groups said they feared that small churches and synagogues would not be able to afford making pastors and rabbis employees. Winemakers and franchise owners said they were worried they could be ensnared by the law, too. Even some of the contractors for the app-based businesses that have been at the center of this debate said the change could hurt them if companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash decided to restrict how often they could work or cut them off entirely. Under the bill, workers are likely to be employees if the company directs their tasks and the work is part of the company’s main business. California has at least one million workers who work as contractors and are likely to be affected by the measure, including nail salon workers, janitors and construction workers. Unlike contractors, employees are covered by minimum-wage and overtime laws. Businesses must also contribute to unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation funds on their employees’ behalf. For months, lawmakers have jockeyed to exempt a variety of job categories, including doctors, insurance agents and real estate agents and decided to include all categories. Carrying out the mandate will most likely be anything but orderly. Companies in dozens of industries must decide whether or not to comply pre-emptively or risk being sued by workers and state officials. Some workers may find that their schedules and job descriptions change, while others may be out of a job altogether if their employers cut back hiring amid rising costs. Mr. Newsom has said he intends to sign the bill but has indicated that he would be open to negotiating changes or exemptions with businesses like Uber and Lyft if they were willing to make other concessions. That has added to the air of uncertainty about the law. Uber said Wednesday that it was confident that its drivers will retain their independent status when the measure goes into effect on Jan. 1. “Several previous rulings have found that drivers’ work is outside the usual course of Uber’s business, which is serving as a technology platform for several different types of digital marketplaces,” said Tony West, Uber’s chief legal officer. He added that the company was “no stranger to legal battles.” In order to classify drivers as contractors, legal experts said, Uber would also have to prove that it didn’t direct and control them, and that they typically operated an independent driving business outside their work for Uber. Historically, if workers thought they had been misclassified as a contractor, it was up to them to fight the classification in court. But the bill allows cities to sue companies that don’t comply. San Francisco’s city attorney, Dennis Herrera, has indicated that he may take action. “Ensuring workers are treated fairly is one of the trademarks of this office,” he said in a statement. And California may be only the beginning, as lawmakers elsewhere, including New York, move to embrace such policies. Legislators in Oregon and Washington State said they believed that California’s approval gave new momentum to similar bills that they had drafted. “It makes everyone take notice,” said State Senator Karen Keiser of Washington, whose Legislature could take up the measure next year. “It’s not just a bright idea from left field. It gives it a seriousness and weight that is always helpful when you’re trying to pass a new law.” While much of the debate about the California legislation has been about the impact on fast-growing businesses like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, it could apply to many kinds of employers, including those that long predated the so-called gig economy. Religious groups said some congregations would struggle to pay for full employment benefits for their leaders if they were converted from independent contractors to employees. “For smaller ones that operate on very small budgets, it could force them to lay off their rabbi or maybe only hire them part time,” said Nathan Diament, the public policy director for the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center. Even drivers for Uber and Lyft have been split on the bill. Some of them visited lawmakers’ offices in Sacramento to plead their case for employment status. Others objected to the bill, worrying that it would take away their ability to switch their work on and off just by opening an app. “I’m torn. Drivers are so split on the issue,” said Harry Campbell, a driver and the founder of the publication The Rideshare Guy. Uber and Lyft have long maintained that converting drivers to employees would most likely require the companies to schedule drivers in shifts rather than allowing them to decide when, where and how long to work. While nothing in the bill requires employees to work scheduled shifts, in practice the companies may want to restrict drivers from working when there are few customers and the revenue that drivers bring in would not offset the hourly costs of employing them. After New York City enacted a minimum wage for drivers this year, Lyft put such restrictions in place because having too many drivers on the road without passengers could significantly raise the minimum wage the company had to pay under the city’s wage formula. “Drivers will have some restrictions,” Mr. Campbell said. “The question for me is whether it will be worth it for all the drivers to have protections.” The costs for app-based businesses, many of which are not profitable, could be significant. Uber held a troubled initial public offering in May and has reported large losses and slowing revenue growth. Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber’s chief executive, has laid off hundreds of employees in recent months, including Tuesday, to cut costs. But some traditional businesses have argued that the mandate merely levels the playing field. Construction companies have long complained that they face unfair competition from rivals that classify workers as contractors so they can avoid paying payroll taxes and lowball bids on projects. App-based companies are “starting to send carpenters, electricians, plumbers off their platform — independent contractors who make very low wages,” said Robbie Hunter, the head of the state building trades council that represents construction worker unions in California. “They’re undercutting brick-and-mortar businesses doing the right thing — paying for workers’ compensation, being very efficient, working hard to make a profit.” In other cases, the new law has created anxiety and confusion. Small vineyard owners are concerned that they could be forced to directly employ the independent truckers they use to haul their harvests and become responsible for providing insurance and workers’ compensation. Currently, truckers operate as contractors, with their own rigs and insurance, and serve several vineyards, said Michael Miiller, director of government relations at the California Association of Winegrape Growers. “Our members are growers, not trucking companies,” Mr. Miiller said. “The target of legislators is Uber and Lyft, but the unintended victims are small, independent vineyards on the coast of California.” Saunda Kitchen owns a Mr. Rooter plumbing business in Sonoma County that has 30 employees, for whom she pays payroll taxes and provides the various mandated benefits. But Ms. Kitchen said she believed that she herself would have to become an employee of Mr. Rooter under the new law, which could cause the parent company to pull out of the state. “I wouldn’t have access to new technology, training, help with marketing,” said Ms. Kitchen, who planned to talk with Mr. Rooter officials on Thursday about how to proceed. But Steve Smith, a spokesman for the state labor federation, which advised lawmakers on the bill, said he did not believe the vineyards, churches or Ms. Kitchen would be hurt by the law.

Opened? Looks like they ate the can.

Do like the trailer through.

People aren't bad you just have to have the knack to deal with all of them. Train horns at chassis level, big grins and hand signs work pretty well as do big marbles at speed. Best one I did was a guy screaming at me, peeled my banana ate it and tossed the peel on his shoes, of course being over 6 feet, size 13 shoes, xxl gloves and weighing in at 245, bearded with long hair could also be part of not having issues with them.

Mack option listed as(depending on which coast) a Logger bumper or a Contractor bumper. Also has the optional out side air cleaners too.

You ever go to the Spanish fruit and vegie market in Manhatten on 96th street right off the Tribourgh Bridge? They would put guards on your truck. The market was called El Guapo . Big burned out single story building with corrugated steel doors. Went there once . . .I would rather go to Hunts.

Still earned it. Congrats!!

Having been on the shooting end using using both U.S. and IDF hardware, you really don't want to put your nuts on the line with something un proven, un tested and made by the lowest bidder The combat testing in the end saves soldier lives. Of course some weapon systems are odd, like the Ontos , the M551 and an APC that was safer riding on the out side. We even got that with the early M16's. Was not a confidence builder seeing Mattel inside the stock. I carried a 870 an a 1911A1.

Going to be a nice shop!

Going into at the wee hours of the mornig to Hunts Market was through a section of burned out and abandoned building and tons of stripped and burned cars, The local 'opportunists' would put stripped cars i'n the street to stop or slow you down. Stop for the wreck or slow down they would open your trailer and start tossing out your load to their bro's. We ran three truck convoy into the market. We rammed hulks out of the way, no stopping for anything if possible. I carried Easy Off oven cleaner as a jacking protection, hit the face and head with it the last thing they will do is fight. Those cut down NY bumpers weren't for looks my friend. Very close the Escape from NY movie scenes.

Makes me kind of miss the run into the old Hunts Market.

Except that the Irani speed boats now mount a brace of SAFAR laser and GPS guided anti shipping missiles that they can launch at speed. We're going to need something higher tech like Metal Storm System. 36 barrel system capable of from 600 to 1 million rounds per minute. We don't want it .

Cross Bronx , the BQE and even Northern Blvd are better than before. . .the no longer strip your vehicle when you stop they now do it while moving. Even Alphabet City has changed with big signs saying Do Not Stop in Spanglish. AOC and mayor DiBlasio have said it is safe. . .he's goes over in in NYC1 and no issues.

What have I the kiss of death?

Bentz is no longer, Bolt is the new Bentz. What confused me is Bentz /Integrity is doing crew cab sleepers that are Bentz custom designed. Was looking at a 2016 Peter with the crew cab sleeper recently.

Love to see it in person!

Thanks for thinking of my project. Call him tomorrow and see if he will deal down about 40%. Got a bit of potential for mixer items and convert to a dump for the farm. Thanks again!!. Paul

I'll look around in Fork Union Virginia when I'm mostly at. Don't pass up a non AC unit, it's easy to add either a roof mount or even a Vintage Air system,

Those lollypop light aren't big enough on Long Island! Had a girl turn into my rt front tire (10x24) because see didn't see my truck next to her in stop and go traffic. I did see new Fright Liner with strobes in the directionals and brake lights.

Don't order Denisons book yet, I have 2 copies I'll see where I put them so I could find them easily and give you one. It's in the boxes of books we /I never unpacked for Gails library.

DENISON'S ICE ROAD is a great book also if you can find it. Worked for me after I removed the period after com too, I don't text, facebook or tweet . Have you called Bill to tell him of you betrothal yet?? He's getting up there too.

I went with the Ram and slide in camper. Tried to PM you but no WiFi. Wasn't totally wasted I picked up at the swap meet a new 20 gallon fuel cell, a set of nice late 60's Halibrand 15 x 4 kidney bean wheels that weigh 6lbs 2 ounces each. a NOS Super Bell straight axle with Econoline spindles and a pair of Super Slide composite front leaf springs. weigh in a 14 lbs each. More weigh off the car about a 75 to 100 lbs savings. No fast gassers were allowed to run over 110 mph. Was a really nice White 61 Ford Custom 500 called Thunderroad that was running D/gas a consistent 12:40 et like clock work. 406FE with dual quads. Was trying to prep for Drag Week since it is starting in VA, going to Maryland and Atco in N.J average 175 to 225 miles a day. Put the 20 gal cell in to run E85 to try and do the drag week, Forget it. Starting on my Alcohol/Benzine mix and switching to the 20 gallon tank of E85 works well , car runs okay but mileage leaves alot to be desired. Best taking it as easy as possible was 58 almost 59 miles from dead full to sputtering. The best run would be 4 to 5 tanks of E 85 with minimal idle time. 92 miles from Fork Union to Dinwiddie. I'll trailer it don't need an adventure that much. May trailer it to North Dinwiddie, VA for Sunday and Monday (9/8 and 9/9) of next week and than back on the 13th for the awards. You up and running? Dyno it?

Bentz is still in business sleepers and crew cab sleepers for F-liners PAACAR and Navistar. My Maron sleepers are both Bentz, one single wid window and one double like the Superliners both installed when the trucks were build.

One small issue is E.L. Cord in 1938 sold all the engineering drawings, body tooling and design rights a pair of co joined auto makers. Graham Paige - Huppmobile made the Skylark and produced it also as the Hollywood. The rights, tooling and drawings were later was purchased by the Rootes Group, who still owns the design rights today. So I guess basically you are buying the right to use the Cord name.